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Daily Mirror
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Daniel Moxon

Ferrari chief Mattia Binotto accuses F1 race director of botching Italian GP safety car

Furious Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto said the FIA had been "caught sleeping" as he raged about the anticlimactic end to the Italian Grand Prix behind a safety car.

The yellow flags were brought out by a mechanical issue for Daniel Ricciardo, which saw him park his McLaren at the side of the track. As marshals failed to get the car out of gear to wheel it away, a recovery was needed and so the safety car was announced.

And that's how the race finished, as it wasn't cleared in time for the safety car to go into the pits and allow any racing on the final lap. As a result, Charles Leclerc never had the chance to try to overtake Max Verstappen and deliver what would have been a famous result for Ferrari at Monza.

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