New FIA president backs F1 race director Michael Massi and expands his powers
see photosAustralian Michael Massey to receive more support from FIA in 2022
The FIA has confirmed that Michael Massi has race director for the 2022 F1 season, while the controversial end of the 2021 F1 season has sparked outrage over the race director’s role. Generally speaking, ever since Massey took over following the unfortunate demise of Charlie Whiting, the F1 paddock has been unhappy with inconsistent decisions by the Australian and the team of stewards who decide on the race. Interestingly, the new president of the FIA, Mohamed Ben Sulayem, has expanded the powers of the race director.
“Almost all sports have one referee per game, who is the decision-maker and they are not subject to appeal. Perhaps we should take this route. This will greatly speed up the imposition of penalties rather than imposing penalties. Wait for the facts to transfer and for them to investigate and make a decision. It cannot be that the result is different a few hours after the race,” Ben Sulayem said in a decision approved by members of the FIA World Motor Sports Council.
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The decision came after Suleiman’s predecessor Jean Todt, who was in charge until earlier this month, also indicated that the FIA had to be tough with the teams when they publicly challenged their decision-making. Suleiman has also not ruled out a penalty for Lewis Hamilton, who missed a mandatory appearance at the F1 season finale gala, which he did not.
In the wake of what happened in the 2021 F1 season, there could be amendments to the International Sports Code. One of the changes already made is the tightening of communication between teams and race officials. Two-way communication will be replaced by one-way communication coming directly from the race director. Ben Sulayem also has an eye on post-race time penalties and time penalties as a general.
“The five-second penalty that is customary to enforce is often ineffective. The sanctioned person has a free hand to attempt to recover that time on the track, as Lewis Hamilton did at Silverstone. Conversely, if the clearance is a ‘drive-thru’ or is found at a pit stop, one or more positions may be lost, which the sanction will have to be retrieved again,” an FIA source told Soymotor. .
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In addition, attention is also being paid to the process of giving back race positions and the FIA also wants to avoid the situations seen at the Saudi Arabia GP, where Verstappen slowed down to hand the position to Hamilton just before the DRS zone, where he could retrieve it. Due to the slipstream and extra horsepower boost, the D ₹. Thank You for
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