Bojan Vrbnjak
Unfortunately, they are still going on debate about the final race of last season v Abu Dhabi, where, according to some experts and especially ardent fans, they were silver arrow racers Mercedes in Hamilton robbed of a racing title and identified as the culprit Michael Masi, FIA director of racing by the team Mercedes and some experts also some media nailed to the cross and demand his head.
FIA investigation, which is also talked about so much, is ongoing, Mercedes however, he is still angry about what happened. Hamilton but he has shrouded himself in silence, so rumors of his future still do not subside. Also position Masia it is far from safe. Now it's really coming stupid question: If Formula 1 decides to keep Masia in the position of race director, or could Mercedes and Hamilton refused to perform this season? She boycotted, such as the FIA awards show last December in Paris?
According to Martin Brundl both Mercedes and Hamilton are not going anywhere. In a special show on Sky Sports F1 "The F1 Show," Brundle said.To be honest, absolutely not. I don't buy anything from it. I’m sure Lewis asked Toto ‘what are you going to do about it?’. But Formula 1 is fantastically successful on the Mercedes-Benz brand, while Lewis is 37 years old and we know the race at its peak is incredibly determined and competitive. He will return."
On the other hand Johnny Herbert understands why Mercedes in Hamilton I wouldn’t want to continue if I did Masi retained his position. If he were in Hamilton's place, he is Herbert said he would not udobno, if the person holding the title remained in a leading position. “To be honest, this would not be a pleasant situation for both of us. As a racer, Hamilton feels very offended because the title was taken away from him and he would not want to have a man who made the wrong decision and because of which he lost the title. If Massi stays, Hamilton will be very, very angry. I think Mercedes thinks in a similar way, so a lot of things need to be handled in the right way, especially by the FIA, so that Formula 1 will be what we expect - fair."
We can say that lov on Masi's head, media lynching The Australian continues. As mentioned in the introduction, this is a dilemma. "if Masi stays, we say goodbye”After pressure and secret agreements already for wink for covert if not already public threats. Now it's your turn Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the new president of the FIA, to decide whether to accommodate pressures, desires and threats one team z a whimsical racer prone to dramatization, or to perform necessary reforms within its organization and does not shift all the blame onto one person.
If the FIA leadership decides to oust Masi, will Mercedes and Hamilton then "threaten" even if Ben Sulayem is the man to speak and punish Hamilton for the FIA boycott of the awards ceremony? If not, it will grant the status of inviolability to Mercedes and their racer in the eyes of the public.
Because here no problem Massi, he's just the face of it. The problem is big deeper, because the majority owners of Formula 1 Liberty Medium they turn this sport into a reality television spectacle. Because of this, Masi should not be forgiven as a kind of scapegoat. His place would be needs to be renovated, give him an assistant, and when the racing weekend begins, set up obstacles between race management, teams and also the majority owner of commercial rights. Race leadership it must have one task. That the race took place safely and according to the rules. You should never be responsible for making a race exciting. formula 1 is easy sport or reality show. At the moment it is more of the latter. Not to blame honestly Masia. Because the problem is much bigger, deeper than just one person.
