FIA race director Michael Masi refuted a claim made by 2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg who believes that Baku’s pit entry is “one of the most scary places in F1”.<\/p>\n
Rosberg made the comment on his YouTube<\/em> channel during his virtual lap presentation of Baku’s street circuit where the German won with Mercedes in 2016.<\/p>\n Rosberg typically runs through a track’s corners and offers insight to fans about the specific characteristics of each section and turn. But the 23-time Grand Prix winner made a point of singling out a dangerous aspect of Baku’s pit entry.<\/p>\n “I\u2019m going to show you one of the places I always found the most dangerous of the whole year,” Rosberg said.<\/p>\n “It was quite scary. You\u2019re arriving down here now at 350 kph, now look what\u2019s on the left [pointing to the pit entry].<\/p>\n “Imagine something breaks on the car here. You\u2019re at 350 kph. On the left, there\u2019s just a wall, and it\u2019s facing you. If something breaks and you\u2019re in that wall, it\u2019s the end, there\u2019s no more you.<\/p>\n “This is one of the most scary places I\u2019ve ever driven an F1 car in. To go by there just feels ridiculously wrong. But you have to try and blend it out.”<\/p>\n Many incidents marred the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend, but fortunately none took near Baku’s pitlane entry which Masi said conforms with the circuit’s FIA Grade 1 requirements.<\/p>\n “No, I disagree with that comment,” Masi said. “The pit entry and the entire circuit has been designed, and is homologated by the FIA as a Grade 1 circuit, and fulfils all of the various safety requirements that the FIA has within its regulation requirements. So no, I disagree.”<\/p>\n Gallery: The beautiful wives and girlfriends of F1 drivers<\/p>\n Keep up to date with all the F1 news via <\/em>Facebook<\/em> and <\/em>Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FIA race director Michael Masi refuted a claim made by 2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg who believes that Baku’s pit entry is “one of the most scary places in F1”. Rosberg made the comment on his YouTube channel during his virtual lap presentation of Baku’s street circuit where the German won with Mercedes in … <\/p>\n\nRead also: Saudi Arabian GP releases first images of pit complex\n<\/ul>\n