FIA makes rule tweak to streamline F1 safety car restart process

Former F1 race director Michael Masi failed to implement two articles of the sporting regulations surrounding the restart of races in Abu Dhabi.

Only select cars were allowed to unlap themselves, instead of the call being given to all cars, while the race resumed at the end of the same lap they were given the message to overtake the cars a lap ahead.

This should have occurred at the end of the following lap.

The decisions led to a last-lap showdown that ultimately decided…