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Masi on how a race restarts with an empty grid
FIA race director Michael Masi has explained what would have happened if no driver had lined up on the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix restart. That bizarre scenario was averted only by race leader Lewis Hamilton’s decision not to enter the pits for slick tyres on a fast-drying circuit, whereas all the other 14 remaining runners did. As a result, once the Safety Car had peeled off at the end of the formation lap, the World Champion found himself all alone on the grid. The red lights were turned out as usual and off he went, with the decision not to ‘box’ leaving Hamilton at the back of the pack after he did stop at the end of that lap. But what if all 15 cars had entered the pits...
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