Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021Formula 1

[Jimlaad43]

At least the title didn't come down to the Lap 1 incident.




It just found another one....

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

So from out of nowhere five cars were allowed to overtake....and they just so happened to be the five cars in between Hamilton and Verstappen.

And this is what ruins it for me. Let everyone through or none. Where does this only let the drivers in between the top two even come from? What about those behind them?

 

[Dennisch]

Only took me 30 years of watching F1 to get to this point.

 

[davpsb]

it was unfair!!!

 

[MagpieRacer]

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

Everyone seemed to want it, until we got it, then it was suddenly unfair and unacceptable.

F1 eh? Maybe we should just do the whole of next season under the safety car just to be on the safe side.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Twitter:

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When you have a fanbase not used to losing, it's bound to get messy.

 

[Grayfox]

And this is what ruins it for me. Let everyone through or none. Where does this only let the drivers in between the top two even come from? What about those behind them?

Well by the time max passed the 5 cars infront, lewis would've been 2km down the road.
No one wanted that.

 

[Northstar]

Everyone seemed to want it, until we got it, then it was suddenly unfair and unacceptable.

You seem really determined to ignore why people are taking issue with the finish despite it being explained numerous times already...

 

[Blitz24]

Everyone seemed to want it, until we got it, then it was suddenly unfair and unacceptable.

F1 eh? Maybe we should just do the whole of next season under the safety car just to be on the safe side.

F1 MIGHT want to revisit the rules then before 2022 if they want to avoid this kind of half-assed attempt at finishing under green.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Well by the time max passed the 5 cars infront, lewis would've been 2km down the road.
No one wanted that.

Exactly, the controversial thing here was the call to not let them through and then the rescinding of it.

 

[Liquid]

Nice pic.

 

[phillgt2002]

They tried so hard to replicate Brazil 2008 and had to do it like this. What a ****ing joke.

I can't wait to see how the F1 media plays this out as one of the all time greatest battles in F1 history.

 

[Samus]

Ultimately the Williams in the barrier is what cost them, and that's just how luck can go sometimes, but the FIA really needs serious organizational changes. You can't mess around like that.

Mind you Merc can also look to BOT, VER wouldn't have had the free stops if he was up there.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

The wrong person won that race, but the right person won the championship is my view (even if I strongly dislike Max' racecraft). Sometimes you just can't change fate.

F1 loses a lot of points in terms of sporting integrity for me tonight, but I guess they reap those views and sweet $$$ so yay for them I guess?

Never thought I'd see a 7x WDC denied their 8th twice in my lifetime. Pain.

 

[Rossell2]

As much as I like that picture, sadly it'll be remembered not for the good bits.

 

[evldave333]

Whole lot of money staked on this race, something a bit off with the restart there seemed crooked to me...

 

[C-ZETA]

F1 loses a lot of points in terms of sporting integrity for me tonight, but I guess they reap those views and sweet $$$ so yay for them I guess?

Couldn't sum it up better myself

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Whole lot of money staked on this race, something a bit off with the restart there seemed crooked to me...

Masi bet on Verstappen. He got the Verstappen odds boost on draftkings.

 

[PzR Slim]

Pinnacle of Motorsport my arse.

 

[JDMKING13]

That was terrible…

 

[McLaren]

Well by the time max passed the 5 cars infront, lewis would've been 2km down the road.
No one wanted that.

And no one wanted it to finish under SC if they let all the lapped cars through. Lewis put in that lead despite Max getting new hards.

 

[Matypanda]

Was the championship ever decided on the final lap? (Sorry for my lack of knowledge.)

 

[Blitz24]

Ultimately the Williams in the barrier is what cost them, and that's just how luck can go sometimes, but the FIA really needs serious organizational changes. You can't mess around like that.

Mind you Merc can also look to BOT, VER wouldn't have had the free stops if he was up there.

Bottas was.... somewhere. Mind you that somewhere was not anywhere near the lead but....

Was the championship ever decided on the final lap? (Sorry for my lack of knowledge.)

Yes. Hamilton when he beat Massa at Brazil.

 

[Demon Drone]

Max Verstappen 2021 WDC*

Yep. I'm going there.

 

[phillgt2002]

Ever since Netflix came around, Formula 1 has gone from racing to Hollywood.

Anyone who has any remote interest in racing knows this is ********.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Maybe Mercedes should have pitted Lewis for fresher tyres when they had the chance....but that move from FIA just stinks of Horse manure!

 

[LeGeNd-1]

Whole lot of money staked on this race, something a bit off with the restart there seemed crooked to me...

See my post on page 21...

 

[O604]

Way before Netflix. As if it needed confirming but F1 is the antithesis of sport. It's just a competition of money and politics to make those in charge feel relevant and powerful.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Well by the time max passed the 5 cars infront, lewis would've been 2km down the road.
No one wanted that.

You do not sacrifice your integrity by making up something out of thin air for the sake of entertainment.

But that is exactly what happened.

 

[pumaATTACK]

Is there anything in the regulations that says “some” lapped cars can pass but only those between 1st and 2nd.