Good summaryLatifi crashed and they had to deploy the safety car five laps before the end of the race. Max pitted and got fresh tires, Lewis didn't because the safety car came out when he had just went past the pit entry. It took them three laps to clean up the mess, so they had two laps to go. The rules say that in case of a safety car, lapped cars must unlap themselves, which means that Verstappen would have been right behind Hamilton and on fresher tires, it was clear that he would overtake Hamilton easily. The race director decided that lapped cars would not unlap themselves, which would have meant that they would have been a buffer between Hamilton and Verstappen, so Lewis would have probably won, because one lap wouldn't have been enough for Verstappen to catch up. Red Bull complained, so the race director reverted his decision and allowed the lapped cars to unlap themselves. However, they restarted the race before the lapped cars caught up with the pack, which is not in the spirit of the rules. But if they had waited for them to catch up, the race would have ended behind the safety car, which they probably wanted to avoid so Red Bull couldn't claim they gifted Lewis the championship. All in all, Latifi crashed at the worst possible time and put the race director in an impossible Position, because no matter his decision, one team would have claimed he cost them the championship
Damon Hill looks about as mad as we are, he can barely get the words out
. Looks like he's ready to swing on somebody.
I can say corrupt and bias
If it was a fair win we can all accept it, but a man was robbed after dominating a whole race with ease
BelieveBeOK
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Crofty has just said Mercedes will be lodging appeals. I don't see how the FIA get out of this. Rules clearly weren't followed
Exactly if there spirit of the law was followed and lewis lost.
Controversy yea sure
Grounds for saying it was scripted or even can go to court of arbitration. Nah.
this is a classic letās bend the rules for the bottom line I wanna say for max but I want to try and make my point as in bias as possible
Rules are literally clear as day regarding this situation too. Thatās the most frustrating part. Why have rules if youāre going to completely ignore them.
Masi shouldāve just immediately red flagged the race if he wanted racing so bad. What a dumbass.
I havenāt been watching f1 but for 5 seasons what happens if they appeal and win the appeal tho
You can keep the bias out of it, absolutely. Let's say it wasn't for Max, then it was purely for the show. Last lap battle for the championship? That's entertainment gold.
Jean toomer
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This race will undoubtedly lose a lot of the purists. Itās just embarrassing for the sport.Damon Hill looks about as mad as we are, he can barely get the words out. Looks like he's ready to swing on somebody.
BobbyBooshay
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Lando doesn't seem to like Max
