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FIA tweak F1 safety car rules ahead of new season

Formula 1's governing body made a tweak to the safety car rules to avoid a repeat of the controversy that erupted during last year's title-deciding race in Abu Dhabi. Race director Michael Masi, who was replaced last month, changed the safety car procedure in the closing laps at Yas Marina in a move that allowed Red Bull's Max Verstappen to pass Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and take the title. Hamilton would otherwise have taken a record eighth F1 championship, instead, Verstappen won his first F1 title. The FIA spelt out in a revised edition of the 2022 sporting regulations that ‘all', rather than the more ambiguous ‘any', lapped cars must unlap themselves before a re-start. Masi...
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