The FIA could have made it so much easier for themselves and Masi by moving him swiftly, rather than wait two months for the inevitable to happen. By protracting the process they've only added to people's miseries. Masi isn't a bad guy and he's not solely to blame for the mess in Abu Dhabi.
It's one thing making changes but making these changes isn't enough. The fact that the FIA have said they wouldn't publish a report into the matter suggests they were quite happy to evade responsibility. Ultimately, Masi was responsible to them, the issues weren't just confined to one moment of madness from him (think of the failure to punish Max in Brazil, the Belgian GP farce).
50k fine for Max in Brazil.
The rules have been changed after Belgium. Now there must be at least 2 laps without a safety car to declare a result.
The easy thing was to redeploy Masi to a different role. What they have replaced him with however, is absolutely farcical. Alternate inexperienced racing directors and a VAR style hub, that can overrule their decisions. It's an admission that either nobody wanted the job or nobody was better qualified than Masi to do it. So there will be even more inconsistency in the decision making than there was. Jokeshop.
The sprints at Silverstone and Monza didn't produce enough action last year to retain their slots in the calendar. So Imola and Austria replaced them. There are more points on offer for more drivers, but I think most drivers will settle for 7 points instead of 8, as they did for 2 points instead of 3 from the sprints last season. Nothing has been done to help teams trying to run 26 races on just 3 engines, or the ludicrous situation where the winner of the sprint race still starts at the back to take engine penalties, as happened at Monza last year.
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