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FIA to increase race director training

FIA F1 Race Director, Niels Wittich The FIA, the world governing body of motorsport, is set to revise its race director training regime for the 2023 season. The role of the race director has been thrust into the spotlight since the 2021 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Michael Masi was removed from the role of Formula 1 Race Director following the event, and replaced by a combination of Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas for the 2022 season. That was a tacit acknowledgement that the task was too great for one person to manage, a point further evidenced by work ongoing behind the scenes to develop systems to support the role. New technology has been introduced to automate some of the...
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