Controversial former F1 race director Michael Masi has walked away from the FIA, exactly seven months after his ‘human error’ in Abu Dhabi cost Lewis Hamilton the 2021 title. The FIA confirmed the news in a statement on Tuesday, revealing that Masi is moving back to Australia to be ‘closer to his family’. Masi was the race director for the 2021 F1 season, but he caused huge controversy in the season-ending showdown in Abu Dhabi, essentially wrestling the title away from Hamilton with a decision later described as ‘human error’ by FIA chiefs. Mercedes were left furious and they appeared to imply they may walk out on the sport had Masi not been replaced as race director.

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