Michael Masi should be replaced

[Common Porpoise]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/60170232


sounds like the restructuring that was being talked about even before Abu Dhabi will mean Masi will probably not be fulfilling his current role next season. i expect he will be put in charge of checking barrier safety or something closer to his original purpose before the loss of Whiting.

[Blib]

'He did absolutely nothing wrong and for that reason we're firing him'

[_Al_]

Common Porpoise said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/60170232

Oh look more patronising the fans… “if the stewards voided the race Max would still be champion”

Yes, but LH was winning, so that means the championship still changed hands only because of the race director / FIA’s failure.

[Common Porpoise]

"Peter Bayer, newly appointed as the FIA's head of F1, said: "Michael did a super job in many ways. We told him that"

• many... just not all [hehe]

I think it's fairly obvious Bayer does think Masi fked up. Suggestion of voiding the race result clearly implies that along with the statement about the importance of there being respect for the race director, which there clearly won't be without changes.

[_Al_]

Common Porpoise said:

"Peter Bayer, newly appointed as the FIA's head of F1, said: "Michael did a super job in many ways. We told him that"

He certainly ensured people are talking about F1 in the off season.. Reminds me of that motivational poster “always consider that the whole output of your life may be to act as a warning to others”.

Think he qualifies for that now.

[Megaflow]

Common Porpoise said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/60170232


sounds like the restructuring that was being talked about even before Abu Dhabi will mean Masi will probably not be fulfilling his current role next season. i expect he will be put in charge of checking barrier safety or something closer to his original purpose before the loss of Whiting.

The amount of spin coming from the Red Bull camp about how Max’s championship is not tainted has been unbelievable, to the extent I am not sure if they are trying to convince the fans of the sport or themselves anymore.

It will be interesting to see how the whole sport deals with the FIA basically saying “yep, Masi got it wrong, so we have sacked him”.

If that isn’t an admission that the championship is tainted, then I don’t know what is.

[Carlososos]

Megaflow said:

Common Porpoise said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/60170232


sounds like the restructuring that was being talked about even before Abu Dhabi will mean Masi will probably not be fulfilling his current role next season. i expect he will be put in charge of checking barrier safety or something closer to his original purpose before the loss of Whiting.

The amount of spin coming from the Red Bull camp about how Max’s championship is not tainted has been unbelievable, to the extent I am not sure if they are trying to convince the fans of the sport or themselves anymore.

It will be interesting to see how the whole sport deals with the FIA basically saying “yep, Masi got it wrong, so we have sacked him”.

If that isn’t an admission that the championship is tainted, then I don’t know what is.

If you put all wdc crowns in a room and asked every f1 driver to choose his one and only championship (and how he would win it) which one would never get picked up? Sure some have controversy but never has it been so blatant the press and f1 don’t know how to react. Maybe a sociopath would pick the tainted 2021 crown but I wouldn’t want that championship over any other that I can think of.

[Oneball]

Carlososos said:

If you put all wdc crowns in a room and asked every f1 driver to choose his one and only championship (and how he would win it) which one would never get picked up?

Jochen Rindt’s