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Evening Standard
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Marc Mayo

Max Verstappen slams F1 for sacking Michael Masi after Abu Dhabi controversy: ‘He was thrown under the bus’

Max Verstappen has hit out at Formula One’s decision to sack Michael Masi - insisting that the embattled former race director was “thrown under the bus”.

Masi executed the controversial decision at the end of 2021’s season finale in Abu Dhabi which enabled Verstappen to overtake Lewis Hamilton and win his first world championship.

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