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[Liquid]

Other drivers are quick to share their opinions.

 

[pumaATTACK]

Lewis clearly had the pace and for it to end like that is such ********.

 

[Northstar]

I see F1 has adopted NASCAR style officiating. They need to make it official and add a green white checkered

Nah, NASCAR is at least consistent in how they handle cautions and red flags...

 

[barak181]

Got to feel for Lewis. He did everything right. Both his team and Masi hamstrung him.

 

[pumaATTACK]

He did it!

Mad lad

He ****ing did it!

Max didn’t do ****. It was handed to him

 

[NotThePrez]

Oh crap, I just realized that in all this chaos, I missed that Sainz got another podium! Way to go, Carlos!

 

[Blitz24]

Guys, who will support me if I run for FIA F1 race director?

Cons: I'll have no idea what I'm doing.
Pros: I won't do what just happened today.

 

[Fat Tyre]

Masi did it!

Masi lad

He ****ing did it!

FTFY

 

[Northstar]

Cons: I'll have no idea what I'm doing.

I don't think that's a requirement so you should be fine.

 

[Rossell2]

Expect Mercedes to go nuts next year.

That is unless Masi is still around.

 

[Touring Mars]

My sister left my Dad in hospital with her mobile phone so he could watch the race live on the All 4 app

 

[Grayfox]

Its stupid they dont tell lapped cars to just move to the side and get to the back of the pack.
They dont need to be on the "Same Lap"

When the race is over, those 2 laps down dont continue for 2 more laps, so really its moot in terms of distance, just change the lap their on offical records.

 

[Demon Drone]

Sorry but this championship gets a big fat asterisk. We are this kind of crap next season I'm done with this sport. Plenty of other racing series that know how to officiate properly.

 

[Veinz]

What a season. Can’t believe how lucky Max got there, he fully deserves this WDC.

 

[C-ZETA]

I'm wondering if we're gonna get a good old-fashioned scandal out of this... I suspect there's one in there somewhere. Possibly involving Netflix.

 

[GroupB]

Decided by officiating in the end. Why are we surprised?

 

[Jubby]

Guys, who will support me if I run for FIA F1 race director?

Cons: I'll have no idea what I'm doing.
Pros: I won't do what just happened today.

Couldn't be worse. (No disrespect to you)

 

[McLaren]

Wait, so Masi changed the decision to let the cars unlap themselves but only the ones between Max & Lewis before going green? Wasn’t the whole reason Max was gonna have to push through the field asap was because letting everyone unlap themselves would take another lap, effectively ending the race?

 

[Blitz24]

Wait, so Masi changed the decision to let the cars unlap themselves but only the ones between Max & Lewis before going green? Wasn’t the whole reason Max was gonna have to push through the field asap was because letting everyone unlap themselves would take another lap, effectively ending the race?

Literally couldn't have managed it worse. Masi should be sacked for whatever that was.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Congratulations to Max and his fans!

Looking forward to next year and hopefully some better race management.

 

[phillgt2002]

Sorry but this championship gets a big fat asterisk. We are this kind of crap next season I'm done with this sport. Plenty of other racing series that know how to officiate properly.

I was going to cancel my subscription for the time-being anyways, but today kind of sealed the deal. I'll watch the opening two races for the 2022 season and the rest I'll loosely follow the highlights.

I can't believe how the quality of racing, directing, stewarding and overall fanbase has gone down the drain over the span of a year.

 

[Touring Mars]

Looking forward to next year and hopefully some race management.

FTFY

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Masi: "Toto, it's called a motor race..." Ooft.

 

[GroupB]

Twitter:

 

[Jimlaad43]

Wow, Masi's response to Toto was actually hilarious.
"Toto, it's called Motor Racing"

 

[C-ZETA]

"It's for the motor race." I've never heard five words so loaded in my life.

 

[Fat Tyre]

Masi's response to Toto is that of high school or primary school child.

 

[EngieDiesel]

I was joking earlier about conspiracy theorists slapping asterisks on everything to handwave away the results, but apparently Masi was reading this thread and thought that's what we actually wanted.

Take your pick, I guess:

 

[Grayfox]

Toto wolff didn't want a race.
Everyone in the world wanted one.

 

[PeterJB]

Not that anyone cares right now but McLaren were the ONLY team to get a 1-2 this season.

 

[o000o]

So other than 2006 similarities, Max's championship win adds more of his resemblance to Kimi. Battling against Lewis in a car mostly equal car (but the one not driven by Lewis can be accused as significantly faster), drove like hell in heavy rain from last to podium, clinched it at the last second (Max due to 1 lap remaining), if in top 8 point format both are winning by 1 point, and both teams have lower points to the rival team in WCC (albeit McLaren got disqualified).