On Lap 26, a frustrated radio message from Wolff to race control was broadcast as the Austrian claimed Haas rookie Mazepin was ignoring blue flags and subsequently holding up Lewis Hamilton. “Michael, blue flags,” Wolff said. “Michael, this guy makes us lose the position.” While teams do have the capability to directly contact race control during races, Masi said he “very rarely” hears from Wolff. Masi explained that F1 and the FIA have been working for some time to broadcast communications between the teams and race control, with the new feature debuting in Barcelona. “It actually came about through a discussion at an F1 Commission meeting last year,” Masi said. “So they...
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