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F1 faces crunch credibility test as FIA presents Abu Dhabi GP report

F1 faces crunch credibility test as FIA presents Abu Dhabi report

After a detailed investigation in to the handling of the safety car restart at last year’s season finale, an F1 Commission meeting is set to be informed of its findings and the responses that will be made.

The moment comes after weeks of criticism from fans about the way F1 race director Michael Masi appeared to disrespect the rule book in the way he selected which backmarkers could unlap themselves at the end, and then got the race underway one lap before the rules specified.

Those decisions put Max Verstappen in the perfect spot to use his fresh tyre advantage to overtake Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi race and seize the win that secured him the championship.

While the FIA blamed the scale of the controversy the events caused on a ‘misunderstanding’ by fans and media, the outcry over the event has not died down since and debate around it remains intense.

Only last week, the #F1xed hashtag was trending again as a radio conversation between Red Bull…

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