Masi is a supposed to be a professional.
His actions over the past few races do not support this. How he could think manipulating the track position to allow the lapped cars between Max and Lewis, placing the Red Bull with fresh softs right behind the Merc on 39 lap old tires would make it a fair shoot out is beyond me.. but it's easy for me to criticize. Totally unfair for Hamilton/Mercedes. Masi stole the championship from Lewis and handed it to Max.
I still think the only fair move was red flag the race, Allow everyone a tire change and send them out for five laps in the order they went in. He could have used his over-ride authority to dismiss any rules that impeded a restart that deep into a race. Lewis would have forfeited the eleven second lead.. that's fair. Let Max work his magic on the lapped cars and with any time remaining take a shot at Lewis on fresh tires... that's fair.
Yeah.. Read and abide by rules one thru one thousand. Rule one thousand and one.. ignore rules the prior one thousand rules.
I am still heartbroken for Lewis. I have followed him since 2005. I have never seen him be anything less than an inspiration and a gentleman. He was totally molested out of the championship and remained a gentleman. Max, on the other hand, walks off the podium at Saudi Arabi like a little bitch. He a massively talented driver, but has the maturity and sportsmanship of a third grader.
The really sad part... Between the publicity of the fight between Max & Lewis, and Netflix, F1 surely gained countless new fans this year. The events at Abu Dhabi made an already confusing sport even harder to understand, and the kangaroo court antics makes F1 seem like a circus show more than a sport. Many of those new fans were likely lost.
His actions over the past few races do not support this. How he could think manipulating the track position to allow the lapped cars between Max and Lewis, placing the Red Bull with fresh softs right behind the Merc on 39 lap old tires would make it a fair shoot out is beyond me.. but it's easy for me to criticize. Totally unfair for Hamilton/Mercedes. Masi stole the championship from Lewis and handed it to Max.
I still think the only fair move was red flag the race, Allow everyone a tire change and send them out for five laps in the order they went in. He could have used his over-ride authority to dismiss any rules that impeded a restart that deep into a race. Lewis would have forfeited the eleven second lead.. that's fair. Let Max work his magic on the lapped cars and with any time remaining take a shot at Lewis on fresh tires... that's fair.
Yeah.. Read and abide by rules one thru one thousand. Rule one thousand and one.. ignore rules the prior one thousand rules.
I am still heartbroken for Lewis. I have followed him since 2005. I have never seen him be anything less than an inspiration and a gentleman. He was totally molested out of the championship and remained a gentleman. Max, on the other hand, walks off the podium at Saudi Arabi like a little bitch. He a massively talented driver, but has the maturity and sportsmanship of a third grader.
The really sad part... Between the publicity of the fight between Max & Lewis, and Netflix, F1 surely gained countless new fans this year. The events at Abu Dhabi made an already confusing sport even harder to understand, and the kangaroo court antics makes F1 seem like a circus show more than a sport. Many of those new fans were likely lost.
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