Anthoine Hubert<\/a> was killed during the F2 race on Saturday.<\/p>\nDescribing it as “very sad, very confronting”, he is finding his feet. “When you are thrown into foreign territory, once you get to know different people, work with different people, like anything, the more you do it, the more comfortable you feel within the environment,” he said.<\/p>\n
“What happens on the track, you refer to your rulebook, you know your systems, your processes. It’s everything else that you go into more and more.”<\/p>\n
Following the race in Australia, the FIA handed Masi the role for the remainder of this year. It is one he hopes to continue into 2020 and beyond. Given the plaudits he has received from many in F1, his wish is likely to be granted.<\/p>\n
“I’d certainly like to continue,” Masi said. “For now, I will continue to do my best at each event, as I have done.<\/p>\n
“But everyone, from the guys in race control, to all the operational guys, FIA president Jean Todt and the entire FIA family, has been super supportive throughout the year in everything I’ve done, working with me and coaching me through certain situations as they’ve arisen.<\/p>\n
“I’m grateful to everyone because it could have quite easily gone the other way.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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