After two successive race weekends with drawn out stewards' rulings, F1 race director Michael Masi has defended the process. At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was reported to the stewards after Friday's qualifying for an alleged DRS infringement. That ruling only came down on Saturday, and after the day's practice session had concluded. Days later Mercedes asked for the right to review the decision not to penalise Max Verstappen for his defending against Hamilton at Turn 4. That hearing took place on Thursday in the build-up to the Qatar GP with a ruling being made on the Friday. The day after that Verstappen, along with Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz, were in trouble over...
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