FIA Race Director Michael Masi on mentor Charlie Whiting, driver penalties and more

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

As the FIA’s Race Director and Safety Delegate, Michael Masi’s job is to run F1 races – to keep an eye on everything that happens on track, and plenty of stuff off it too – including running driver briefings and dealing with protests. On this week’s show the Australian gives TC the inside line on one of the most interesting and pressurized roles in F1, discussing – amongst other things – his interpretation of the ‘let them race’ philosophy, his re-introduction of the black and white ‘warning’ flag, and what it’s like trying to fill the boots of his late mentor Charlie Whiting.

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0:00.0	Nothing's more British than a copper and a biscuit.
0:04.6	Taking a 15 minute break to reset, recharge and feel better.
0:09.6	But the perfect break needs the perfect biscuit.
0:13.7	And let's be honest, as the original and the best
0:17.5	only a MacVitties one will do.
0:20.6	Time for a biscuit, Britain.
0:23.4	MacVitties' true originals,
0:25.6	buy-in store for a chance to win a true
0:28.2	the original biscuit break.
0:30.2	Hi, I'm Michael Massey, the FIA Formula One
0:32.9	racetrack during safety delegate.
0:34.5	And you have the pleasure to be listening to Beyond the Grid.
0:43.1	Hello, everyone.
0:44.0	And welcome once again to Beyond the Grid with me, Tom Clarkson.
0:48.3	Well, what a season opener we had in Austria at the weekend.
0:52.3	Breathless racing, reliability issues,
0:55.0	the extent to which we haven't seen in years,
0:57.8	and some overtaking controversy.
1:00.1	It was F1 at its brilliant best.
1:03.6	As a spectator, it was hard to keep track of what was going on.
1:07.0	So just imagine for a second
1:09.0	if it was your job to know everything that was happening
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