Very interesting point. What Masi did was in the rules, but only because of Article 15.3 which allowed him to bypass the rules layed out. Article 15.3 allows for entertainment to be favoured over integrity. It also allows for a lack of consistency. I can almost guarantee that something such as this would not happen if the race was at Spa or Monaco, earlier on in the season, but all races should be treated equally as far as the rules are concerned. I personally believe as a neutral that Article 15.3 should be abolished with immediate effect after this, as should communication from teams with the race director.
Expect more of this with F1 owned by American’s. They only want the entertainment not the integrity, as that is what will draw the viewers (and these viewers don’t care about the details)
Should have stopped the race with remaining laps and restarted with both on fresh tyres with the 5 laps to go. Great to watch but winning by a poor marshalling decision is not really winning on merit.
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F1 has irreparably tarnished its reputation for me!
Very interesting point. What Masi did was in the rules, but only because of Article 15.3 which allowed him to bypass the rules layed out. Article 15.3 allows for entertainment to be favoured over integrity. It also allows for a lack of consistency. I can almost guarantee that something such as this would not happen if the race was at Spa or Monaco, earlier on in the season, but all races should be treated equally as far as the rules are concerned. I personally believe as a neutral that Article 15.3 should be abolished with immediate effect after this, as should communication from teams with the race director.
Yep Liberty and the FIA are doing a great job of turning F1 into NASCAR, where rubbin is racin and if y’all ain’t cheatin y’all gets beatin.
Can’t wait till they start offering buckets of chicken in the stands at Monaco.
In all seriousness what happened at Abu Dhabi reminded me very much of when Senna was disqualified in Suzuka handing Prost the WDC in 1990.
Once again the FIA and it’s vague rulebook was instrumental (through Jean Marie Balestre this time ) in robbing Senna of possible further WDC.
Agree, not much has changed, it's a sport after all for entertainment as #1.
Expect more of this with F1 owned by American’s. They only want the entertainment not the integrity, as that is what will draw the viewers (and these viewers don’t care about the details)
Should have stopped the race with remaining laps and restarted with both on fresh tyres with the 5 laps to go. Great to watch but winning by a poor marshalling decision is not really winning on merit.