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Having had a night to sleep on it, I have to say that I am just as annoyed today as yesterday.
The rediculous decision by the race director and the stewards to only let those cars between Hamilton and Verstappen go past the safety car was and still is a complete collusion.
As was the rejection of Mercedes appeal.
Well done to Max.
And thank you Lewis for your incredible sportsmanship in the face of what must have been utter dejection.
They are the only winners.
The losers are the FIA who should be feeling utterly ashamed of themselves.
But that is it. The decision won't change and true F1 fans will understand what has happened.
Lewis Hamilton was effectively robbed in order for the FIA agenda to be played out.
The two things that are most sad about what happened yesterday...
1) F1 has begun to slowly gain popularity all season, mainly thanks to the epic duel and hard racing between Max and Lewis. Yes, there have been controversial moments, as with any sport, but overall, they have been dealt with within the rules and good/bad luck has largely evened out over the course of the season. I know loads of people who tuned in for the race for the first time yesterday, excited to see who would come out on top after such a tight battle. Straight after the race, the general feeling amongst these potential new F1 fans was that the sport was a waste of time due to the farce that occurred in the last few laps. There's excitement and drama in sport that can have you out of your seat dancing or sick to your stomach, and at times in can be controversial, but there's no excitement and no drama when the race is manufactured like that in the stewards room, that has the total opposite effect.
2) Micheal Masi would have manufactured that situation knowing full well that Lewis was an absolute sitting duck and that the decisions he made, ignoring the rules and all previous precedents, would hand Max the title. As soon as Horner said "we just need one racing lap" and Masi changed his mind about the unlapped cars, he knew that in doing so, he would hand the title to Max. That for me is absolutely unforgivable. It's not like Masi was backed into a corner and had no choice. He could have let all cars unlap themselves or he could have left Max behind the lapped cars, he could have red flagged the race (giving both chance to change their tyres) and put Hamilton and Max P1 and P2. Had any of those things happened, yes it would still have been controversial, but sporting integrity would have been maintained. I am sorry but whomever you support, there is no sporting integrity in what happened yesterday. Michael Masi effectively threw that and the other 20+ races out of the window for a bit of cheap, contrived drama. This what the spot is now? Some WWE farce to be sold on Netflix PPV?
Both of you hit the nail on the head.
Well done excellent posts.