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Masi: In hindsight we would've handled Q2 incident differently

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has conceded that race control erred in its decision to start Q2 for the Turkish Grand Prix with a recovery vehicle still on track. The second safety incident in as many races, cars at the start of Q2 had to pass a mobile crane still working to recover the beached Williams of Nicholas Latifi from Q1 at the gravel outside turn 8, after race control allowed the session to begin prior to the vehicle's removal. Unsurprisingly, the decision has been met with widespread condemnation on social media, particularly given the pattern of negligence emerging after a high-speed near-miss with marshals during the last race at Imola. After that incident, F1's...
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