Masi explains why he referred Horner to the stewards

Michael Masi has told the stewards about comments made by Christian Horner regarding the marshal directly involved in waving the double yellow flag in Q3. The steward allowed the Red Bull Racing team principal to explain where his frustration was coming from.

"I think you should not attack any person," Masi said at among other things The Race on Horner's allegedly calling the marshal'rogue'. “Particularly when we have thousands of volunteer marshals around the world, that give up a huge amount of time globally, without them this sport that everyone has very close to their heart [couldn’t happen]." 

According to the 42-year-old Australian, a little more respect for the work of the marshals would be in order. "All of them give up a huge amount of time. Without them, it won’t happen. That’s the part that a lot of people miss. And I will defend every volunteer official and every official at every racetrack around the world, that [such criticism] is not accepted," he added.

Marko also critical

Where Horner mainly insulted the marshal in question it was the FIA itself that was criticised by Helmut Marko. The advisor of the Austrian formation lashed out at the international motorsport federation, but was not referred to the stewards. Masi says according to The Race he was not aware of Marko's comments.