FIA race director Michael Masi justified the official warning levied upon Christian Horner in Qatar by the unacceptable nature of the Red Bull team principal's criticism of the marshals' work. Horner was summoned to the Qatar Grand Prix stewards' following his public criticism of the latter's decision to penalize Max Verstappen, as well as Valtteri Bottas, for ignoring a yellow-flag warning in Saturday's qualifying session that was signaled to drivers after Pierre Gasly's AlphaTauri had grounded to a halt on the side of the track. Horner blamed "a rogue marshal" for deploying the flags, and suggested that the FIA needs to have "better control of their marshals", adding...
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