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Exclusive: Andretti would have done the same as Masi
Ex-F1 and IndyCar Champion Mario Andretti says he would have made the exact same call as Michael Masi at the 2021 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. FIA race director Masi courted controversy at the season finale when he set the stage for a final-lap shootout, and did so by making an unprecedented call. Lewis Hamilton was romping towards an eighth World title when Nicholas Latifi crashed, setting in play circumstances that led to Max Verstappen pipping Hamilton to the Drivers' Championship. Masi's unusual call to allow only the cars between Hamilton and Verstappen to unlap themselves, five of the eight lapped cars, meant the Red Bull driver was given one lap to attack Hamilton. He did so...
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