FIA race director Michael Masi felt a two-lap sprint to the finish to determine the outcome of Formula 1's red-flagged Azerbaijan Grand Prix was "in the best interest... read more »

A tyre failure for Max Verstappen in the closing stages of the race in Baku initially prompted a safety car period before Masi threw a red flag, suspending the race.After the... read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has explained the reason why the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was red-flagged following Max Verstappen's crash but not for that involving Lance Stroll. read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has introduced a rule to stop drivers going "unnecessarily slowly" during qualifying in Baku. read more »

The new directive, issued by Masi in the second version of notes that he gave to the teams today, specified the last section of the lap that runs from Turns 17-20 and on to the... read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has warned drivers about creating a gap in practice and qualifying after the de facto final corner to avoid an unnecessary incident. read more »

Race director Michael Masi says the FIA will look at whether or not adopting an IndyCar qualifying rule will be suitable for use in F1. read more »

FIA Race Director, Michael Masi has admitted that F1 will consider adopting the IndyCar rule whereby drivers who crash in qualifying have their time deleted. read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has confirmed IndyCar's red-flag rule will be considered following Charles Leclerc's qualifying crash ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

F1 race director Michael Masi says the Monaco Grand Prix stewards did assess whether Charles Leclerc might have deliberately crashed in qualifying. read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has confirmed Charles Leclerc's Monaco Grand Prix qualifying crash was reviewed for potential foul play. read more »

Mercedes team boss Wolff was heard requesting blue flags from Masi as Lewis Hamilton closed up to lap Haas driver Nikita Mazepin shortly before making his first pit stop.The... read more »

Formula 1's Race Director Michael Masi says reverting to the old layout at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is a possibility if the championship returns to the venue.... read more »

Hitting the Race Control button to complain about Nikita Mazepin, Michael Masi says he "very rarely" hears from Toto Wolff during races. read more »

Guenther Steiner says Toto Wolff 'showed who was in command' in F1 in his heated radio message to race director Michael Masi. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff's complaint to FIA race director Michael Masi about Nikita Mazepin during the Spanish Grand Prix marked a broadcasting first for Formula 1. read more »

Race director, Michael Masi has admitted that a radio call from a team boss during a race is a rarity, while the broadcasting of the message is a new innovation from F1. read more »

Toto Wolff's message to Michael Masi during the Spanish Grand Prix was the first played out over Formula 1's world feed broadcast under a new initiative from the... read more »

Following the fierce debate over track limits in Portugal one week ago, FIA race director Michael Masi outlined in his event notes for Spain that Turns 1, 2, 13, 14 and 15... read more »

Verstappen was left frustrated by F1's track limits rules at the last race in Portugal after losing the fastest lap bonus point for allegedly going off track, breaking the... read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has revealed the MotoGP pit lane exit at Portimao had to be ruled out for F1 across the Portuguese Grand Prix weekend. read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has explained the reasoning for Nikita Mazepin's penalty during the Portuguese Grand Prix. read more »

Max Verstappen lost the fastest lap point for the Portuguese GP because he gained an advantage - a point - by running wide at Turn 14. read more »

Race director, Michael Masi explains why Max Verstappen had his fastest race lap time deleted after once again falling foul of the track limits rules. read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi is adamant it was "very clear" that Max Verstappen exceeded track limits in setting the fastest lap of the Portuguese Grand Prix. read more »