Mercedes boss Toto Wolff’s complaint about Nikita Mazepin at the Sp🥂anish Grand Prix marked the first use of F1’s new broadcast addition to share messages between the teams and race control.

The feature h🌠as been well received by fans but has resulted in fewer radio communicatඣions between teams’ pitwalls and race control, according to Masi.

“I think, to be fair, each sporting team, and it’s no different in F1, will utilise the radio knowing that it’s there,”🅠 Masi said after the Styrian Grand Prix.

“It’s been there for many years, obviously it’s just broadcast🅺 now.

“If anything, knowing now that the teams know that it’s broadcast, it’s actually probably reduced the radio traffic in race control and, from the♒ team’s perspective, making them probably think twice before they a💫sk a question.”

After Valtteri Bottas spun in the pitlane during second p﷽ractice at last weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix, McLaren’s team manager Paul James complained to Masi in a message that was broadcast.

Bottas ended up receiving a three-place grid penalty for the incident, leading the Finn to claim “everyone is always trying ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚto screw you over in this sport” and leaving Wolff🦋 unimpressed.

Speaking about the incident, Wolff said he found it "highly entertaining how quickly some sporting directors jump on the channel to Masi and come with Armageddon scenar🐭ios.”

He added: “It’s goꩲod that these channels are now opened up so we can all have a 🦩laugh.”

However, Masi confirmed the spin would have been investigated without McLaren’s intervention and said the stewards♛ do not hear the broadcasted communications.

“The stewards don’t actually hear any of those communications between myself and the teams, and don’t hear the commentary of the races either,” Masi said. 🏅“So they’re not aware of that side of😼 it in any way, shape or form.

“In♔ those types of situations, when incidents like that happen, we go straight up on the screen and put that it’s ‘under investigation’ or ‘noted’ or whatever it may be to tell everyone in the pit lan▨e what’s happening.

“But to be fair with what that incident 𝐆was, even if McLaren hadn’t sa⛄id anything, I would have asked the stewards to investigate that.”