{"id":291624,"date":"2025-04-27T12:47:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T12:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/ferrari-drivers-back-fia-race-control-overhaul\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T12:47:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T12:47:25","slug":"ferrari-drivers-back-fia-race-control-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/ferrari-drivers-back-fia-race-control-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari drivers back FIA race control overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ferrari drivers back FIA race control overhaul\" title=\"Ferrari drivers back FIA race control overhaul\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"pcl-full-content\">\n<p>Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz backed the governing FIA\u2019s restructuring of Formula One\u2019s race control operation in response to the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that resulted in Michael Masi being replaced as race director.<\/p>\n<p>The federation\u2019s newly-elected president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said in a video posted online on Thursday that the Australian will be replaced by Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas who will alternate as race directors.<\/p>\n<p><ev-engagement group-name=\"contentLogin\"\/><ev-engagement group-name=\"myNotification\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ev-meter-content ie-premium-content-block\">\n<p>The Emirati, who said Masi would be offered another role within the FIA, also announced other changes.These include the setting up of a virtual race control room, similar to football\u2019s VAR, a reassessment of safety car unlapping procedures, the return of F1 stalwart Herbie Blash as permanent senior advisor to the two race directors and an end to the broadcasting of radio transmissions between teams and race control.\u201dI actually like what I see,\u201d Sainz told reporters following the launch of Ferrari\u2019s 2022 car.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: FIA confirms Michael Masi has been removed from his position as race director. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F5s1dFULFk\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/F5s1dFULFk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNF1\/status\/1494300821932097539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI also welcome the new race directors and I\u2019m sure they will have a very difficult task to complete like we saw the last few years in Formula One.\u201dIt\u2019s a very difficult role, especially filling in the shoes of the late Charlie that we all definitely miss.\u201dBut we also accept this role needs to be done properly, needs to be done supported, like the FIA is planning.\u201d<br \/><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"SNhkTvFTxnM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"F1&#039;s huge Max Verstappen vs Lewis Hamilton Abu Dhabi GP controversy explained\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SNhkTvFTxnM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"osv-ad-class\" style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;height: 375px;margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Masi, who was thrust into the race director role after respected predecessor Charlie Whiting died ahead of the 2019 season, came under fire after altering the safety car procedure to set up a last-lap showdown between title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FIA President Mohammed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ben_Sulayem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Ben_Sulayem<\/a> opens the way for a new step forward in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@F1<\/a> refereeing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xh6mFgXeyb\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Xh6mFgXeyb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIA (@fia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fia\/status\/1494307414316826624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Australian moved only the lapped cars between race-leading Hamilton and second-placed Verstappen out of the way, allowing the Red Bull driver, on fresher tyres, to seize the lead from his Mercedes rival on the last lap, denying him an unprecedented eighth title.Ben Sulayem\u2019s proposed overhaul was presented at Monday\u2019s Formula One Commission meeting. It was approved unanimously by all teams and F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I have a lot of respect for Michael and for everything he has done,\u201d said Leclerc.\u201dBut again the FIA has made a decision\u2026 so I fully trust that this is the right decision and we will go forward with this.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '444470064056909');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/sports\/motor-sport\/michael-masi-removed-as-race-director-ferrari-drivers-back-fia-race-control-overhaul-7779314\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz backed the governing FIA\u2019s restructuring of Formula One\u2019s race control operation in response to the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that resulted in Michael Masi being replaced as race director. The federation\u2019s newly-elected president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said in a video posted online on Thursday that the Australian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[605],"tags":[4794,5202,5748,226890,4823,13878,226889,14667,1593],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291626,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291624\/revisions\/291626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}