Max Verstappen wins the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship
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lol at people who watched their first f1 race (or none of this season) and want to discredit max from his win
Max was clearly the best driver of the whole season. that's not even arguable
Also F1 is also a ton about strategy and Mercedes made multiple strategic mistakes this race and like the previous races, and many in the season
No rule was broken or flaunted, just like the first lap of the race, there is ambiguity in the rule. Same here with the SC. There is no hard rule.
Nothing was broken and anyone saying it was a cheat are embarrassing themselves
If you want to blame someone, blame race control, but no one "cheated", and Max had a phenomenal season and deserved championship winner regardless of this race any way
Max was clearly the best driver of the whole season. that's not even arguable
Also F1 is also a ton about strategy and Mercedes made multiple strategic mistakes this race and like the previous races, and many in the season
No rule was broken or flaunted, just like the first lap of the race, there is ambiguity in the rule. Same here with the SC. There is no hard rule.
Nothing was broken and anyone saying it was a cheat are embarrassing themselves
If you want to blame someone, blame race control, but no one "cheated", and Max had a phenomenal season and deserved championship winner regardless of this race any way
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lol so much mess.
Someone on reddit pointing out the regulations say safety car should leave one lap after the lapped cars thing?
Someone on reddit pointing out the regulations say safety car should leave one lap after the lapped cars thing?
On the first bit regarding the gap: field bunches up under safety car for the restarts. Nothing particularly sinister there.
On the second bit with the lapped cars: that is the headscratcher. Usually it's either everyone who's lapped gets to go around or nobody. They have the right to decide that, but it seems they were in a rush to get the race restarted.
The lapped cars should have been released well before they were if they were going to do so, so you can rightly slam the race director for that. I just think they wanted to avoid a situation where it either ended under safety car or Lewis had 6 lapped cars between him and Max and could just coast to an easy win. I don't know if that was the right mindset to be making those decisions in.
Ultimately, Lewis restarting with Max right behind was the right decision but there was a lot of weirdness for how that was handled and that not all lapped cars got to benefit from the wave around. A red flag and standing restart would have been even better and fairer, I think.
Lewis definitely deserved to win this race but its hard not to argue that Verstappen deserved the championship, even though I wanted Hammy to win it. Just sad that it happened in such a shithouse sort of way
Either way this season was totally bonkers. Can't wait for DTS
Either way this season was totally bonkers. Can't wait for DTS
The irony of course being that wanting motor racing is going to result with this being decided in court instead.
To the surprise of literally nobody, Mercedes have launched a pair of appeals. Presumably on the grounds that the rules specify all lapped cars may overtake the safety car, and that the safety car can only return to the pits the lap following the last lapped car overtaking the train. Neither happened, I think they've got the FIA bang to rights here.
Exactly; they bent the rules in a VERY specific fashion for a VERY specific reason.
It's a disgrace, even Max fans online have got a consensus of "not like this".
Yeah, they've been so desperate to not rule their way into deciding the championship that they put themselves into this position. It was very clear Masi was just trying to restart the race so it didn't end under safety.
Go Max! Don't know what I'm happier about. Max winning or Hamilton losing. I really did not want him to get that record.
FIA fully embracing that it's pretty much pro wrasslin now. that netflix show done their head in, unfortunately.
pretty much sporting organisation does do shit like this, but the sausage-making is just more apparent here. it kinda sucks, tbh even if i feel like max did more than enough to be considered a worthy champion. same with lewis.
like the fine line between sports and sports entertainment
pretty much sporting organisation does do shit like this, but the sausage-making is just more apparent here. it kinda sucks, tbh even if i feel like max did more than enough to be considered a worthy champion. same with lewis.
like the fine line between sports and sports entertainment
After Max crossed the finish line full on fireworks went off in my little town like its New Years Eve already, amazing 😄
King Max! 🇳🇱 👑 World Champion! Never imagined seeing the day, yet here we are. And a BIG shout out to Sergio Perez. Such a shame he DNF.
Crazy season and a sloppy ending, but overall a well deserved title for Max.
King Max! 🇳🇱 👑 World Champion! Never imagined seeing the day, yet here we are. And a BIG shout out to Sergio Perez. Such a shame he DNF.
Crazy season and a sloppy ending, but overall a well deserved title for Max.
Regardless of what happens, tons of people need to be fired. Last week and today we're a farce.
During the race lapped cars get the signal to let drivers that lapped them pass, so they actively go out of the way to not hinder the racing. The decision has been made to do this as well with yellow flag/safety car, it makes sense to me, even though I agree that this ultimately gave the victory to Max this race. But in other races decisions have been made to the advantage of Hamilton, arguably more.
I agree this is a dramatic finale but Max has been dominating with pole and race wins throughout this season, hence a deserved win.
Sorry if I sounded condescending, i just came from watching that race and my blood has been pumping :p
Mercedes boohoo. Such bad losers. They've profited so many times before from race control decisions themselves.
Massive congratulations to the FIA and Netflix. You did it guys!!!!
It was a hard, unpredictable season, it went down to the wire, but the strategy paid off and you found a way to manufacture the ending you clearly, desperately wanted.
But yeah, well done Max. You're an amazing driver. Try to keep it clean next year though, eh?
It was a hard, unpredictable season, it went down to the wire, but the strategy paid off and you found a way to manufacture the ending you clearly, desperately wanted.
But yeah, well done Max. You're an amazing driver. Try to keep it clean next year though, eh?
Regardless of how justtied your appeal is it's not going to do anything after they've already awarded the win. It's just going to make you look like a sore loser.
Also I think over the season Max deserved it anyway, and it's way more interesting than seeing Mercedes win it completely unchallenged years in a row.
Haha same here with the fireworks.
Also I think over the season Max deserved it anyway, and it's way more interesting than seeing Mercedes win it completely unchallenged years in a row.
Haha same here with the fireworks.
Nah it's all good. It's seems like Max had the slightly better season overall and probably deserves the championship. Just from my novice eyes, it seemed like Lewis had this race under control. Blew my mind that the 10 second lead built throughout the race matter for nothing.
I think I'll try to watch more next year, since there will be changes for a more when field.
Yeah but this is sports analysis. It's like when people judge an entire NBA game or NFL game on a bad call on the very final play of the game whilst ignoring everything else that came before it.
The safety car in general packs all the cars together. So that's the lead gone.
The cars in the middle are lapped cars, that normally take over the safety car and do the whole lap alone until they reach their real positions.
Casual fan. Seems like Max deserved the win after his season but for me personally, hated and confused by the ending haha.
How come Max was allowed to pit, get new tires and then return to his 2nd place? Could Hamilton have done the same and returned to his place?
Crazy season!
How come Max was allowed to pit, get new tires and then return to his 2nd place? Could Hamilton have done the same and returned to his place?
Crazy season!
