THE FIA are negotiating a new role for sacked race director Michael Masi because he remains an “important figure”. Masi was dismissed soon after but FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem wants to him to stay. Ben Sulayem said: “[We wanted] to take the pressure and the stress from him, because he really went through a lot. “But now we are negotiating with him of course to stay in the FIA. “He is [an] important figure to us so our people are negotiating other, I would not say a job, but another place for him within the FIA.”. Mercedes star Hamilton wants to leave all that behind and focus on winning an eighth world title this season.

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