If I'm Hamilton I'm retiring tomorrow.
F1 2021 Season
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My heart sank seeing that at the end, Hamilton just sitting in his car. Definitely this shouldn't have ended like this.
Doesn't look like it did.
TBF Max was fecked over in Baku, Silverstone and Hungaroring so yeah luck turned around in the last lap but what goes around comes around.
No, they've made terrible strategic decisions all season and were bailed out by Lewis being the best driver on the grid.
They should have pitted during the VSC and they would have won this race easily.
The better driver over the season won the title though imho.
I’m happy for Max. He’s a great driver albeit very aggressive. He’s been scintillating all year too. I am most upset that Horner gets to win. He’s a total dick.
What a great call. You can't end this amazing season behind a pace car. Way to go Max!!!!!
But are lapped card usually allowed to overtaken the sc or not?
I heard firewoeks going of in the Street. Every body loved F1 now. Were such a silly country.
I heard firewoeks going of in the Street. Every body loved F1 now. Were such a silly country.
don’t be ridiculous. RB played a blinder. Not their fault the decisions played in their favour. Merc are the ones who should be embarrassed. They fecked it for Hamilton.
It was purely the crash that did it. If Hamilton went on softs and lost race position and there had been no crash, he’d still have lost. Unless everyone knew there’d be a crash on the 52nd lap beforehand. Mercedes’ strategy was perfect if there’d been no crash.
Bit of a joke finish, are they allowed to only allow the cars inbetween to un lap? If they have to let them all then surely this will be contested.
What a shit way for Hamilton to lose.
What a joke. I so, so hoping one of my 'old' favourites would finally pull off an unbelievable feat after Federer failed so many times against Djokovic but I was dreading some bullshit until the end.
Bloody hell, what a pathetic decision.
Bloody hell, what a pathetic decision.
He was just fecking gifted the WDC though.
Should have reacted to the pits though in hindsight
Yeah, I think they thought it would be great to have the season long marathon finally get decided on a sprint, flexing on a few rules
such a shit way to end it. might also sue alongside mercedes for time lost this year. that’s no way to decide a whole season.
Really? Merc has got so many bullshit decisions that helped them this season as well.
He won't be reactionary but nobody deserves to lose like that.
He's got 7, this isn't a disaster, go race something else Lewis, have some fun.
They're weird, and even weirder when they're not followed. The non- pit becomes irrelevant.
really gutted for Lewis but Mercedes made some a shocking call to not pit Lewis because there was always a possibility of a safety car Turing Lewis into a sitting duck.
To be fair though, feck Lewis
Motor racing isn't a pure form of competition to begin with most of the time.
They don’t need to get to the back of the pack. However only letting 5 through, if I’m Hamilton Im appealing
Nope, he comes back next year and destroys everyone with his new car
Surely to Christ Latifi is driver of the day 
They definitely need more likeable people than Max and Lewis challengingMax is such a prick
Would like to see Sainz and Perez up there.I fell out of love of Formula one years ago. I was a huge fan in the 80s and 90's. Then the whole sport changed and i never watched it again. Today i watch the full race for the first time and i have to say i bloody loved it. Glad Max won.
Is this actually going to be allowed to stand? Feels like a really obvious error has been made here and logic should prevail?
That was a tragic and messy way to finish it all.
It's a fluke he won it, nothing deserved when he was literally whining about how the FIA always helps Lewis when they just make up the rules to give him the title this year.
The convention is usually to let all the lapped cars pass and rejoin the back of the pack. Because the time taken to do that would have left the race finishing under SC, they made the call to not let lapped cars pass. However, this left backmarkers between Lewis and Max.
Then Red Bull have presumably had a whinge and Masi has then specifically let the backmarkers in Max's way past, and not all the others - effectively gifting the title to Max because of the tyre situations.
Pah... I'm.past the point of caring... If that kets somebody become an f1 champion then I'm done with it
Already cancelled 100k hospitality at Silverstone that we have had for 20 years... bring on goodwood
I remember my first F1 race.
It won't change the result. Mercedes are going to create a major shit storm though.
For all the rights and wrongs the decisions this season do seem to favour manufactured entertainment rather than following the rules as the should be - for both teams.
I also really don't like hearing the teams speak to the race directors complaining about every single decision.
But I'm getting old maybe.
I also really don't like hearing the teams speak to the race directors complaining about every single decision.
But I'm getting old maybe.
Well, I haven't really been following F1 for years now but it definitely used to be the norm to let lapped cars through. It's more than a little odd that in the end only five were allowed, I'll give you that.
Wholeheartedly agree about the 'too much off track shite'.