The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in REVERSE??

Last years season finale was a madness. In fact, all of last season was a bit much at times. So today I thought I'd bring back my Photoshop swapping, and replay the 2021 Abu Dhabi season finale, as if the roles were reversed.
Does this change your perspective on what happened? How would you have felt, if your favourite had been on the other end? I hope this is a thought provoking one. And as ever, keep it clean in the comments.
Check out last years equivalent to this video here:
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[@TommoOnYoutube]

Peep the reverse jacket 9:54 I always forget that there was no DRS for the final lap, so Max wasn't able to use it to try and pass Lewis into Turn 9... 😅

[@sqweeps.03]

Awww cute doggo’s☺️

[@Drenwickification]

I always found it impressive how close Lewis came to getting back past Max. I wonder how the rest of the lap would have been if lewis managed to pass at that point. THAT would have been something. I think it shows how nervous max must have been as it was a rare mistake by him into the turn at the end of the first straight. Honestly I have always wished the race was red flagged. Then we could have had a nice 5 or so lap showdown with them both on fresh soft tyres for the title. I know it would have still sucked for lewis because he was in a dominant position, but no one wants to see a race finish behind the safety car and it was an epic championship and that would have been an epic way to end it. I think ultimately if there was a rule about not having the race finish under the safety car it would have prevented something like this from happening.

[@ashishpuskur1959]

@@Drenwickification he covered the inside at the end of first straight which he had to or else lewis would lunge in.i feel biggest mistake lewis did was to not cover the inside at the second straight against perez.Had he done that he would have enough time for pitting under safety car.

[@beloomonte]

Interesting fact: the Brazilian commentator forgot it as well, he was yelling about the DRS throughout the WHOLE of the last lap

[@rachelkoiks]

😂 I’m looking at that last tiny pic thinking -How do I know this?? It played in my head of him walking with a forward lean clapping and that’s when it hit me: I heard that man’s amused chuckle & saying fondly, “hehe Kimi…”

[@bjarnerost2002]

What makes this scenario super unrealistic is Bottas defending like Checo did

[@user-wp2fm9dk9u]

Caught me off guard there haha

[@trebm3]

Funny thing is even with the defending Lewis massively gapped Max.

[@burger9997]

@@trebm3 But still effectively ruining Mercedes chances of getting a free pit stop

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Finnish-try of Defence

[@wingsofheartproblems6400]

@@burger9997 Verstappen getting lapped by 10 seconds by in the end before the incident.

[@bonelesswatermelon420]

Throughout all the alternate scenarios, "Finnish Minister of Defence" somehow sounded the most implausible.

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Poor Valtteri 😅

[@oConshien]

@@TommoOnKZbin had it been a year earlier, it's definitely possible. I think everyone is alluding to how Bottas was 100% thru with helping Hamilton halfway through his last season with merc

[@oliviapatterson8554]

@@oConshien he wasn't through with helping hamilton. He was being exposed as the talentless hack he is

[@Gofex1337]

No idea what you're smoking. The Finns fought back Russia with overwhelming losses on the Russian side. Mexico meanwhile got absolutely demolished by the US. In terms of Small Country vs Superpower, Finland GOATs over Mexico, especially since Mexico is 25x bigger than Finland. So if there's any country that has truly mastered defense, it's Finland. Hence Finnish Master of Defense is gigaplausible.

[@joshharrison619]

@@oConshien no, it’s everyone alluding to the fact that bottas is genuinely awful at defending his position

[@calmboy4912]

Christian Horner saying the iconic last lap line is so unimaginable 😂😂

[@oConshien]

Haha yeah I kinda wish they had made it sound something he'd say. Really was such a shamble of a situation having Masi deal with manipulation over the radio all season from both teams.

[@joshsmith7521]

Horner would've been unbearable if roles were reversed.. he'd still me making sarcastic comments about it now

[@cyan_oxy6734]

@@joshsmith7521 You just know that Karen Horner and Darth Marko would have pulled it in front of the court so Max would've gotten his first WDC either way instead of going the high route what Toto did.

[@oliviapatterson8554]

@@joshsmith7521 just like toto is?

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

I would imagine him saying lewis its all been manipulated line

[@flrpulse2638]

Can we take a minute to appreciate the photoshopping skills here. I am very proficient in photoshop and this would’ve taken a LOT of time and skill to do. Great job Tommo

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Thank you buddy!

[@KebunH]

As a fellow photoshopper I can imagine this is probably part of what makes this series so fun to make 😛😛

[@luisganhao1569]

I tried to find “errors”, even HAM is on softs and VER is on hards on last lap. All tires are correct during the race… WOW, even shared this in my F1 WhatsApp group (many have seen it already). Thx for the hard work

[@Veeyron_]

I absolutely love the narration and the way you make it so realistic, like I can actually believe that's how everything happened and it makes my memory glitch

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Just as planned, haha! Cheers Veeyron.

[@JayGamer27]

I got so confused in the beginning with how realistic it sounded then i realized everything is actually flipped lmao

[@mihaitmf]

Yep, me too. I got confused initially. Very good job.

[@elionmaters9985]

Regardless of the rules being reversed, that move on lap 1 at turn 6 was such a great lunge. Can't believe the stewards let it slip.

[@thatpersonthatguy]

I agree that the lunge was aggressive. The cutting of the corner with no investigation is still wrong imo. I don’t think anyone agrees with the safety car call. However that lap one call was poor.

[@byronlopez2189]

@@thatpersonthatguy I mean... The cutting of the corner is and understatement lol basically repaved a whole new section on the track 😅 added a reverse joker lap to F1 but only usable by the individual.

[@oConshien]

Jeddah

[@loganhillruel8306]

​@@thatpersonthatguy lewis simply gave max the postion back on the last lap a good chap he is

[@13bot.]

@@loganhillruel8306 What a fine gentleman

[@asareirene]

My biggest issue with the Abu Dhabi situation is the reason they gave for that absurd final lap. They wanted an exciting finish. However, with Verstappen on new red softs and Hamilton on 50 lap old hard tyres, that was not a competition and that's what makes that finish such a big issue for me. If they really wanted an exciting finish, why not red flag the race and have everyone on equal tyres. Then we can actually see an exciting finish that doesn't already have a predetermined outcome.

[@suckieduckie]

Either this or inform the teams immediately that they will do everything in their power to finish under green flags, slow down the safetycar a bit to get the car out of the way and have your 2 laps left over to let the safetycar come in and have your 1 lap shootout.

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

@@suckieduckie you cant slow down the safety car anymore as the cars will lose even more temperature in their tires creating another potential dangerous situation. The safert car has to go at a certain speed for the cars

[@suckieduckie]

@@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1 To get them up to racespeed yes, but while clearing the track you can slow down, as long as you give the cars enough time to warm the tyres and the brakes afterwards. Keep in mind that they only needed about 20 more seconds to have the safetycar do another lap before green flags. It was actually really close.

[@FCB001]

The incident just wasn't big enough to justify a red flag, there was no safety issue, or debris all over the track.

[@asareirene]

@@FCB001 I said the reasoning for letting them have the final lap shootout didn't make any sense. I didn't say that they should have brought out a red flag under normal circumstances. That race should have ended under the safety car

[@justinm.1]

Max definitely would’ve blown up on the radio if Lewis pushed him wide on the last lap lol

[@Matthew-um7cb]

This was so realistic that is starting playing with my mind!

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Believe it

[@tarettime9392]

Lol I was like wait how'd it actually go again 😂

[@magnustan841]

I’m more torn over the safety car handling and how Massi or someone up in race control, crumbled under the pressure of managing the last few laps and creatively interpreted the rules. As for the result, i was neutral throughout the season and always said whoever wins it in the end, would deserve it. Max drove consistently better across the entire year, but Lewis delivered and showed his prowess when he needed to. I would have been so sorry for whoever lost it. Although i did want to see if Lewis could be dethroned, those two and their teams put up a hell of a battle and i am eternally blessed i got to witness that unfold before my very eyes and you should be too.

[@Dragracingduleist]

I think max was deserving, but at the same time he in no way deserved to win that race and towards the end of the year was driving so aggressively that im stunned he never got in trouble for it. What he did in monza in taking bolth him and lewis out was worthy of some kind if fairly harsh penalty but we never saw it.

[@oConshien]

@@Dragracingduleist there is no "deserve" in sport, which is why we have rules and points

[@devashishrakshit1]

If the tables were turned, Lewis would get SO MUCH HATE I can't even imagine lmao and I'm a fan of neither, I'm a Checo and Charles fan.

[@ColonelRPG]

This is very true.

[@jas_313]

Exactly! Plus I highly doubt Max would’ve reacted in the way Lewis did (which isn’t necessarily a dig, to this day I have no clue how Lewis was able to react so gracefully coz I would’ve been screaming).

[@devashishrakshit1]

@@jas_313 Max, Christian and Verstappen Sr. would throw a fit and not even go to the podium.

[@77Raffi77]

Are you implying Verstappen didn't?

[@kxngmuzikig2417]

there's so many situations during a race where ppl laugh off or thinks it's great that Lewis would get killed for. No one talks about how Max used to hit ppl out of the way, Ppl praise Seb for speaking up about issues but kill Lewis when he speaks up, A driver showing anger is covered as "showing passion".

[@Ikcatcher]

Gotta love how everything in this alternate universe changes but Latifi is the only constant

[@TommoOnYoutube]

And the Alfa's being unreliable 😅

[@timwattrus7886]

Lewis was faster all year and if max didn't send lewis into the wall in silverstone, or if lewis didn't have the tire blowout in baku, or if max couldn't unlap himself in imola after going into the gravel the championship would've been over before abu Dhabi

[@martimxavier9690]

Haha nicely put, considering the reverse of roles

[@ellienunn]

What about when Lewis got easy points in Russia in the rain when he was running p7???

[@ellienunn]

Or when Lewis parked his car on max’s head

[@timwattrus7886]

@@ellienunn or when Max's teammate played bowling in hungery and wiped out both Mercedes

[@timwattrus7886]

@@ellienunn i can guarantee you there where more unlucky moments the season for lewis

[@felixrauschenberger]

I remember watching the race alone in my room. After it was done I went downstairs to tell my parents how controversial the end was. I couldn't believe, tbh I still can't lmao

[@TommoOnYoutube]

I don't think I've said "oh my god" so many times in my life.

[@supaahflyy]

I just said ‘lmao the FIa and FOM really want this Dutch bloke to win so bad don’t they’ Still to this day that’s what I think of that entire season

[@southpaw578]

Bottas defending?😂 You lost me there mate.

[@TommoOnYoutube]

😬

[@painfullight]

Great Video. I was cheering for Max that season and I was watching Abu Dhabi with my sisters Fiancee a merc fan. I remember turning to him and saying not like this when we saw the one lap showdown was gonna happen. I would have been absolutely heartbroken if things were reversed. I would probably still be bitter about it since I don't get over sporting events particularly well or quickly.

[@TommoOnYoutube]

That's very fair man

[@MissMarquise]

Oh yeah me too, so glad I'm a Max fan... my heart couldn't take it!

[@alexandercotman2553]

Every time I think I’ve moved on and accepted it as a Lewis fan, it comes back up 😞

[@nrvs1105]

rip

[@josiahboatengmyrie]

I’m the opposite I can move on from it but I will never accept it

[@bonifacelukosi9580]

I will never accept it, the whole 2022 season is just hypocrisy from last year

[@jas_313]

Bro watching this vid is the closest I’ve come to looking at any Abu Dhabi footage since the race itself! I’ve accepted it ofc because can’t be letting f1 impact my life like that but it’s still such a huge shame

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

@@bonifacelukosi9580 Tf does this even mean? Mercedes aren’t good enough in 2022, has nothing to do with last season

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

The only thing I'll say is this. RB definitely would have taken it to the CAS courts for sure no way they are withdrawing the case for it because rightfully they would feel screwed over by the rules that are meant to be in place not being followed. Also it wouldnt 'hurt' their brand to try get the results overturned

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

@@jairajsinghshaktawat6593 RB aren’t giving up track position when there’s less than 5 laps to go and a Safety car has *just* been deployed Also P2 would have definitely stayed out. Don’t forget P2 has already boxed earlier due to Gio causing a VSC allowing them to pit it’s not like their tires are 40+ laps old With a SC deployed with less than 5 laps to go and on tires that have done about 15 laps if the car in front boxed you’re going to chance it on a SC finish for sure. Mercedes did the right thing it turned out the SC was operated in an unprecedented fashion

[@oConshien]

@@jairajsinghshaktawat6593 any other valuable insight you have to offer, Mr. Hill?

[@Hunter-ww9rd]

@@jairajsinghshaktawat6593 If red bull pitted, max would end up behind Lewis and there is no guarantee max would get by Lewis in this scenario

[@cyan_oxy6734]

@@jairajsinghshaktawat6593 You're spamming that under multiple comments here but you're forgetting that you'd have to know that Masi is going to break the rules so you get a last racing lap. By the rules it just was bound to end under safety car.

[@dominicwatts7107]

@@jairajsinghshaktawat6593 no chance

[@lukemiller_6]

To be hones, after watching that I realised that I cared more about the excitement and the great quality of the driving than who actually won! Great video idea

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Cheers Luke!

[@lukemiller_6]

@@TommoOnKZbin nw mate, great content as always!😁

[@joepafjiga9015]

I love these types of videos. I'm so excited to see your take on AD 2021 and how things would have played out if the roles were reversed and how controversial it would still end up being

[@ethansteadman728]

I was watching this finale live at like 5 am here in the US, I couldn't hold back I woke up everybody, such an insane finale.

[@myka4337]

Same! You live on the west coast? My friends and I woke up everyone.

[@arkangelgaming35]

It will forever remain a race clouded in a weird moment, a fantastic win and a devestating loss.

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Good man Ethan, haha!

[@mamavswild]

It was fantastic….the entire bar (open at 4am!!) cheered for Max!

[@PubTeam]

This is Genius Tommo! As a Lewis fan I would be happy he won the WDC but confused and annoyed for Max/RB that the rules weren’t consistent. Tbh I’m pleased this didn’t happen because it may have hurt Lewis’ legacy.

[@omargraham8591]

That’s a great point AS a Merc fan I am glad Lewis’ 8th was not won in the fashion. Look at the tarnished nature of Max’s chips. But RB more Christian Horner is a win at any cost type of person. To him it’s not about being the best it’s about receiving the praise that comes with being the best, which is why i have no respect for him.

[@visiblyvisible6451]

I still hope lewis can get his 8th before he retires

[@TommoOnYoutube]

🤞

[@spooked2104]

He wont. Red Bull can break budget caps and pay 7.5m and walk away with it. While merc and ferrari have to downsize

[@ambiired]

Tommo woke up today and chose violence 😂 Excellent video.

[@TommoOnYoutube]

⚔️

[@Raghy07]

As a Max fan I was heartbroken. The amount of races he won in a row towards the end made him a deserving winner.

[@adwiteeyabhatti3210]

yea lewis mostly excels in the 2nd half of the season, even in '14 &'16 where things were quite close he had won the last few races, same in 2021.Plus he rarely makes any mistakes towards the end of a tight championship battle. Hopefully he still has a championship or or 2 left in him.

[@jamestravis21]

That argument that one driver deserved to win the race while the other deserved to win the title is nonsense. It’s been pretty well established how “lucky” Lewis was in 2021 but Max had his share of luck as well & the championship could’ve gone the other way before Abu Dhabi. Max is lucky Ferrari didn’t fix Charles’ car in Monaco, turn 1 is either a crash or Max takes P2. Max is lucky Lewis pressed the Brake magic button in Baku. Max is lucky it rained in Spa, the odds of winning from pole are the lowest (19%) of any race track. Max is lucky Mercedes had a 4 second pit stop in Monza. Before the pit stop Lewis was ahead of Lando. Max is lucky it rained in Russia. Would’ve finished P7. Max is lucky Mick ignored blue flags in COTA. Max is lucky he didn’t get penalized for the move in Brazil. Max is lucky he wasn’t disqualified for the brake check in Saudi. Max is lucky he won that championship. Only one of these things had to happen for Abu Dhabi to be irrelevant. Max put in work to get there but luck always plays a part.

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

I agree both drivers have moments of luck and times of unluckines The premise that Lewis was so much luckier than Max was simply not true at the end of the day it came to a last race showdown Then Masi did Masi things

[@cyberman1]

First of all great work with the PS. Didn’t change my perspective all that much, huge respect to both the drivers on that day for fighting tooth and nail till the end.

[@tubthungusbychumbungus]

I feel like if red bull were in this situation there would be a lot more people sympathetic to their side. They wouldnt be mocked and called crybabies in the same way Mercedes was, even though I feel like red bull would be even more outspoken. I think red bull comes out looking better in both real life and the hypothetical reverse.

[@mamavswild]

That’s because of how awful Merc handled the situation. They were tyrants and the world laughed at them.

[@nm-1-m159]

Let's not forget red bull pushed for the rule abuse, I'm sure they would have said a lot more

[@tubthungusbychumbungus]

@@nm-1-m159 oh man imagine if Mercedes made those calls, the VITRIOL, it would be online public execution

[@allabouthewaves4354]

People just forget they were adamant about Ferraris engine in 2019 and then Mercedes DAS system in 2020.

[@PlenthAviation]

@@mamavswild wtf are you talking about??

[@B1nnyyy]

there would have been violence in the streets if it was reversed

[@alifpr]

I’m glad that you did this video, as it actually makes me think at forces me to imagine it from a different perspective, bravo Tommo!

[@ivanpatricklambert3676]

Great photoshop skills, but how you can keep a straight face whilst saying Finnish Minister of defense and Christian Horner saying No Michael! No! is the true talent here! 🤣

[@dariusradu2369]

I've supported Max for the entire 2021 season and I still think what happened in Abu Dhabi was horrendous. Lewis had a great start, and maintained a very healthy lead while taking care of those tyres, would have been a very beautiful and elegant way for him to break Michael's record. But the current F1 obsession of 'oh we gotta end this with a race no matter what' led to that nonsensical decision and ruined what could have been a great moment for Formula 1 and of course for Lewis. Plus, Max would have won this year's championship anyway so it would have been a win-win

[@muhammadarekat2605]

still you can't go blaming max for abu dhabi 2021. he drove amazingly all season and there was no guarantee that Red Bull had a chance of even had a chance of contending for the championship especially with the rumors that they focused too much on the 2021 season. Masi had a part to play in the finale but taking max's championship is too harsh.

[@speeddemon2901]

Thing is all of this falls of when max made that lunge and lewis didnt forfeit...we all know if max had made that lunge lewis would have passed him later...but reminder abudhabi is still bad for overtakes... And we didn't see much action...this is what i feel. As a whole the season was a joke...bahrain lewis got away...imola max got away...bottas got away for hungary...perez for doing extremely slow driving... Fia just wasnt ready to handle a championship after years of merc domination. 2012 was a shamble also... It happens always

[@TommoOnYoutube]

The ending was phenomenal entertainment, no doubt. The issue is how it was reached, I think anyway.

[@dariusradu2369]

@@TommoOnKZbin Yeah...idk, I think you should let the entertaining moments happen by themselves, if you try to force them to happen you end up with blunders like this. Yeah, out of context that last lap looks like a great duel, sure, but in reality, it was never a battle, Lewis was a sitting duck with Max right behind him with fresh softs. It could have been Lance Stroll driving that RB instead of Max and the result would have been the same at that point lol, Lewis wouldn't have stood a chance either way, so that wasn't really an epic final battle it was more like an execution :)) So yeah, my gripe is really with FIA trying to create these duels artificiallly even when it's not the case. Not to mention that every F1 tv pundit worth their salt would have been able to make a great moment out of the ending of that race if it ended under the safety car, just imagine, Lewis doing a cool down lap waving to the fans under the fireworks after driving clinical lap after clinical lap, winning his eight championship that was also his most difficult to win, breaking Schumi's record, that would have made for great TV and would have been an amazing story, but we were deprived of that.

[@mamavswild]

Max would have won regardless…his aggressive strategy of pitting and risking track position would have paid off…in the end only TWO cars didn’t pass the safety car and realistically the ending would not have been different

[@lenl860]

I’m sure this will be a civilised and level headed comment section…

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Its been alright tbf

[@blackout11]

Thank you so much for making this video Tommo!

[@PolishEddie1992]

10:40 All I'm picturing is Shrek's hand ripping off that last page and we just hear "like that's ever going to happen"

[@cpb1998]

I still think the pivotal moment for Hamilton losing the title was the mistake he made at Baku, he arguebly should've won in Hungary as well but Alonso delivered arguebly one of the best performances of the entire season. I agree with the other comments stating that had the roles have been reversed, it would've been more controversal and Verstappen would be more popular now. One things for certain though, Max has definately earnt the title this year.

[@ellienunn]

The outrage would have been 10x worse if it was the other way round

[@pyron4913]

Or 10x lesser considering that Max is much less known person in the world than Lewis.

[@JuanQuinelli]

@@pyron4913 good point actually

[@danohaffey4205]

Abu Dhabi normally: Twitter goes ballistic Abu Dhabi reversed: Twitter goes ballistic

[@warhawk3972]

Unrealistic bits: 1. Finnish Minister of Defense 2. Red Bull not pitting from the lead after the Latifi incident

[@gamingnoah9807]

The thing is, merc irl did not have a gap to pit and would have lost track position in a race that SHOULD have had zero racing laps remaining. Wouldnt be a very smart strat..

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

There shouldn't have been a reason to pit as 99/100 times that race would have been over Also what a lot of people are forgetting is P2 had done a free pit stop already thanks to the earlier VSC and had significantly fresher tires so they have more reason to roll the dice and chance that it's a safety car finish rather than pitting for the third time

[@kian_de_gamer1638]

@@gamingnoah9807 well thats the discussion point... They were not sure if the race would restart or not. Just reviewed it for you and Latifi's car was taken off track when Lewis started lap 56 of 58. That would have been a sign to let the cars unlap themselves. There were still some marshals on the track but those were gone by the end of safety car lap 56. (The last marshals left the track when Lewis was on the small straight between the last and second last corner.) Im not sure how the rules work and if its allowed to let cars unlap themselves while there are still marshals on the track so lets just say the track is clear at the end of lap 56. All lapped cars get the message to overtake the safety car at the start finish straight startin lap 57 (for the leaders). Norris, Alonso, Ocon, Leclerc, Vettel, Ricciardo, Stroll and Mick Schumacher can now start to overtake the race leaders and safety car and i excpect the last lapped car to pass the safety car at the end of the first long straight. I understand the lapped cars are given one lap to catch up and altough it wouldn't be a full lap for everyone, it technically would have. Conclusion: The race would have had 1 racing lap anyways and Lewis would won regardless of Masi's mistakes. Maybe Masi fell the pressure of a big brand like mercedes after Toto wolffs "you only need one racing lap" message. And Christian Horner doesn't need to cry so much because they agreed before the race that it was the race directors job to finish the race under green flags.

[@flyingwhale5938]

@@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1 yes sure, but that season teams agreed to end under green flags always if possible. baku got red flagged and restarted because of that. hamilton could have gained 25 points advantage but he bottled it. mercedes did not stay out because they thought race would end under safety car, they stayed out because they thought track position would be more valuable considering the rocketship they had at those last races. they only wanted race to end under sc because that worked for them. and if the positions were reversed they wouldnt accept a sc ending and you can be sure about that. and the radio messages never implied that merc were expecting a sc ending. they wanted it, and argued it was the right thing to do. it would have been over before 2021 99/100, it shouldnt have been over in 2021. they could have been a bit faster and call the lapped cars earlier, thats all. and there would be contreversy in any scenario.

[@kian_de_gamer1638]

@@gamingnoah9807 please remember this is a reversed world. Thank you

[@venkatsaimurlidharan9144]

Redbull wouldn't have taken the chance of leaving Max out under the SC, they would have pitted Max from P1 under the SC.

[@suckieduckie]

Agreed. Their pitwall has the bigger pair of balls... Which is Ironic considering how much Hannah Schmitz does for the strategy.

[@jas_313]

Legit gasped at the title alone, excited to see how you’ll work out this one

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Hope it didn't disappoint 😅

[@mamavswild]

@@TommoOnKZbin Typical British take on the situation. Not unexpected

[@thiagocalfatcgo]

Bottas being a defensive lion is unimaginable lol

[@steveb_]

lap 1 the lunch incident is still gained advantage for me.. if it was ver or ham ... either way its cutting corner a lot..

[@stefantdr7601]

MaFIA, Lewis can win with FIA and Bottas's help, Max robbed, Lewis doesn't deserve the championship, and it will still be debated till this day with a lot of racial slurs to Lewis and a lot more hate

[@kimi1845]

FIAMG is another one we'd probably see lol

[@mundee95]

I always like to claim that I'm an unbiased watcher but after watching this video I realized that if the roles were to be indeed reversed it would've dawned on me much faster what the FIA's just done. I still recognize how messed up that last lap restart was and sometimes wish to be able to go back and instead be cheering for Lewis' to claim his 8th title. If it were to be Max the one who got "robbed" I would have not been as indifferent, wishing to see a new and exciting F1 prospect dethrone a legend of the sport, finally putting an end to their dominance. I really like this idea and wish to see how other scenarios would've played out if the roles were swapped (Hamilton and Rosberg, Vettel and Alonso in 2010, 2012 and so on..)

[@hifriend7581]

Oooo this is an interesting video to watch, nicely done on the photoshop and commentating Tommo!

[@Ahmed.Hadjou]

I LOVE how through the amazingly edited images and your story telling, I'm able to suspend my disbelief and immersively envision the story the other way around, I cant put into words how seamless you make it to think about it in reverse, bravo!! 👏

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Thank you Ahmed!

[@maverickwolf4980]

considering Hamilton would be on his 8th world title, the backlash would be far more colossal

[@nm-1-m159]

Because the rules would have been followed properly ?

[@mercedescommunity5493]

@@nm-1-m159 exactly, this sport is so corrupt man

[@TheCodifier]

@@nm-1-m159 The scenario reverses the drivers. The rule breaking stays the same.

[@mihalis_prs]

9:54 are you serious , you don't have drs after the SC restart

[@TommoOnYoutube]

This is true, I always forget that.

[@JustinArthQB]

These photoshop skills were class Tommo! Watching back even from the other perspective is intense. I’m just glad it ended the way it did IRL 😅

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Cheers Justin!

[@patfix]

This really felt like a trip haha! In my case a very bad one. ;-) Well done!

[@IAmConorr]

Good video, it took me about 20 seconds to realise we’d started the parallel universe 😅. Are we assuming that all the results that season had been switched because if not and I was Verstappen, on that last lap I’d of just made sure I was doing everything to make sure Hamilton wasn’t finishing that race so I’d still win on countback!

[@saintmobius5348]

Arguably, Lewis winning would have been better for both drivers image, regardless of the context of the sport. Lewis gets his 8th, surpasses Schumacher and likely retired and Max gets to head into a new era as the dominant driver who will undoubtedly go on to win multiple titles without the controversy of AD2021 clouding his *fully deserved* first title. Both parties fans also lost out that day, Max fans shouldn’t have to deal with the constant rigmarole around AD technicalities and Lewis fans shouldn’t have to constantly be reminded of the entire event.

[@timothy2708]

Awesome video man it really makes you think about how you would react if it happened the other way

[@5ub1n]

Horner: No Micheal no. It was so not right🤣

[@victorsioufi7142]

He had to wait for about half a year to post this. And it's STILL risky

[@tedball8677]

_Very_ well done. I enjoyed the script-flip aided by your 'shop skills. In Part Two you dug into the details of track officials commo and decisions. I really liked the details of this lap, this tire startegy, the script flip of Bottas and Checo, etc. Nota Bene - in Part 6 nothing is said or mentioned about the invention of new rules (which is what happens when officials ignore established rules in any sport). I understand that you're making a Twilight Zone reboot of 2021 Abu Dhabi, so it's fine for the vid. TL;DR That being said, watching this vid after the last race (2022 Monza) does bring the SC rules issue into focus. Recall the finish at Monza: SC stays on track for the stipulated lap after the problem is cleared. It did not change the outcome of the race and wouldn't have changed it (IMO) if the Abu Dhabi Rewritten Rules were applied as well, e.g., lapped cars between P2 and P1 can pass (but no others) and the SC bails out a lap early. None of that would change the 2022 Monza outcome. The 2022 Monza race ended per the rules. IMO that shines a painfully bright spotlight on the 2021 Abu Dhabi finish, where rules were changed on the last lap. Those newly-written rules benefitted one driver. Unlike many fans, I do not see a conspiracy (seriously, I do not). I think Masi and F1 put "The Show" of F1 ahead of F1. Put another way, Masi and F1 turned into characters on Netflix DTS in pursuit of having a photo-finish moment. They put optics ahead of F1. (That's gaslighting, BTW.) How so? So much fancy dancing and bullshit has come from F1/FIA after 2021 Abu Dhabi claiming there's nothing to see, no rules were broken by track officials, and you're crazy if you think so. (That's 50 acres of donkey muffins, y'all.)

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Cheers Ted, appreciate this man!

[@98MTBiker]

People saying Valtteri defending like Checo is unrealistic and I don't disagree but there is another point I would like to mention. Max being ahead in the lap 1 lunge incident I think he would not take evasive action instead there would be a minor touch. Assuming both cars are able to continue he would have defended the last lap lunge more firmly and another contact takes place.

[@tommydiestler6821]

This is how I know alternate realities exist. 10/10 on the narration and photoshop 👏🏼👏🏼

[@wingsofheartproblems6400]

Either way, the Steward's let the lapped cars unlap themselves and pulled the safety car too early. They should've have red flagged it with several laps to go or finish it in a yellow. This moment will always be defined as a botched F1 title. Lewis should have won if the rules were followed. Verstappen could've passed Lewis if we had laps to go anyways. Instead we got a GOT Season 8 ending.

[@miscellaneoussarnian5282]

Although I support Max, I think Lewis would’ve retired after winning his 8th title

[@gunnerchris3028]

I think you’re right. He would have retired there and then. 8 titles, you’ve done the unthinkable. 7 was thought to be never matched but here we are with lewis on 7 titles, 8 would just have concreted Lewis’s position as the G.O.A.T

[@Rob2]

And if it had not been immediately after the race, surely after the first winter test.

[@SingularityEngine]

Favorite F1 youtuber right here. Awesome Photoshop work and very interesting premise! I remember Christian's words very vividly to this day as he outs Michael Massi for his rash decision. Finally we would get a Merc driver as WDC again 😍

[@mexicoball8]

In that reverse universe, I would be a Finnish wanting Lewis to win his 8th title instead of a Mexican wanting Max to win his maiden title

[@VarunKumar-ro4ll]

The editing effort on this top notch especially with the motion blur shots.

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Cheers Varun!

[@AdsLewis]

A red flag after Latifi crash would've allowed for a much fairer ending. Both guys on fresh tyres for a shootout in last laps would've been fairer and a better less farcical ending.

[@hanswurst6712]

But just red flagging the race would be an even further bending/breaking of the rules by Masi.

[@AyyFuji]

But what safety issue was there to warrant a red flag? Just like in Monza, there was no safety issue, so it would have been unjustified to call out a red flag in both scenarios

[@FCB001]

No, that crash was nowhere near big enough to warrant a red flag.

[@AndrewPlays94]

@@AyyFuji Stewards had to go significantly onto the track to sort the car out. In my opinion if stewards are on the track, that alone justifies a red flag.

[@AndrewPlays94]

@@FCB001 Stewards had to walk on the track to recover it. Also they clearly wanted to end it as a race not under safety car. So red flag was the fairest way to do that than what they did.

[@lukewood2662]

What I don't understand is how Masi could hold cars on position for so long before deciding to let back markers unlap. Almost looks like he did that on purpose to bring more tension. I was always sure that they had enough time to do everything they needed + 1 or 2 racing laps. Either way, even if they didn't have time, it was decided races ago that races shouldn't end in SC mode, and I heard that Toto energetically agreed with this, but it didn't work out the way he wanted(I guess he was thinking "we got the juiced engine now, so we just need 1 or 2 laps to overtake them in case anything happens, everything is set now").

[@61subsandnovideos]

This is like the F1 version of Anakin Skywalker liking sand

[@sitordan]

I enjoyed the video even if Abu Dhabi 2021 is and will remain a dark stain on F1's history. What happened that night was a travesty regardless of the drivers involved. Had it been Charles and Lando instead of Max and Lewis I would feel the same.

[@TommoOnYoutube]

Right n'all TJ

[@user-sn5uv1hj5e]

It would have been unfair to any driver... But we have to live with what happened in Abu Dhabi that day and is a shameful moment for FIA and Formula 1.

[@mamavswild]

If the situation was mirror reversed, there is no way on gods green earth that Lewis would have refused the title. It is what it is. Maybe he should have pitted at the VSC and lost position, he would have gained it back but they played it too conservative

[@nm-1-m159]

@@mamavswild so ur saying formula 1 teams have to account for rule abuse in their strategy

[@historyman9436]

@@mamavswild Too be fair, they acted within what was supposed to happen. NOBODY couldve expected the last lap shenanigans. So imo, Lewis and Mercedes did an amazing shot with that strategy call. Same goes to red bull who needed every single bit of hope, and they somehow eeked it out.

[@nealsidhu2697]

Lewis fans were upset, but Max fans would have been twice as pissed off. Also, RB would've actually taken it to court instead of taking the bs loss gracefully.

[@nomar5spaulding]

In this version, do we get to hear Christian Horner going, "No! NO! NO! NO! MICHEAL! That was not right!" "Christian, it's called a motor race. We went motor racing."

[@sultanahmed-vj1mj]

I am neither a max or a lewis fan my opinion going into to abu dhabi was that the better driver would win the race the the title and that is wise i didnt like the ending imo lewis was by far the best driver on track and max was argueably 3rd that day to perez, and changing the drivers around doesnt change my opinion on what happened

[@MikeD-ej2ho]

If reversed: Max Fan's: ROBBED! Lewis Fan's: Max deserved the race Lewis deserved the championship!

[@lewisrundle2173]

Not quite, Lewis never deserved the championshio

[@suckieduckie]

Accurate

[@Reaz399]

Hamilton didn‘t deserve the championship with the amount of mistakes he made and the things that happened to Max that season. Only delusional Hamiltom fanboys would actually think that way. Sadly there are a lot of them.

[@Rob2]

Lewis threw away the championship in Baku

[@caskraker]

You forgot it wasn’t Latifi crashing but Russel. 😂😂😂

[@supaahflyy]

This just makes me laugh at how absurd the human error champ is. Fair play for dominating 2022 for sure, but in 2021 the guy was handed a free title by Masi and by extension the FiA. It’s actually hilarious hearing it like this

[@ivansmith3718]

When it happened at the time I genuinely cried because of how scandalous it was. Seeing it on the other side has made me feel a bit better about it & see how Max fans felt, & if it had been that way around irl then I'd have obviously been happy - but that doesn't change the fact that even then I'd have been somewhat empty because of the manner of it.

[@vareos9874]

think in hindsight now that max is dominating the current season i would have loved for hamilton to get the chance for his 8th title because atm it seems like he may not make it before he retires and i do think that he deserves it. even tho Michael Schumacher is one of my Heroes

[@andresafforeii4149]

I see you’ve chosen violence today Tommo😂

[@jayj84]

Had it happened like this, we'd still be in court now as RBR would NOT have let it go like Merc did. Honer would be rallying the whole paddock for changes. We would never have heard the end of it.

[@Rune_Goto]

As someone who isn't a massive fan of either Max or Lewis I still think it should have been red flagged to give us a proper dash to the finish with both of them on new softs. It's the ending the crazy 2021 season deserved.

[@nozzzone746]

Yeah but it still would’ve been unfair for Lewis because the incident wouldn’t have called for a red flag. The only way it would’ve been fair is if Lewis won. I’m a Max fan but Lewis should’ve won the the race. At the end of the day Max won and that’s how it is so all they can do is complain and ponder the what ifs

[@lucas_13.]

I think the biggest show of how absurd the decisions were that day that even though I hate Max (not really, but lemme put it like that for the sake of the point), I couldn´t help but feel gutted for him. Not only the unprecedented rule-twisting (but that´s the most infuriating) but the bad luck and the fact that he and the team made everything perfectly and yet... when it mattered most, things were already decided. they didn´t stand a chance. Also Lewis would probably retire from internet (harder than he did) considering the amount of racism he would have to ensure. And I´m not saying Max should´ve got it, but y'all know how things work differently when it comes to a black man's success: when it's TOTALLY deserved, it is questioned (check his 7 WDCs). If one more came and in that manner, yt folks would be wanting to cancel his superlicense and shit

[@lucas_13.]

Also Max would most definitely throw the car at Lewis after he passed at the Last Lap, since a double-DNF would come at his favor. Damn, the fact that everyone was expecting something like that all week long says a lot about what Max is

[@Well_be_right_back]

If this is what happened that day I would be happy. Though at the same tie I would have a feeling of deja vu like we won but at what cost.

[@AndrewDRSWilliamson]

Reversed what!!! First one here lol loved the different point of view great vid liked and shared 😀

[@PolishEddie1992]

Red Bull would have been smart enough to pit Max for softs lol

[@DjDolHaus86]

Smart enough to concede track position when it was highly unlikely that there was not going to be time to restart the race if safety car procedure was followed? That's not smart, that's prophetic.

[@hansthecreator7172]

I think outrage would be even bigger. Why? Because Max dedserved the title way more than Lewis did. As controversial as it might be, it is just true. Lewis made more mistakes, needed lots of good luck on his side and lots of bad luck on Max´s side to be able to be in the contention still at the last race. In other words, the right guy won a championship, but the wrong guy won Abu Dhabi 21.

[@parzival4442]

Yeah, it's like what GP said on the radio afterwards. "Not the rub of the green". It was that #blessed but for Max this time when he most needed it.

[@richardhobbs7360]

Yeah sure, let’s ignore 3 places for cutting the corner and crashing into another driver, a pointless pen for brake checking, never penalised for forcing Lewis off the track and in fact got the rules changed so he can keep doing it

[@Snakke40]

Except the championship isn't won by the guy who drove the best or made the fewest mistakes. In the end it's only the driver with the most points who wins it. Even if Mick Schumacher would have driven the best season ever in all conceivable metrics, he still wouldn't have won the championship in that Haas, even if he should've won everything with a Merc or a RB. Sports aren't fair. Especially in constructors racing.

[@alexyou3233]

So you should be arguing on behalf of lewis in 2016 then right, More wins better qualifying better head to head and lost cuz of DNF

[@Luna-xn3rj]

That Photoshop was utterly flawless how-

[@LordWay]

the dust has somewhat settled haha that is a good one 😂

[@ad_amv]

Some max fans are sure triggered 🗿

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Hamilton hasn’t won a race since then lol, if Merc stay this far off the top that could have been his last win

[@sparkysyndicatemusic]

This is vietnam war flashbacks for me(I am a lewis fan).Even if lewis was in versttappen's place I would still would have called bs on the safety car.

[@wally000world]

Max: "That's some dangerous driving"

[@charlieholland8304]

I think that either way, the last lap was ruined. the safety car should have never come in with half the grid still unlapping themselves. I think that max shouldn't have won but I think that it isn't necessarily his fault that he did win

[@xander1052]

the safety car honestly should hae been called in a lap earlier if they wanted to go green, a red flag be called or end under the safety car. What happened instead was of course wholly wrong.

[@matiashager5840]

As Lewis fan.. i Would have been deeply sad the whole race seing max driving away with it But fairly... Ofc i Would be happy When Lewis won But it Would have been with SUCH a weird feeling

[@JuanQuinelli]

that is how everyone felt tbh, I am not a Max or Lewis fan but I did want max to win because of the tremendous fight he put up to Lewis. So I felt exactly what you said when max won under such weird circumstances.

[@jamiehabjan6915]

Bro if I didn’t watch the race live and didn’t know much about F1 I would’ve thought this was the result. The photoshopping skills are immaculate 👌🏻

[@yayyo3226]

I'm happy this happened instead of the alternate timeline version. Considering Lewis having had 7 world titles before this point and max having zero, it feels like Max (and most likely viewers and his fans) would've been a lot more pissed considering he would have gotten his maiden world title taken away from him. And people were already furious last year, so just imagine.

[@yayyo3226]

I still wanna see Lewis get another world championship as revenge for what happened irl.

[@Marcushalberstram749]

I think what made the roles as the were more “tolerable” for lack of a better word was due to the immense bad luck suffered by Max and the good fortune received by Lewis throughout the season. Abu Dhabi almost felt like some form of justice or rebalancing the scales in a way. Many people (rightly) felt that max was the better driver throughout the season, and therefore deserved the title (albeit in questionable circumstances at best)

[@WestBrix]

Too true, i think the same way about it.

[@visiblyvisible6451]

A lot of championships have been won by "luck" it's part of the sport it's part of life

[@kxngmuzikig2417]

Lewis was struggling the at the beginning of the season and momentum switched over throughout it. If Max was so deserved of the title he wouldn't have been so far behind for 50+ laps, he simply didnt perform in the most important race. in sports with a Playoffs its been plenty of times the stronger team were eliminated b4 the championship round b/c they didn't perform at the level they should've

[@richardhobbs7360]

Max had bad racing luck, but the FIA adored him Practically no penalty for Monza, penalty at Saudi wasn’t consistent (should’ve been 25 minimum by past events), no penalty for Brazil, didn’t get punished for forcing another driver off track at Abu Dhabi, Imola, Spain and Monza

[@bonifacelukosi9580]

If you think that whole safety car procedure was luck, you're insane. Only once in the history of the sport those rules have been changed and now at Monza everything is back to normal. Don't try call what happened luck.

[@mihalis_prs]

11:04 my perspective changed because Latifi crashed and Hamilton changed to softs , that's a controversy to talk about

[@nm-1-m159]

Let's all just agree this was a circus run for fans only. Max only had his chance after the rules were abused for entertainment purposes, bit of a waste of a championship fight now

[@Missch_1]

I think this is how life really wanted it to be. But then, on the last laps...Is that Glock?