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FIA explains why Azerbaijan GP was completed after Verstappen crash

Michael Masi is in conversation with The Race. Masi addressed the issue of why Max Verstappen's crash triggered a red flag and Lance Stroll's did not. The FIA chief also explains why the race was 'simply' finished with just two laps to go. Formula 1 has the option to wave the chequered flag if 75% or more of the race has been completed at the time of the red flag. Nevertheless, Masi decided to run the last two laps after all. "At that point in my opinion the best option was to suspend the race, clean everything up, and then have a race finish. For a number of years now, we’ve had the race suspension regulations. So going back many, many years ago, when a race was red-flagged after...
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