On 12 November, the FIA announced that race director Niels Wittich had resigned from his role. However, reports now suggest that Wittich was actually 'sacked' d
On 12 November, the FIA announced that race director Niels Wittich had resigned from his role. However, reports now suggest that Wittich was actually "sacked" due to rising tensions with
"Senior sources have told me that he has effectively been sacked, that there wasn't a volition in terms of him deciding to leave his job with three races to go. That is obviously contrary to what the FIA have put out in their statement. "In terms of how this is being received in F1 today, there's some shock and surprise among the teams that I've spoken to. They think with three races to go, it's an unusual choice to change horses at this point in time."
"Wittich has been under some scrutiny. We can look back at Interlagos and what happened there, and even in events preceding that. Amid heavy rain at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, there were times perhaps when maybe the red flag ought to have been activated earlier on.
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