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Brawn: Teams' contact with race director to cease following ‘unacceptable' pressure

Formula One managing director Ross Brawn has confirmed that he plans to put an end to team bosses contacting the race director during races following a controversial 2021 season. Humour and frustration ruled the recent Formula 1 season in equal measure, as Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and Red Bull’s Jonathan Wheatley persistently got in touch with Michael Masi during grand prix in a bid to influence his decisions. It brought us enormously entertaining lines such as “I don’t check my emails during the race” at Silverstone, while causing immense dissatisfaction as Masi seemed to lose control of several grand prix in 2021. READ: Webber unsure about Hamilton’s headspace after...
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