F1 2021 Season
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That’s just Christian Horner’s face.
Max drove brilliantly this year, but even with 18 top 2 finishes, not including the last race, Max and Lewis were tied in points going into this weekend. So Lewis drove well also and equally to Max, to make the final race such a spectacle for what it meant.
Lewis totally dominated today, nobody can dispute that. But as Horner said with about 10 laps to go, RB needed a miracle that was the crash AND Masi changing the racing rules for the sake of entertainment and NOT racing integrity/merit.
Someone talk me through this
Yea
Horner was just popping in to drop off Masi's Verstappen WDC T-Shirt.
Masi already had one of those, since Brazil
He crashed, damaged his wing, lost a minute in the gravel trap.
Then through amazing fortune Bottas and Russell crashed and the race was red flagged. Lewis got to un-lap himself while off track and get a full repair on his wing damage. And ended up finishing second. So because of the dodgy rules he finished second despite driving 1 lap less than the cars behind him.
The race director will take the bullet for this and he will be the fall guy but the result won’t be changed
What a joke of a sport
What a joke of a sport
There are plenty of experts on here but I think the gist is that a group of cars should have been allowed to change track position but they decided to only let the ones between Max and Lewis do it.
The suggestion is if they'd let all cars do so, they would have run out of laps and the title decided behind a safety car.
The allegation is they bent (broke) the rules to clear a route for Max and give him a final shot at Lewis.... on new tyres
Sorry struggling to understand from googling, what does unlapping mean with regards to the 5 cars between Lewis and Max, they're allowed to go past the safety car before everyone else while Lewis, Max and everyone else wait behind the safety car?
But it wasn’t a racing lap. It was a sitting duck lap
What do you want to happen? That RB just willingly go and give the title to Ham and Mercedes? They did nothing wrong. Why should they be punished?
Mercedes will be threatening to stop selling them engines if he's still around
I wonder if Mercedes has a realistic strategy argument to be made here. Surely they didn't expect it the situation to unfold the way it did, otherwise they would have pitted Lewis.
He’s not saying they should be punished.
More that the rules should be consistently and correctly applied.
Yup...if nobody was unlapped Lewis won
If everybody unlapped the race was over and Lewis won
Massive twist of protocol to find away to take it away from the only black driver who had the balls to wear a rainbow helmet in the middle east ...
Come on mate...
You’re a joke.
Yep, whatever you say bud.
I totally agree. Their indecision and inconsistency has cost both teams potential race wins or more points. Hell, not just the top 2, but everyone. It’s a joke that a sport which is so rich has the governing body and stewards which rely more on vibes than anything.
Nice one.
Is there amore logical reason they made it up as they went along?
Threads a bit of fun and games but this is such a hideous take. Sort yourself out.
Really?
Jesus christ
I think if the accident and safety car are 10 laps from the end, then Merc likely make the call to pit Hamilton, lose track position and take Softs to challenge Verstappen who would be on fresher Hards than Hamilton but still at a disadvantage. Challenge for Hamilton then is that Verstappen would be super aggressive in defense due to his advantage if they both DNF, which is the trump card he's held since after Mexico.
Bloody useless! Ruined everything. So Hamilton was 11 seconds in front with 5 cars between them and 7 laps to go, and FIA decides to put them side to side on the last lap with Verstappen on new tyres and Hamilton on tires that have done 40 laps.
Thanks.
For me this shows that the rules need to change regarding safety cars. Ending a race under safety cars shouldn't be allowed. I think the American system of extending the race should be considered for F1.
@sun_tzu maybe you spent too much time in the abu dhabi sun. 
The way they like creating this WWE/Netflix drama they'll probably arrange a 1 on 1 drag race between Max and Hamilton to settle it once and for all
Which part specifically is unfair if you look at the rules though? This is a genuine noob question. Having lapped cars pass the sc is common practice though usually it's all cars and not just a few?
Fuel.
That explains why they never considered me for an F1 driver as well, I’m brown and obviously the FIA want white domination. Or it could be that I am not good enough for F1. Probably the former though.
Bit of an over reaction here from you.
That post wasn't saying anything about Redbull, and it is a joke of a sport when you have team managers in the official's ears and can change rules on the fly.
Yeah British people are historically so marginalized and the media does NOTHING. It's disgusting.
Bad week for Hamilton anyway, lost this and Carlisle have put Stevenage into the relegation zone in a serious six point game.
Toto vs Horner in the ring
Wow what a calamity, so the shortfalls are behind the FIA. Sounds like the equivalent of FIFA officials, seems a lack of effort to follow the sports legislation carry across most sports today.
Think it's a bad rep for the F1, especially attracting so many casuals such as myself. To have the climax of the championship decided on a technicality rather than the determination of race strategy is not good. A shame.