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George Russell and Valtteri Bottas demand FIA returns to Michael Masi approach

After Michael Masi was sacked in 2021 following the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem decided to split the race director role between two alternating officials. Eduardo Freitas and Niels Wittich will both be replaced after only a year in the role after catastrophic errors from both race directors last season. Freitas was the man behind the highly controversial Japanese Grand Prix, where drivers were left outraged by the decision to deploy a recovery crane on the circuit where Jules Bianchi tragically lost his life, in extreme wet conditions. After this incident Wittich was given control over the rest of the season and incorrectly informed Haas that they...
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