F1 Race Director Michael Masi explained why the Safety Car was deployed in Germany Michael Masi has explained why Race Control elected to deploy the Safety Car in the latter stages of the Eifel Grand Prix. Lando Norris pulled his McLaren off the road after 42 laps of the Nurburgring, parking it near an opening in the fence at the Ford Kurve (Turn 6). Though seemingly out of harm’s way, the Safety Car was deployed soon after. 'Lando's car had some smoke and fire, so that was one point,' FIA Race Director Masi explained. 'The other was, at first glance, we weren't confident that the car could actually be recovered into the opening that was there, due to the tightness of it. 'So rather than...
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