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Wolff says Masi had become a “liability” for F1

Wolff says Masi had become a "liability" for F1

Masi lost his job over the winter, in the wake of his handling of the safety car restart in the closing stages of last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Mistakes made by race control in only allowing a select number of backmarkers to unlap themselves, plus the decision to go for an immediate restart, opened the door for Max Verstappen to snatch the win and world title from Lewis Hamilton on the final lap.

Wolff has made no bones about his unhappiness of the events of that day, and said he had no intention of speaking to Masi again after what happened.

In an interview with the Press Association at the Australian Grand Prix, Wolff has revealed his feelings on Masi’s character, and how he tried to get through his views to him over a lunch in the build-up to the Abu Dhabi finale.

“It is quite interesting because I had lunch with him [Masi] on the Wednesday before the race, and I said to him that ‘I really want to tell you, without patronising you, that you need to take criticism on board…

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