Michael Masi has stated that Formula 1 and the FIA are going to discuss whether a driver that crashes in qualifying should have his times deleted. In IndyCar, the rule is that if a driver brings out a Red Flag during a qualifying session, their two best timed laps from it will be deleted. In recent times, there have been more and more calls for such a rule to be introduced in F1 following the qualifying session in Monaco where Charles Leclerc took pole position as he crashed on his final flying lap and brought out a Red Flag, Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas were both on track to go faster than the Ferrari man, but the stoppage meant that no other drivers could complete their laps. There...
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