F1 race director Michael Masi has hit back at claims that Formula 1 should have permanent stewards. Some declared afterwards that the problem is that different stewards are on duty at each grand prix. “As far as I know, the stewards go through old cases every time to see if there are any precedents. “And I think that’s a very good argument,” the German added. Top FIA official Masi agrees that a permanent panel of stewards may indeed “create the impression of bias”. “We also can’t forget that no two cases are the same, even if everyone tries to generalise the incidents,” he said.

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