The F1 drama between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen explained - BBC News

[@PG-20]

There’s no drama between Lewis and Max, it’s the FIA.

[@Kholmi.28]

I also think so.. Obviously they’re super competitive, but I don’t think it goes beyond that really?!

[@boobrancher]

Toto and Bono

[@mojahangard]

But is that the sort of attention F1 needs? The air of controversy and corruption?

[@ballaking1000]

@@mojahangard Did anyone here say it was? lmao

[@mojahangard]

@@ballaking1000 lol I put my comment in response to the video. Not even sure how it ended up as a reply to the original comment. :/

[@davidsathekge9183]

"Toto, it's called a motor race, okay?" Kills me everytime😂

[@chllauk]

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[@Narmegp]

its all about corruption ' no money no talk'

[@ffvgaming3735]

Especially because Masi sounded so vengeful 😂

[@rival2028]

If i was Toto i would have called it Mario Kart

[@friktionrc]

Christian Horner: "....We only need one lap..." Then post race we get a Spice Girls reunion lol...thats like a football team winning a championship and interviewing the Manager's wife 🤣👌

[@theguywiththebook363]

Lol Max has nothing to do with this. He didn’t decide how the race played out.

[@mjaswant933]

@GO ALONG GET ALONG GANG it hurts eej

[@thepilgrim1581]

Bent driver Bent Stewards. Fck Redbull.

[@piregister]

Indeed, Max was simply the better driver.

[@vinayagerraman6089]

Yes but he celebrated

[@phil-zz5hk]

i agree , but horner did .

[@KrispieKid97]

The British medias reaction to this has been absolutely glorious

[@larssonk22]

Does anyone expect anything else? Every sporting tournament it's the same.

[@ananthu8534]

yeah these guys and merc pr team are creating unnecessary noices . and framing controversies that never exist 😂

[@SuperAsian78]

All these salty Brits

[@larssonk22]

@@SuperAsian78 not all of us, I was disappointed but it's in the past now

[@F1andfootballfan144]

Yeah but we had a right to. The FIA cheated so Max would win. End of.

[@yashchikorde]

They forgot about lewis old tyres and max late pitstop

[@anasshahid224]

Exactly

[@mr.d7177]

0:15 "Williams driver George Russel pressed Caps Lock and tweeted..." Lovely stuff😂

[@thetexasranger]

I like this presenter, he sounds old skool, like the news is being told to you from the 60s. Great voice and delivery

[@theshrek__3287]

Agreed great voice for television

[@Elijah_sk_]

True very well done; but he forgot the ", man" at 03:09, would've been great lol xD

[@dontknow-tt1xn]

This is not about Max, Lewis, Mercedes or Redbull this is about the direction this sport may go in. I am truly happy Max won, he had a great season and he has nothing to do with how it ended. But that last call was just pure nonsense. Letting just the cars between Ham and Verstappen unlap, so Max can attack but Sainz can’t? what about the other cars are they not important? Not waiting one more lap by the safety car as per rules. I do not care about that article that gives the racing director power “over the use of the safety car” bc that’s what’s worrying and sets a very dangerous precedent. So why do we have rules in the first place? On what should the teams base their strategies? A racing director should not care about entertainment he should care about following rules, leave drama to Netflix. And it was just the cherry on top, FIA has been inconsistent ALL season (first lap decision in this very last race, Brazil, Jeddah, Silverstone…you get it). Congrats to Max because he truly drove an amazing championship, but so did Lewis and i must say he took this with grace, many other drivers (come on just think about Schumacher for example in that situation) would have gone wild. Again the race director can override the sporting regulations at a whim to increase the excitement on the track even if it clearly and knowingly gives one competitor a massive advantage. How anyone can sit there and be like ‘yeah im fine with that’ is beyond me. Do we want to watch an actual sport or scripted entertainment like WWE?

[@PandzaMan]

☝️… This is a perfect unbiased response!!! 💯 %

[@Ghostpixel01]

Couldn't agree more 👏

[@randomguy7199]

Nah The race has to be decided on the track. Safety cars are in general unfair. A person loses all their advantage in the name of safety. The safety cars are there so that the race becomes interesting in the name of safety. This not having last lap just because lapped cars can unlap is stupid. The result that matters is verstappen and Hamilton. No one cares if Sainz will attack. The race has to be decided on the track and can’t end behind a safety car. Your quip should be with safety cars in general and not with this lapped cars business.

[@GauravRupani]

The is truly the perfect way to sum it up....awesome.....

[@randomguy7199]

@@dontknow-tt1xn ya then the rule is that the race director can do what he wants. If your fine with what the safety cars do, what the race director did is nothing in comparison to that.

[@atrem7942]

Verstappen has nothing to do with Fia decision. It drama between mercedes & Fia. But dragging Max through the mud is the new way of british Sportmanship after brexit I guess. If mercedes latifi had not crashed it would have been different. But he did crash at the most unlucky moment for Lewis. For Lewis that sucks big time. His team decision not to change tyres made him a sitting duck costing him the world title nothing else.

[@BK-uy9nj]

Seriously hamilton fans are such a toxic cesspool, they used to call Rosberg a nazi after one crash and would stalk his family and harass

[@Ghostpixel01]

Mercedes is German, both teams are based in the UK, Horner is British and Lewis (tax dodger) Hamilton lives in Switerland and/Monaco so I don't think Brexit has much to do with this. It's about a sport needing to have integrity if the casual fan is going to keep watching.

[@stucrossland3719]

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[@shahjahanriaz499]

no ones going after Max, if you think Mercedes should've changed Lewis' tires then you need to look at the race again from Mercedes perspective. red bull kept changing the tires because they were the ones losing so they could afford the risks of being behind but Lewis who led the whole race couldn't take that risk since he'd lose track position. had Michael masi told from the start that they would unlap the cars in front of max from the beginning, Mercedes would've pitted but he didn't and instead decided it on the final lap. take the world title out of this (I personally do feel max deserved the title a bit more) but the Abu Dhabi gp should've been Lewis' win 100%. you'd have a difference of opinion only if max was on the receiving end of this and would've lose the race like how Lewis did.

[@marcelschellekens6386]

@@Ghostpixel01 I think most british still see him as british.

[@matta4756]

"This is unacceptable" I'm sure that had nothing to do with George's going to Mercedes

[@stephentuthill4598]

Yes, I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice that Russell has become the Mercedes PR Man already!

[@paoaiipi5580]

@@stephentuthill4598 it’s making me dislike George now

[@dsjunges]

Juan Pablo Montoya also Said It was unfair..... Is he going to Mercedes too?

[@paoaiipi5580]

@@dsjunges yes yes he is

[@matta4756]

@@dsjunges Maybe

[@clivecampbell4138]

My gosh. I can’t believe the BBC actually did a good and impartial broadcasting. It’s a shame it doesn’t do it on other more important topics.

[@brinjoness3386]

Like the cost of baked beans at Tresco. Definitely a left wing conspiracy against you

[@user-eu6wp6ws7c]

This was not impartial. Early on, the reporting gives the impression that Hamilton gained an unfair advantage when he went off track and provided no balance on the incident.

[@Geffo555]

Some people think that impartial means the BBC only saying things they agree with. In practice it just means giving equal airtime to conflicting views, and often regardless of the facts. Digby Jones was was always on the BBC to give a Brexit plug, but he was talking utter BS the whole time.

[@MFESPFTWKF]

Dude no one cares about your “more important” topics people want to hear about the F1 controversy

[@pd1648]

BBC lie like f..k

[@MatinhoConter]

I think they should have called a red flag. Cleaned the track and restarted with tires of choice. Now that would be a title decider within a fair option. But it's easy to call it now with all the time in the world and a chill head. In the end, the title went for the one who risked. And nobody seems to be talking about the incident in the first lap too. Hamilton did not give Verstappen the delta he was suppose to after the awkward overtake of Max in Turn 6. And being behind the slipstream could have changed the outcome of the race too. What I'm saying is that Fia didn't deal with top decisions for both parties, and a better head could have lead the race into a more fair space.

[@augustinedsouza2451]

Red flags are brought out in case of a major crash or when the barriers are damaged and the marshals need to repair it.

[@jakereevesward4562]

@Guy Lance Are you still crying?

[@ARC-4824]

@@jakereevesward4562 yeah it sounds like he is lol

[@ARC-4824]

You don't just throw a red flag for the hell of it its a saftey thing not a choice thing.

[@tadutadutaduloco5217]

Then Lewis would have probably cut the corner and got away with it again.

[@Jamiedebb]

Horner didn't say 'we need one more lap' he said 'we only need one lap' which I felt was dodgy with Masi.

[@rbamba1731]

Well, both Merc and RB have been engaging in direct protest to the stewards since the beginning of the season. Even in Abu Dhabi, they were lobbying and protesting non-stop. Toto himself asked not to deploy safety car earlier in the race. It wasn't dodgy, it just Masi couldn't make up their mind and often got pressured easily by team bosses.

[@Jamiedebb]

@@rbamba1731 yeah I accept they both were doing it - it’s just something specific about ‘we only need one lap’ and then Masi decides to take the specific cars out of the way when Red Bull would obviously have a clear advantage.

[@PsyentifiqueLtd]

I think Horner needs to be forced out, so much ungentlemanly conduct

[@AshHill07]

@@Jamiedebb I don't even know if Masi was listening to Horner to be honest, they just didn't want the race to finish under SC which is why the restart was rushed. Lets face it there would be just as much, if not more yelling about it being fixed if it had. Especially since they'd waited too long to let the backmarkers though as it was.

[@Barcodez5555]

"nooo Michal noooo... It's no right"

[@TomNook.]

It's not a sport if the rules can be changed during the race...

[@euan2312]

It’s not a sport anymore, it’s a scripted reality tv program

[@jb894]

Up to the race directors discretion 🤷‍♂️suck it up buttercup.

[@jb894]

@Tyz cope.

[@euan2312]

@@jb894 it’s up to his discretion which saftey car rule he can use, he can’t just make up a rule

[@mian6788]

True, but as this is not the case in F1, you're admitting that F1 is a sport.

[@Steve-oq8oi]

All of this would not matter if Max did not had a puncture at Baku and was not taken out at silver stone.

[@nightchicken283]

@Guy Lance Give this man a salt mine, he'd single-handledly keep it running.

[@kaross000]

A different perspective: The result WILL NOT be changed even if Masi followed the most optimal solution. Masi's first mistake is unlapping the cars at Lap 57 - should have done it at Lap 56 , which is the optimal solution. Note that the last marshal left the field when safety car is at at Turn 15 of Lap 56 - unlapping order should be issued right at that time (which means Masi had to make up the decision right before that). Then everything will be legetimate. He made the second mistake (unlapping only part of the cars without letting them get back to queue) to make it up for the first mistake, which became so controversial because people only focus on the second mistake alone.

[@alsy0055]

you're saying risking marshal's life is optimal? the reason it took a while is because fia do not want to have a rogue car when marshal is on track. i think what exactly masi did here is fine. and im going to add fia should stop listening radio from team principals and focus doing their job. horner and toto need to shut up or at least stop screaming at masi.

[@IAmKry]

@@alsy0055 There was no marshall at risk. They had left the track already, it was just the crane on the side, which the cars could pass.

[@KingBlueSlimss]

Love these ridiculous comments from wannabe race directors. Classic ignorance

[@kaross000]

@@KingBlueSlimss What do you suggest? If you want to prove other people's ignorance, use facts. Thx

[@KingBlueSlimss]

@@kaross000 It was a high stress situation for Massi and ultimately, he has the power to amend any rules regarding the safety car. Everything he did was legitimate based on that last point. For some reason, people seem to forget/ignore the last point. Coulthard even stated it in this video. People still waffle on as if they know better though. Amusing

[@VGSpeedPro]

Hamilton deserved this Win. But Verstappen deserved the Championship. I guess the Universe balanced out.

[@jameslewis8768]

What universe are you talking about are rules there to be followed or are they there to favour one over another which is what happened max had help from masi the worst thing about it no one is talking about his 1st championship is tainted and it will always be so

[@rubenaarens7917]

@@jameslewis8768 the rules were followed.. were you not listening?

[@amibarisen7501]

@@jameslewis8768 Do you think Verstappen should have won the championship like Schumacher in 1994, simply by accidentally knocking out an opponent? This is me to the fact that for some reason there are no special complaints about Michael's first title, and Max is considered a fake champion, although he did not break the rules during the final overtaking

[@jameslewis8768]

@@rubenaarens7917 did max lap the last 5 cars i think you'll find he didn't so why where they allowed to unlap themselves only Lewis lapped them they stitched Lewis up

[@rajeevkunapareddy1182]

@@jameslewis8768 if you are talking of rules, what about hungary, silverstone and bahrain, and the one from the same final race, when hamilton just went on gravel to take the lead. you seem to make points that boosts your agenda or ur favourite

[@jensonbutton276]

10 wins, 10 poles, 18 podiums, 652 laps led, 3 races ruined through no fault of his own, 2nd best car. Mercedes had 3 chances to pit, yet they very consciously chose track position over fresh tires. Ironically Mercedes has been given (way) more handouts by the FiA than RB this season, even earlier in the race Lewis was gifted a free advantage, and look who is crying. Max is the worthy champion, if it wasn’t for his bad luck he would have won 2-3 races ago.

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

Rubbish. Anyone claiming a win behind a safety car may as well drive a Ford focus. Pre-race the two drivers were level on points and Verstappen had a better car all season until Interlagos. Hamilton came into the year in a car 0.4sec/lap slower than Verstappen, who qualified 0.4 seconds ahead of Hamilton, Sunday. Hamilton outdrove Verstappen, avoiding him where necessary all year to, deliver a masterclass in Abu Dhabi. It is because of his supreme ability the racing authorities handed the advantage to Verstappen in a contrived end to a race he'd given up winning. Never mind, I'm happy too. It always amuses me seeing the lengths people go to avoid facing their worst fears. They used to call such people cowards but I guess if everybody does it, it's the new normal now.

[@jensonbutton276]

@@a.m.armstrong8354 Lewis has had the better car for the majority of the season. I am not a Verstappen fan but I’m sick and tired of you toxic deluded Lewis fanboys. MERCEDES FASTER CAR🇵🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷🇭🇺🇮🇹🇷🇺🇹🇷🇧🇷🇶🇦🇸🇦🇦🇪 RED BULL FASTER CAR🇧🇭🇲🇨🇦🇿🇦🇹🇳🇱🇲🇽 EQUAL🇮🇹🇬🇧🇧🇪🇺🇸 Verstappen has been the WAY better driver all season, the only reason Lewis was even in contention was thanks to him and Valtteri playing dirty and crashing into Max

[@Aemond2024]

@Guy Lance hahahaahaa are you a real person

[@wilbertkendal2524]

Nobody in their right mind is gonna take a win like that seriously. The race was tainted with too many farcical and controversial decisions. One things for sure Max is not a legit champion.

[@Aemond2024]

@@wilbertkendal2524 lmao cry harder

[@mikexhejghdlfbrjshfjfvs3624]

This was not the ending all F1/fans/viewers wanted. Both Max & Lewis are worthy advocates to be 2021 Champions. No matter what Mercedes appeal, including the outcome, Max should not & will not lose his World Champion status. It’s not his fault, nor Lewis or even Mercedes. Ultimately, Michael Masi made a poor decision and only he should be held accountable (i.e asked to resign). The decider for this extraordinary turn of events should have been, a red flag, both amazing driving equals on the same tyres and a restart. Instead, we got entertainment and controversy, over safety, consistency and fairness. Congratulations to Max and Lewis for an epic season. Both great drivers, but we need to watch this all over again for 2022 to truly decide, without the rule bending and politics.

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

@Guy Lance Absolutely.

[@koen-Hovalo]

@Guy Lance Has nothing to do with racism bro. Don't pull that stuff. The reason is all season that FIA wanted racing even if it was on the edge. HAM got 0 punishment from silverstone because "Let them race". Well in this instance it was max who came out on top. He won 10 races so he earned the championship. The points he lost were because of Bottas/ Hamilton/ tire blowing. Max is a deserved champion and nothing you can say about it. Yea the last race was a mess but the whole season was a mess. 10 races won.

[@holycrapper1035]

@Guy Lance So what your saying is Masi made that decision because Lewis is black? Get a grip dude

[@IntrovertedN00b]

@@koen-Hovalo you should tell this to F1DERFUL. this dude makes videos saying delusional statements about f1 as a whole. That basically everyone hates Lewis even his team because they still partied after they won the constructor title. He told everyone to back off Lewis after he almost fainted after the Hungarian gp because he had "long covid" effects.. but when Riccardo got covid last week. He made a video talking shit that. He should've man up and put a few laps in. It's honestly dropping the things he spews to his fans

[@MrOlympuse410]

thing is, lewis was the victim here, not max. if the rules were followed, lewis wins the championship. it's that simple

[@harshsud7192]

This explanation doesn’t cover the entire picture. The Race Director explicitly initially that LAPPED CARS WONT BE ALLOWED TO OVERTAKE, thereby influencing Mercedes decision to not change their tyres to Soft (faster) conpound as they thought race would have ended behind Safety Car (as it has many times before). But after Lewis’ chance to pit had passed they suddenly changed their decision that Only the lapped cars between Lewis and Max would be allowed to pass. They were put neck to neck. Lewis gained a lead initially but due to his 40 lap old hard tyres, he was no match for Max’s 1 lap old New Faster Soft tyres. So this is a sort of Unofficial Fault of FIA RACE DIRECTOR and his lack of clarity. Luck was with Max that night.

[@cosplayshop]

Well, the pit window is at lap 53, when the safety car rolled in, the race director announced "No car were to lap the safety car" on Lap 57, if Mercedes pit then at Lap 57, they would have given the P1 and re-join at the back of the grid...Race Director being unclear does not affect the pitting pattern for Mercedes. Also, if you say Lewis cannot hold on to Max on fresh tire, just look at how Perez held him up on Lap 21.......

[@MatinhoConter]

Lapped cars wouldn't be allowed to obertake because of safety. Once the track is clear and the safety is guaranteed I don't see why not. The only reason is that it gets confusing for the drivers, but as far as safety goes (the main reason of a safety car) I don't see any failure here. And, if they said it that lapped cars wouldn't be allowed to overtake why Max pitted? He knew he would be behind lapped cars and still pitted? I think there's something in the regulations that is not clear to anyone really... I believe after this incident something regarding the rules should change. Because this was one in a million scenario and now FIA should be prepared for every and each one of them

[@harshsud7192]

@@cosplayshop Perez was on softs when he was holding Lewis back. Why would Mercedes pit and loose 22 seconds and lose the track position to Max if the race director explicitly told earlier that Lapped cars won’t be allowed to overtake? As in such a situation even if the race resumed, Max would first have to overtake the 5 lapped cars between him and Hamilton to get a chance to pass him. Had FIA stuck to their word and not changed their Decision for ‘a thrilling’ end, Hamilton would’ve easily won. Stop being a fanboy and get your arguments right.

[@harshsud7192]

@@MatinhoConter if you want to talk safety, why only the 5 pitted cars between them? Why not all? Because had they allowed all lapped cars to pass while Hamilton and Max waited, the race would’ve ended under the Safety Car and Hamilton would’ve won. Also why was a rule broken to Get the Safety Car off the track Mid lap to allow racing in the final lap? Doesn’t it all sound Biased towards Max to any of you?

[@cosplayshop]

@@harshsud7192 Perez was on soft THAT HE HAS BEEN USING SINCE SATURDAY....... And I mean the virtual Safety Car period where Max pitted. Not when they were under the SC, Merc leave Lewis out s because they are banking on the race is going to end with SC with that late crash, it didn't. Also, the lap car decision does not actually affect Max and Lewis, it affected more for P3, 4 and 5, because they only let the one that between Lewis and Max thru, when the rules stated that they should let any lapped car thru if they had decided to do it, which would be the same vis-a-vis Lewis and Max. If Carlos or Yuki may have a case if they want to protest that decision, that's okay, Lewis does not have a standing on that because they would have clear the 4 cars between them anyway if the lapped were pull And no, FIA rules clearly stated that the race director have sole discretion on how Safety Car was deployed. Massi don't want the race to end with Safety Car, that's his discretion, and that is completely allowed as per FIA rules. And you can't blame Massi for it either, he have a tough job, if he let the SC out and pull it back at the end of 58, Lewis win by default, and Max's fan would accuse of him for favouring Lewis, and that would be even worse than what he did now because that would be by default. At least here, what Massi done is make sure they both have 1 clean lap of race, and Lewis lost, that's just it.

[@Loki-sk7bi]

If that wasn’t a British driver who lost a championship in that manner, there wouldn’t be a media outrage. They’d be playing it down like it didn’t matter. Formula 1 British media bias is insane.

[@SoudipanMaity]

I mean they basically have 10 media channels per square kilometre, all programmed to run the same story on repeat, and the newbie Lewis fans aren't quite used to seeing someone challenge their God for a while now. So, the meltdown is justified..

[@kingisalive9813]

I completely agree with you!

[@SoudipanMaity]

@ourdogseven Actually, most news media in other countries are simply reporting the events and not taking sides or defaming Max as the champ as much as the British media.

[@rickjohnson9856]

I’ve been watching F1 for over 30 years and I’ve never seen anything like this. The last minute back and forth with the decisions was ridiculous. Having more insight on this scenario make what happened even worse. They need to eliminate the communication between the race director and the teams during the race. That’s the worst series of events I’ve ever seen in any sport.

[@neddoubarli3324]

Medias from other countries would have done the same if it was one of their countrymen who was involved in that defeat. I even think the French, the Spanish, Italians and Dutch would use less coded langage to qualify what happened. Chauvinism is more common than you think.

[@rohullah5829]

'Miracle' is the keyword here.

[@NubiansNapata]

Robbed is the key word

[@rohullah5829]

Horner used 'miracle' as a keyword to ask Masi for help

[@Salomessanctuary]

You will be telling us, it is the hand of God.

[@klyplays]

"race fixing"

[@TonyMezaXD]

@@rohullah5829 it was his code word

[@just_some_bigfoot_hacking_you]

Red Bull risked to pit Max for fresh tyres. Hamilton called Merc to pit for fresh tyres but Merc didn't want to risk. Even Bottas said it at the end that Hamilton should have pit.

[@OFFtheCHIZANE]

It wasn’t much of a risk given he was in P2 and had a pit stop’s clearance to Sainz, and would then bunch back up under SC. But Merc couldn’t have done the same as then Max could have stayed out and taken the lead. The way the rules were applied Merc were screwed either way.

[@TamilSelvi-yx2ks]

@@OFFtheCHIZANE the rules are bad i totally agree . even in britsih grand prix they gave just 10 sec penalty we all know FIA is bad

[@Alt-sy3lf]

@@OFFtheCHIZANE Well its not the first a driver has gotten free pitstops. Its has happened many times

[@williare1977]

@@OFFtheCHIZANE true.. how was it a risk for Redbull to pit? Mercedes didn’t pit bexause Masi said lapped cars will stay where they are. He changed his mind after Lewis had passed pit lane. Tire choices and pits wouldn’t have even played a factor is douche bag followed regulations.

[@williare1977]

What I don’t understand is Lewis or Max fan… how is everyone not concerned about Masi’s decision making? Max fans can overlook what happened that’s fine.. but if the light isn’t shone it could be Max’s world title stolen next time.

[@Arsenic71]

Much worse was Toto Wolff's comment telling Masi not to deploy the safety car. That is seriously endangering people's lives. Conveniently left out here.

[@madsnovember1614]

Lewis was gifted Canada 2019 and Merc wrecked max 2 races in a row this season. Verstappen is the champ.

[@ogmatt5455]

Regardless on your position of this season, whether you favour max or lewis fan, if you're a true fan of the sport you can see the issue here. Max had a great season in the first half but lewis also had a great season in the second half, and in the last race lewis was locked in which was his race to win. For everyone saying "what about silverstone or monza or baku?" this is part of racing, Crashes, penalties, unlucky tires, mistakes, are all part of the sport. What is not part of the sport is the FIA bending rules to clearly benefit one driver to give him the championship.

[@LUXSTERIA]

I agree, Hamilton probably would have won if not for the intervention of the FIA. Even Max has said that racing isn't done on the track anymore

[@ryanfzl01]

then if all that applied max would've been champion long before this, and that hamilton would not have all of his championships. TILL the very end, toto was trying to get the stewards to manipulate the race in their favor, it backfired.

[@ogmatt5455]

@@ryanfzl01 this is so false. Yes there has been been inconsistencies all season with penalties but not this farce. If you can’t see that then go watch nascar. Max is a worthy champion but not this way not this season cuz that was Lewis’ race to win

[@ogmatt5455]

@@head_like_an_orange how so exactly?

[@slavetothesystem9854]

Quote from Masi after Eiffel GP 2020 "That one was the fact that we had to, there's a requirement in the sporting regulations, to wave all lapped cars past". Masi making up his own rules. Without a clear set of rules to follow damages the integrity of the sport.

[@chllauk]

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[@jollylollipop6745]

Actually there is a rule that states that lapped car between the leader and second place may be let past just for not obstructing but the question is why not such a rule for third place. Did Carlos not deserve to win this race.It's very clear that this rule benefits the driver in second place.

[@rohullah5829]

He is a moron like Horner. Mercedes clearly owned that race.

[@slavetothesystem9854]

@@jollylollipop6745 Exactly, all cars or none at all. Breach of the rules.

[@ddizon666]

is call racing

[@Barcodez5555]

funny how the British media and sports people are salty asf XD

[@leifcron8054]

Horner said : „we only need one lap“ meaning one lap for the lapped cars to unlap themselves, as lewis was allowed to in imola (an mick schumacher was not)

[@HopeIsFleeting]

The rules say that the safety car comes in the lap after lapped cars have been allowed to unlap themselves. Meaning the race should have been restarted at the end of the last lap, not the lap before.

[@leifcron8054]

@@HopeIsFleeting the rules give Masi also the right to decide when it ends. Believe it or not, the FIA did nothing wrong.

[@karthikpenumetch9300]

@@leifcron8054 What? That makes no sense. The teams base their strategies and decisions on the rules that have been stated in the rulebook. Likewise, Mercedes did exactly that at the end of the race. What are teams supposed to do now when they follow the rulebook, but the director can do anything he literally wants and completely disregard a rule. That's not at all what the rulebook is intended for. You can't look at that an say the FIA did nothing wrong.

[@diomepa2100]

@@karthikpenumetch9300 It's literally in the rule book. it doesn't make sense but it's very much there

[@HopeIsFleeting]

@@leifcron8054 The rules are that I can make up my own rules is not an acceptable take. If you can just change the rules as you like, this sport is dead.

[@vincefrancis6036]

Well Hamilton did benefit from FIAs decision in Silverstone and Imola gaining 43 points.. Max would have been crowned champion much before the last round...

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

Idiotic. Lewis would've won a week earlier if they had penalised the brake check correctly. If an F2 driver did that, they'd be disqualified and banned for the rest of the season.

[@tomvanzanten479]

I really expected this news cast to be biased in favour of Lewis, yet I'm surprised by how fair they managed to deliver this story.

[@peterwilles7227]

Yeah, from over here its still pretty baised

[@erichermida1384]

Let them race! Mercedes knew this could happen. They asked Lewis what tires he would like if there was a safety car. But when VSC they play it safe and didn’t want to loose track position. Again when safety car came out, Mercedes’ knew that Max was gonna be close. They knew they were in trouble but again they didn’t want to loose track position. They gamble that way and lost. If it would have been the other way around they would have love the decision. It should always be red flag in a situation like this. Then we would have had the best 5 laps of the year. One passing each other and some DRS in play too.

[@rotua98]

@Guy Lance yeah they are racist as you said but i dont get it, why that same racist man decide to punish Crashtappen when he cut the track, order him to giveaway position and also time penalty (Saudi GP) even Lewis kiss the back of Max car, but in this Abu Dhabi that racist man not punish Lewis over that first overtake move You cant just use the 'racist' card as you like, yes It is weird decision from Masi as always, but you have to admit even with his controversial choice he is not taking a side, sometime it favor Lewis, sometime Max

[@markedwards9247]

No way. How can it be fair that just before Latifi's accident Lewis was 10 seconds ahead of Max and pulling away, both on hard tyres. Max loses another 15 seconds by pitting (theoretically), and yet somehow ("racing gods") allowed him to be immediately behind Lewis with one lap to race. What it actually meant was that anything that tranpired in the previous 55 laps was cancelled. Lewis now on old hard tyres, with Max on fresh soft tyres, on Lewis's rear wing. "It's called racing" has always meant that a driver takes a natural time penalty for tyre changes. A driver gambles that his fresh tyres will be more advantageous than losing 15 seconds on the track. Max didn't take any sort of natural penalty for pitting. He was gifted a whole 25 seconds though.

[@suckieduckie]

@@markedwards9247 That's how safety car works... Lewis was the beneficiary of this exact same thing multiple times this season.

[@donsq4306]

Max was no where close to Hamilton. Red flags were used for less. This is a fix by FIA.

[@mintchyhouse]

Destiny or Fate. It was Max year . Well done to Max Verstappen he deserves it not everyone get that close to Lewis Hamilton to win the championship.

[@OFFtheCHIZANE]

I think Max wanted it more, and is undoubtedly the more aggressive driver. But with the benefit of the favourable decision on Lap 1, Lewis showed he was faster out there, even on older tyres. Even Perez being the true RB team player and costing Lewis 6-7 secs of lead couldn’t change that; once past Perez, Lewis just drove away from Max.

[@Balunliinfi]

Pitstop gamble for redbull

[@RS-jb1lf]

Retiring Perez car because it was under fuelled, I suspect.

[@jamesanthony4946]

If anything you have to feel for Max also, this is NOT how he wanted to win, this should be a celebratory moment for him, however, this will never be viewed as that in general & will likely always be viewed as a scam, which is unfair on him as he is a brilliant driver who deserves to win, I hope to see him come back and win one in slightly less controversial fashion and hopefully put this argument away.

[@suckieduckie]

@@jamesanthony4946 Honestly, the sentiment at RB and with most people I know is that Verstappen has been pretty unlucky throughout the season and they were due some luck. And boy did they get some luck.

[@slof69]

@@jamesanthony4946 isn't all of f1 a scam? People get held up thinking it's all about the drivers when it's 90% car 10% driver it's just viewed wrong

[@marciusv5467]

If the rules (39.12 and 48.12) were adhered to, and all lapped cars had to unlap themselves and pass the safety car, then the race would have finished under the safety car, like it has done nine times before, and Lewis would be world champion. Race director Michael Masi made a mistake, which he’s done several times this year. There’s no point following a sport if the rules can be made up and changed on the fly.

[@rival2028]

@Sasquatch94 🤣🤣 ive said that many times before; Masi is very very consistent in being consistently inconsistent

[@ROCKY-w5r]

Stop saying what you don't understand. He also has the right to change it. If the track wasn't cleared by the final lap then that's a different issue. The track was already cleared and he wanted the race to finish via all out racing.

[@royd7760]

If the rules were adhered the lapped cars could overtake in 56, the safetycar in in lap 57 and a race lap in 58.. Masi blew it when he first stated lapped cars couldn't overtake.. that costed a lap. And he tried to make up for that. In masi's defense.. there where 2 crying and screaming teambosses in his ears. The outcome would be the same..

[@themind2350]

@@ROCKY-w5r not on safety car issues. Rules must be fully complied with as when in Eifel GP of 2020 all were allowed to pass.

[@slavetothesystem9854]

@@ROCKY-w5r How is that racing when cars behind Verstappen were stuck behind lapped cars?

[@alivwilliam4579]

Mercedes could change the tyres too. But didn' t do so. The result is Fair! No risk, no Win))))

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

They didn't need to. If the regulations were adhered to, there was no way of them losing unless Lewis crashed behind the safety car. If Hamilton pitted he would've been behind Verstappen and I guarantee they wouldn't have restarted the race.

[@ChimozuFu]

@@DoodlesMcpooh The incident on lap 1 meant lewis should've have even been in P1 come the safety car

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

@@ChimozuFu The stewards ruled that as forcing another car off track which is what Max does with all his overtakes.

[@pretoriussarel2147]

MAX VERSTAPPEN is the deserved champ. Most wins, most pole positions, most better in qualify, most podiums, most laps led (by an enormous margin). Max beat Lewis fair and square, and he also beat the FIA, the British F1 establishment and the British media machine. Well done MAX...!!

[@Kamarlpringle]

This is completely irrelevant when it comes down to the last race .In 2016 Lewis Hamilton had most wins , most poles and most laps led and still lost the championship. Things happen over all formula one seasons . This DOES NOT justify the CLEAR abuse of the rules that clear favoured one particular driver over the rest of the field.

[@nikosvault]

@@Kamarlpringle Didn't LH almost kill Verstappen at Silverstone this year, only to get a 10 sec penalty and win the race? The puritanical streak from Hamilton fans is breathtaking. Everything is in the gray zone all the time in motorsport.

[@maureenmucureezi7099]

The rules! You can't say most that or this. It comes down to final battle..most ideally red flag start again

[@Trailer_Recap]

max c**** s*****r

[@TheSlowoldman]

British tears taste like tea!!!

[@welcome33333]

Red Bull chose to come in for new tires, Mercedes chose to do not. This was, in hindsight, a critical mistake by the Mercedes team.

[@freddy7700]

exactly right. This was the reason, Merc lost the Championship

[@eggmaster1233]

@@freddy7700 The reason Merc lost the championship was because the FIA can't follow their own rules lol

[@jb894]

@@eggmaster1233 cope.

[@igormihajlovski6754]

If Mercedes has pitted Lewis, he will came out second,, because Max will not go in and race will go to the end under Safety car. There was no time the situation to be cleared using the rules about Safety car for race restart. In that situation Mercedes have noting to protest. Look early this season and previous seasons all the situation when Safety car was on the track. How long it stayed on the track. What about race in Saudi Arabia? How much laps it was out and after that RED FLAG because Advertised papers have bean destroyed (cut)? What about two laps in Spa and race over under safety car and giving a victory and half points for that? Why RedBull retired Perez car before that decision for one lap race on? Too much unanswered and enigma questions ... For me, Mercedes made mistake for pitting Lewis too early. He was on mediums and they needed to leave him longer on the first sting. In that case he will not go in that situation with Perez, and he will have free pit stop under Virtual Safety car and in that last lap only about 18 laps old tires (about 4 to 6 laps of them under Virtual safety car and Safety car) the situation will be different (No DRS in that lap). I hope Ferrari, McLaren, Alpine and some other teams will fix the cars so there will be more drivers fighting for victories. In that case I will see what will be when Max will going like torpedo in them. We know that situation from Austria with Leclerc and what Leclerc did next race in Silverstone.

[@TomaszRolinski]

So one sided it’s unreal. Everything is out of context.

[@helenooft9664]

Toto Wolf make the mistake to let Lewis not box for new tires, he was to afraid, he have to take the responsebility for his choice, instead of taking unnecessary staps to try this world championship for Lewis. I dont think that Lewis want to have such a championship on his name. That would only stain his career, and that he dont deserve. Lewis and Max are both great drivers. But Red Bull has taking the best technical decision in the end of the race.

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

Mercedes made zero mistakes regarding tyres or anything else in that race. If it wasn't for the safety car they would've won by miles. Red Bull only won under the safety car because the existing regulations were ignored. If Mercedes take it to court, it will be an easy win for them.

[@raj2759]

Huge love for max❤️

[@neilx5]

Doesn't matter who you support. The FIA have screwed this sport now.

[@martinrodgers6114]

Crucial information that was not mentioned was that the safety car also gave Verstappen the opportunity to put on new soft tires. Hamilton could not do the same as he would have given Verstappen the lead. Hamilton was ahead by about 12 seconds and well on the way to victory at the time the safety car was ordered. The whole thing was a shambles!

[@daviddaniel2870]

They had their chance to pit no excuse and they didnt give penalty to hamilton for doing same exact thing Verstappen did in saudi arabia. Petronas needs to race, and stop crying.

[@JetFire9]

I love your tears.

[@declanrex9435]

@@daviddaniel2870 If the rules had been followed, lewis pitting would have lost him the championship there and then.

[@MFESPFTWKF]

Lewis could of took that same risk of pitting letting max overtake and overtaking him on softs Max wins for taking that gamble and it paying off

[@JetFire9]

@@MFESPFTWKF Good point. The Hamilton crying needs to stop now!

[@fabiosanches2794]

"Toto, it's called a motor race, okay?"

[@fie-schlbestgirl3355]

It's all on FIA. Everything they did this season is very unexpected and borderline doesn't comply with their own regulations. I think it's fair to say Masi needs to be replaced.

[@makkie211175]

I get a bit irritated when we just talk about the last final lap, while it should be about the whole damn season. When you look at this, then you can trully say that Max is the true winner of this season. 1 luck has never been on Max his side, until the last race at the last lap. 2 Max needed to perform for 120% to compremise the dominance of Mercedes. 3 In every race Max battled with Hamilton, Hamilton always put the pressure on Max and he never fainted. But above all, this whole season was a wet dream that every F1 lover should give a boner. This is really the best you can get. So it doesn't matter who won, just celibrate an awesome F1 season that has it all. Even Spielberg could not think this out. Because we all could say, that we will never see a season like this ever again and we all witnessed it.

[@kenwaller670]

You keep telling yourself that bud the world knows he was handed it by the fia they broke there own rules your just not bothered about the integrity of the sport....sad really.

[@stephentuthill4598]

Three races went wrong for Max - Hungary, Baku, and Silverstone - without which he would have been on more points, and the late surge from Mercedes wouldn't have made that much impact. So Max finally got a bit of luck going his way, took it, and won his first title. Essentially, Max deserved and deserves the title.

[@PG-20]

@@kenwaller670 How long have you watched F1? Because if you're a veteran and have held these values. You should have left back in 2008 when there was an ACTUAL race fix.

[@zhenyu2695]

Perform 120%? lmaooo delusional max fans strikes again, max cruise through almost third quater of the season while merc was pulling resources to 2022 car, merc became dominate only in the last 5 to 6 races lol. Just admit that max had the fastest car through the season and he will never win with only his skills (which somehow all the max fanboys says he purely wins cuz he got skills) bs lol

[@makkie211175]

@@zhenyu2695 To understand who has the fastest car it isn't wise to compare this with the races as for the many unpredictable outcomes. you have to compare this with the qualifications. And it is plain simple that Mercedes here is a beast. Even Bottas came off very often with a pole position. And he is the second driver. Here you see the speed that Mercedes has the whole year. Max just has the skills to keep up with them. and don't speak about Perez, he even did not reach Q3 at sometimes. Also in the end Mercedes won the Constructors title that says more about the cars performance then the drivers title. Bottas could easely take points with his car, as Perez has to struggle the whole season.

[@royd7760]

Masi knew he blew it by first stating lapped cars cannot overtake in lap 56 and try to make up fot that. It should have been; Track clear.. Lapped cars overtake in 56, safetycar in in lap 57 and a race in 58... The outcome would probably be the same, but not so damn controversial. In Masi's defense there where 2 teambosses screaming in his ears, and that shouldn't be allowed in the future. In the end, the best driver overall the season took the championship.

[@-caleb-7201]

So the rules basically don’t matter, they can do whatever they want. Hard to watch a sport when the rules change races to race and regulations are constantly being circumvented.

[@petmister1]

I’m disgusted at what happened on Sunday! F1 should be ashamed!!!

[@adamoshea2793]

Its fairly easy to fix this from happening again just don’t count laps until the crash is cleared.

[@PandzaMan]

Nope… it’s fairly easy, just don’t let teams swap out any components/ work in the cars under any flagged situation. Car formation stays as it was prior to flagging, no overtaking. Why they don’t do this already is beyond me 🤷🏻

[@MrSoap01]

That's called red flag

[@sencasa]

Doesn't that create a new problem in which the cars might not have enough fuel to finish the race?

[@justpassingby7262]

@@sencasa yup, thats why they still count laps.

[@justpassingby7262]

F1 always has these type of countroversies. I guess the newer fans don't know bout this yet. It won't surprise me if every single word in the f1 rule book has been memorised by the teams. They push the limits of the rules and controversies are regular.

[@juliennguyen203]

Both drivers are worthy champions. I think what leaves a sour taste is how a decision (arguably controversial as this sequence under the safety car had never been executed this way before) that was made off the track had such an influence on the outcome of the championship. When they decided to not wait for all cars to unlap themselves, it is obvious they knew in advance that Verstappen had a clear advantage with his fresh softs. Equally, Sainz was P3 but had Daniel Ricciardo in front of him who wasn’t given the right to unlap himself, this means Sainz was drawn out of the picture for a potential win if both Lewins and Max had collided or scratched wings. Ultimately, Masi is the man that decided which way the championship would go and that’s wrong. Equally, an element that is unfair on Verstappen is after a season where he drove brilliantly, there will forever be a cloud over the circumstances that helped him win in Abu Dhabi.

[@abhijitpadhi625]

All that matters is that he won. 10-15 years down the line all people will see is the name on the championship winners list......It's the sad truth unfortunately. Fine margins. But Verstappen and Lewis both deserved it equally so I don't really mind how it went down.

[@FranciscoHOS]

@@abhijitpadhi625 Lol there will always be an asterisks for Max's first championship. Anyone who talks about it will talk about what happened in the last couple of laps because that's what it came down to, that's what decided the championship winner. It's unfortunate for Max too because it wasn't his fault, but unfortunately that's what happens when you have race directors who care more about entertainment rather than integrity. I agree that races shouldn't be ended in safety cars, but that should be a change that is decided during the offseason, not during a race. If rules are able to be changed during races, then it becomes scripted.

[@abhijitpadhi625]

@@FranciscoHOS No not at all. All that matters is the name on the trophy. You can discuss about the events all you want, but that "asterisk" is only imaginary. 40-50 years down the line people will only read the name of the winner. No one remembers who came 2nd. That's why it was sad for Hamilton....and also I think Max deserved the title anyway, so I don't really mind what happened😊😊

[@FranciscoHOS]

@@abhijitpadhi625 Lol idk if you've been on the Internet long enough but any social platform where users can discuss stuff with each other, if an F1 fan brings up this specific championship, they will very likely to mention the incident in some way.

[@Davidsprossen]

Mercedes are poor losers, and RUSSELL WILL FIT IN PERFECTLY Lewis is a living legend btw

[@AndrewBrookess]

Red flag the race, Hamilton comes in and puts soft tyres on and then they see out the rest of the laps from a standing start both on soft tyres. That would of been a lot better in my opinion

[@UncleRa]

Exactly. Simple as that.

[@HalloDubaiahh]

Was Mercedes pit crew that slow? Could have pitted under safety car though.

[@williare1977]

@@UncleRa or they could have used the two options available to them under regulations. Allow all the lapped cars to pass ending the race in safety car.. or allow non of the cars to pass. Both of those scenarios end in Hamilton victory. There was no need to shape shift the way this situation is supposed to play out. Although we all know what a standing start soft to soft would mean anyways.

[@brakinglate8828]

As long as Lewis gets a 5s penalty for cutting the corner its fine. That is fair racing.

[@lutky612]

@@HalloDubaiahh only if this was to be the other way around, Max being on hard used tires and Lewis on softs behind with 1 lap, can you imagine how many comments of "MaFIA" we would've heard? Mercedes didn't pit him because they didn't know Masi would allow the cars to unlap themselves.

[@USwipe]

Finally a fair British opinion. Remember Jeddah penalties. Without Lewis it's gonna be a boring F1. Demand him to stay for at least 5 more years. I'm Dutch!

[@DMSJagXK]

The main reason I got SKY was to watch F1 live. F1 has become a joke, Clearly Masi wanted Max to win, or at least his decisions pretty much ensured he did. 40 lap hard tyres versus 1 lap soft tyres following safety car. I wouldn't mind betting on who the winner would be. It is Masi who has damaged the reputation of F1.

[@DMSJagXK]

Kyle Zonneveld Re Silverstone, Max should have done what Lewis has done, countless times, this season and taken avoidance action! If the normal rules had been followed the race would have ended behind the safety car with Hamilton in the lead. If Hamilton had changed tyres, and the normal rules had been followed, Hamilton would have finished behind Max . The key thing is, Hamilton was so far ahead of Max when the safety car came out, Hamilton was past the pit while Max could change tyres on the lap the safety car came out. If Hamilton had been able to get to the pit on the same lap as Max, Max would have stayed out, Red Bull wouldn't have persuaded Masi to change his mind about unlapping the cars and Max would have still won the race. Whatever Mercedes did, Masi could have ensured Max won the race.

[@wan2dd]

Luck from the racing gods! He meant "luck" from the race director

[@Salomessanctuary]

Yeah, you are right. Reminds me of Jack Johnson's story. I wouldn't mind if it was a fair play and Sir Lewis Hamilton lost....New rule which was never used before..yeah it says it all. I feel bad because I have not said congratulations to Max but just feel he did not win the race. 🙏

[@jamesw6069]

Yep. Horner told Masi to give him the lap and Masi broke regulations to ensure a Verstappen victory.

[@holycrapper1035]

Masi didnt make latifi crash, just random luck. Happens in motorracing.

[@MAGAted]

it's excruciatingly lovely that hamilton loses by a dose of his own medicine

[@Mary-oz6xv]

100%

[@rangered_64]

Hamilton couldn't pit since Mercedes decided not to, Bottas himself said if Hamilton pitted, it could've been a different story. At the end, Max is the champion and it has nothing to do with him, this is between Mercedes and the FIA.

[@charlesstephen9668]

Moral of story.. Miracles do happen

[@phil-zz5hk]

can you imagine being 3 nil up in the world cup final with 5 minutes to go , and the ref says you are now nil nil . next goal wins .

[@butare]

Just and watch your football You know nothing about f1! Was it your first time seeing safety car or red flag? Each sport has its rules

[@abdrahimwahab5981]

Starting from Brazil GP, Hamilton was pushed at the corner. It was clear from this incident. At Abu Dhabi with just one lap to go, FIA chief Michael Masi reversed the decision to keep cars in between the duo. Hamilton was robbed in the daylight

[@rajeevkunapareddy1182]

while this debate still continues cause max was robbed in hungary, Britain and bahrain

[@FlipTomasi]

Yes Max got lucky on Sunday, but over the whole season Lewis still got more lucky (go figure). Reality is that in any sport luck and referees play a role (there are always grey areas). Having lapped cars unlap themselves is normal practice in Safety Car situations. The real (pro-Mercedes) mistake was for Masi to initially suggest that that unlapping would not be allowed this time. If Masi had just started that process straight away, there would have been enough time to unlap all cars and the current controversy would have been avoided.

[@soulsearchingsince9523]

No he did not. And im willing to discuss that withbyou. Only thing you would hve on this is silverstone but thats it.

[@boobrancher]

That epic overtake wasn’t lucky

[@soulsearchingsince9523]

@Zuurker U Max forces lewis off at Imola: "But Silverstone" Max forces lewis off at Monza: "But Silverstone" Max crashes into Lewis at Monza: "But Siverstone" Max Forces Lewis off at Brazil: "But Silverstone" Max at Jeddah!: "But Silverstone"

[@TurkishToffee]

Think he needs to watch the video about all the times Hamilton avoided the situation at Monza happening again at other points in the season by not turning into Max diving and late braking up the inside and not even making corner 😂 think Lewis got lucky at SilverStone when Max did turn into him and close the door on him that his car was still raceable, Max could see Lewis was there and knew it was a high speed corner yet he still turned into Hamilton 🤔 all I’m saying is if Hamilton defended like Max then I’d be surprised if they shared more than a podium or two this whole season because of all the DNFs they would be giving eachother

[@MV-dt9ir]

@@soulsearchingsince9523 - Hungary: Bottas bowling out Verstappen for a DNF - Imola: Red flag because of another crash moments after lewis slipped off the track and damaged his car in the gravel (allowing him to pit and get everything fixed) - Baku: Verstappen's P1 becoming a DNF because of a random tyre failure - And yes of course Silverstone too If any of the above had not happened, Verstappen would have been at least 20 points or so ahead at the last race and their would not have been any controversy even if he had ended 4, 5 or 6 last Sunday

[@ViharS7]

If Hamilton had won Mercedes would not be whining

[@stucrossland3719]

When people in an office decide a sporting event it ceases to be a sport.

[@BangaaaX]

Millions of Fans saw how Lewis got Robbed! Biggest Disgrace in F1 History

[@maneeshaliyanapatabendy1481]

at this point, Lewis Hamilton has already accepted defeat like a proper sportsman and moved on. however, evry other british doesn't seem to.

[@maurizioviviani3235]

Verstappen is a Legend!

[@vassargo8380]

I think we are all past calling Formula One a sport anymore. It is manufactured entertainment for the masses. RIP F1, died 2021.

[@mdds1977]

Bye bye

[@SolidusSnapes]

Lewis should have got a 10 place grid penalty for his antics in practice so it all balanced up in the end.

[@kubatomasiak8170]

what antics could you please explain?

[@endlesstwisties]

He should have been at least 50 points behind. Karma

[@justsomeguywholikesramen]

that had to be decided there and then, you can't just steal the race right at the end from a man who was definitely going to win . For incidents like the one in the first lap, FiA messed up by not letting Max go by, however, to make the last lap with them being side by side with worn out hard tyres for lewis and fresh soft ones for Max only meant one thing could happen. If the roles were reversed and Hamilton won the race like how Max did, there would be a huge uproar by everyone that FIA is MaFiA in the sense they always assist mercedes, but no one is saying that here because for some reason everyone loves max and hates lewis.

[@kubatomasiak8170]

@@justsomeguywholikesramen couldn’t have said that better

[@shaunchamberlain2895]

Should of also given max his place back at the start of the race

[@dj1926]

If what transpired during the last five laps of the race had the exact impact on determining the Constructors Championship and Red Bull was Lewis while Mercedes were Max, would Red Bull have accepted the manner in which decisions were made and how things were allowed to play out on the day? Would they have congratulated Mercedes and called it a day and come back next year?

[@TonyMezaXD]

?????

[@gnrdontcry]

If Mercedes was Max then the "first lap issue of going off the track and having a benefit" would have been taken back by Mercedes! And now in reality Max with Red Bull and Mercedes with Hamilton, Mercedes have not called it a day to come back fresh for next year!!! They are still kicking and crying over it, calling for review!! So..... to your question....they would not, as Mercedes keeps crying its way around! AND THEY never play fair!

[@TonyMezaXD]

@@gnrdontcry Max is a dirty driver though, he ran Lewis of the road. He was right to go off track. Maybe he could have given the place back but it wouldn't have mattered Lewis had the better pace the whole race. Max needed a Safety car to eliminate Lewis' lead. The FIA handed Max a victory on a silver platter. Lewis was robbed.

[@gnrdontcry]

@@TonyMezaXD true, they should have given back the place and taken it back rightfully. It would have been done for any other driver, then why not for Lewis? I don't side any team I just love racing! But when the benefits keep going to one team its not fair racing!

[@balanceinmidfield1843]

Nobody really cares about the constructors championship and therefore they are not comparable.

[@Concept_19]

I'm not one to be salty, but if the rules were not breached. Lewis would of won, i'm open to have a fair discussion, but if youre gonna call me salty then there is no point in an open minded conversation

[@james2578]

u r so salty.

[@chaddy1969]

No Salty Joe,we don't want a discussion with you, especially an open minded one.Now get back to licking the white and crusty Lewis Hamilton poster on your bedroom wall.

[@Concept_19]

@@james2578 clearly not

[@Concept_19]

@@chaddy1969 your blatant hypocrisy is damaging the sport

[@chaddy1969]

@@Concept_19 No Joe,it definitely isn't in any way whatsoever.

[@imspice]

Sky Sports F1 are deleting unfavourable comments about this scandal from their videos. Lewis was at least 10 seconds ahead and winning the race before the crash and safety car. Michael Masi needs to resign. He broke the rules to give the win to Max. Millions of people all over the world witnessed Lewis Hamilton being robbed of his 8th Championship. Max did not win fairly it was given to him. This race was rigged. Masi robbed the win and the championship from Lewis to give it to Max. This is not sport. This has to be contested in the courts. Mercedes must not allow this biased decision to stand. It is not right and it is not fair.

[@ChimozuFu]

Verstappen this season had: more wins, more podiums, more pole positions, more laps led, more fastest laps and 2 unlucky DNFs which hamilton benefitted from massively. But yeah sure.. hamilton was robbed of the title somehow. Max just got lucky, it was hamiltons luck all season that kept him in the title race lets be honest. Maybe go back and watch the whole season instead of just jumping on the f1 bandwagon with everyone else on the last race and thinking your an expert

[@mikedevlin2048]

F1 isn't a sport... It's just part of the entertainment industry...

[@goinawol9447]

It is a sport...

[@bywyjimma]

@@goinawol9447 lost a lot of integrity though

[@mikedevlin2048]

@@goinawol9447 😂😂😂😂😂

[@stucrossland3719]

@@goinawol9447 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKiVloufjb5jpKs

[@goinawol9447]

@@stucrossland3719 what about it?

[@---kn2go]

The issue is; FIA wanted to let mercedes and RB race from the start of the season. This created a horrible metric for future incidents. At bahrain, Lewis went offtrack countless of times, winning seconds, Max overtook him and had to give the position back. Admittedly, the last race was handled poorly. But I think FIA had a debt to pay towards Max, and regarding earlier incidents. I think FIA thought not interferring would benefit the title fight. Then Max got a bit unlucky when RB was slihgtly better. Then brazil came, and suddenly Max was in a horrible position. No match for the merc, if nothing was going to happen, or he didn't give it all (and in the process go over the edge sometimes) he'd automaticly lose. So how the race was handled, bad, but in terms of the entire season, it was good. My suggestions for next season would be; LESS politics by teams. Clearer rules by FIA, and more consistency about these rules. - This has to be handled firmly from race 1. Simply all these incidents going Max's way in the later part of the season, makes it look like he's the lucky guy. People, and specially the media don't put things into context, hungry sellout media. Lewis couldn't believe Max could change his tyres at saudi, red flag. Yet he himself changed his front wing, his tyres AND caught up an entire lap at imola. - Quickly forgotten by a lot. Neither Lewis or Max can be blamed for this. Both gave us an INSANE season. Like Lewis said, this was his hardest season, his best self. It's too bad this last race gets magnified by the media, withotu context of the rest of the season, and it takes away from Max's championship. Like the hamiltons showed us, be graceful in defeat. Let's just hope next season, FIA is more consistent and clear, and we have less politics and backroom shady stuff going on. Like bernie ecclestone said; how the media handled Max wasn't fair either. Portrayed as the villain even tho he got by DNF's and in an uphill battle at brazil and after. My last suggestion would then be; Please media, stop being such a hungry sellout, treat people fair, wether it's Lewis or Max. I'm seriously excited for 2022. Let's hope the cars allow for more racing. And let's hope 2021 was the start of a beautiful new era of F1.

[@DeviantDork]

No you're wrong.

[@megawave79]

Cool, but they broke regulations in Abu Dhabi to give Verstappen the win, and in Bahrain Verstappen gave the position back himself

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

If they had a debt to Max they paid it by not disqualifying him in Saudi. Any other driver in any other racing class would've had their season ended for that dangerous braking move.

[@imanton_20]

The Bahrain example you're using is a lie. Hamilton was allowed to do so and so were all the other drivers. Then Redbull moaned mid-race and the switched the rule but before that it was perfectly legal.

[@deetee4403]

Oh shut up...it was cheating pure and simple

[@jerrykreutzer4326]

Hamilton got extremely unlucky with the safety car, which is just what happens in F1 sometimes. Masi rushed a few rules to make room for racing in the last lap, Verstappen still had to pass in a slower car, although on newer tires, so it was a bit of a coin toss. He was by no means handed the victory and he deserved the title for the whole season, even Hamilton fans usually agree with that.

[@chllauk]

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[@bywyjimma]

Yeah but the whole handling of the last lap by masi and fia was a disgrace and I’ve seen many Max fans say the same

[@user-ot2rw5gu2s]

The safety car was not the issue. The issue was Masi bending the rules to alter the outcome of the race.

[@iphantum5493]

They both didn't deserve to lose as Nico Roseberg said 😅. I was supporting Lewis all the way and i gotta say Max was really in proper form basically all season but Lewis was making a comeback of the century at the end there. He was forced to basically win the remaining 4 races and he was about to do just that until that whole safety car situation. Max won it fair and square on paper and he did nothing wrong at Abu Dhabi. I think its safe to say F1 fans and even Red Bull and Mercedes deserved a fairer ending to the season.

[@JJJ-ok7nc]

New tyres compared to Lewis tyres was around 4 sec difference per lap - not a coin toss you brainless noob

[@Marcel-ct9wq]

Masi made the sitake not to let lapped cars by earlier , like Vettel Alonso and others said. Would have made no difference for the outcome

[@Zoggystubbs]

To sum it up; F1 broke their own rules.

[@roepieroepie5333]

When verstappen was drive Mercedes hé was already world champion 3 months earlier.

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

Doubtful. I bet you he ends up with 0 championships in his career if Mercedes take this to court.

[@katari8604]

@@DoodlesMcpooh how's that prediction going going for ya mate ? 😂😂😂😂

[@MC-vv7us]

Absolutely right. Im all for new winners and close racing, they both deserved to win however on the day Lewis was the better of the two and at least given the opportunity to prove he was, not hung out to dry by sad decision making. Massy needs to go.

[@specter290]

Masi needs to go. Also, Masi not allowing Verstappen to take back the position after Lap 1 was ridiculous....

[@insiaabbas6524]

Well in that case Masi should have asked Lewis to give back the position he overtook by cutting the track, that would’ve changed the whole race too, both the teams got one decision on their behalf, hence in my opinion it was quite a fair race. Besides, looking at how unfair things were for Max throughout the championship and his continues fight back, he totally deserves the title !! :)

[@woodybenjam]

We witnessed the biggest fix in sporting history and people want to celebrate it. My mind boggles.

[@mendelt]

I love it how dh Russell said it was unacceptable and accepted it anyways.

[@karltodd]

Horner: we need a miracle! He gets a MEN-made miracle! An absolute joke and every RB guy saying they kept fighting.. To get the alteration. Well, that's so expected!!

[@chonkers_shorts]

A race should be about getting from start to finish. This is more complicated than Einstein theory of relativity. That's why less people watching F1 nowadays.

[@saidel8565]

Lol Exactly, this is the 3rd video I watch regarding this controversy, still have no idea what happened exactly

[@dyztanz6188]

So, in other words, what if Max would have done a 'Silverstone' in the last race and then would have finished first and been rewarded with 25 points and a 10 sec penalty? Would that have been more digestible? Max was warned in advance that IF that would happen THEN he would be disqualified. By that reasoning, Lewis should have been disqualified at Silverstone.

[@noahluphenghangmi6078]

Silverstone was by far worse than abu dhabi, disgraceful also disrespectful to take out opponents directly in front of the world but if you have 7th WDC titles its still legal according to lewis expert fans 😂

[@bhavikshah5016]

BBC as always biased reporting showing one side in bad light... Its not just Max or Horner or FIA being the problem this season, TOTO and Lewis were part of the problem too... I am happy Mercs dominance was crushed the way it was..

[@jamesanthony4946]

If anything you have to feel for Max also, this is NOT how he wanted to win, this should be a celebratory moment for him, however, this will never be viewed as that in general & will likely always be viewed as a scam, which is unfair on him as he is a brilliant driver who deserves to win, I hope to see him come back and win one in slightly less controversial fashion and hopefully put this argument away.

[@nkosiphilempofu3798]

Rasta got soul even after he was cheated out of a win he still congratulated the guy

[@JohnFromAccounting]

Max was the better driver all season and got screwed over by FIA decisions a fair few times.

[@S-North]

It's part of his contract to show sportsmanship when required.

[@nkosiphilempofu3798]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 when has Hamilton ever done what he is supposed to do

[@Sjiznit]

He knew he lost to the better driver.

[@nkosiphilempofu3798]

Better driver when Lewis was 10 secs in front, make that make sense please

[@lknanml]

I like Max and Ham and wanted both of them to win equally but as boring as it sounds that race should have ended behind the pace car.... Max deserves the win. The FIA tried to get a the last lap under green and forced it and made some bad calls. It was still an epic season for the fans.

[@KhromosInCanada]

What about the wrong tactics that Mercedes did keeping lewis on the track on the yellow flags? I think that's a mix of bad decisions from Mercedes with amazing team work from Red Bull. While in the radio, Michael said that "Wait a minute, waiting for my guys to clean the track"... so, the decision to make the cars pass the safety car was already on the table. Still had one lap to go so, why not give the fans what they deserve and paid for? A Race? If Mercedes had the right tires on, this story would be totally different on my point of view. I like both drivers but this year, Lewis is annoying. Max deserved the title.

[@Zuffenhouse]

Should have ended behind the pace car but max deserves to win? Do you mean Lewis? I agree, was rooting for them equally but did not want max to win like that. Letting them do a final lap shoot out where max had brand new soft tires and Lewis had 40 lap old hards basically ensured a max win. They should have red flagged, let drivers put new tires on, then restart and do a one lap race where winner takes all.

[@Infigo96]

@@Zuffenhouse Merc did expect it to possibly go green and didn't pit regardless....they hoped it didn't have time to go green and win that way. Had they pitted and it finished under sc that would have given RB power to make a decision about position Vs equal tires. A sc at that stage of the race was RB golden situation regardless how it would end....Merc could never win anything...but had a chance to not loose (by winning the race behind sc). Red flags and SC should never be used for competition "fairness". It is a safety thing and should be treated as such. Fia made their decision try to race once the track was clear..and so they did. And merc lost due to picking the wrong choice. Gutting, sure...but fair, nothing necessitated a red flag. It's not the first time things like this have happened but in most cases they hade time to sort out all lapped cars. Merc got their golden chance at Baku....and blew it....now RB got their chance and pulled the right call.

[@lknanml]

@Guy Lance They went into this race with equal points. You don't do that by cheating. Wipe off the butt hurt. I was referring to the whole season when it comes to deserving to win. The FIA screwed up. They wanted a shoot out and forced it. This race should have ended with Lewis behind the pace car. As much as they want to end races on the green they don't always have enough time to do so. Still. It was an amazing shootout all year. Both of them deserved the win.

[@KhromosInCanada]

@Guy Lance lol you forgot how many decisions FIA made this year in favour of Mercedes’? What about Saudi Arabia? Jeez, what a short memory you guys have 🤦🏻 just accept the fact that Lewis isn’t champion this year. That’s it! Be glad for the championship we had and stop annoying people with your cry.

[@RonanHarkin_music]

Pretty sure massi owed us this one, silverstone changed the championship and for what? A ten second penalty that made no difference and a driver in hospital.

[@rodericde876]

Michael Masi and Jean Todt have brought the sport into disrepute. It is time they accepted their responsibility and resign.

[@mrdude9671]

Checo managed to defend lulu on those shitty tyres . But Lulu couldn’t defend max on his shitty tyres . Heck , even RB’s no.2 Driver is better than Merc no.1 driver . All thet Mercedes have is that superior car .

[@bbo506]

The round 1 overtake from Verstappen was legitimate…

[@d1tto232]

What a crybaby

[@NYRFAN75]

I wholeheartedly believe the FIA rigged it for Max. The FIA and F1 knew if Lewis won his 8th he’d retire. They couldn’t let their cash cow go without having another in place. If Hamilton won and retired Max would take over no question but he never would have beaten one of the bests. This comes down to politics and cash. Lewis was robbed.

[@paulvandijk4860]

The funny thing about this all, is that we only discuss the things we can actually hear and see. On track and in the paddocks there are so much more rumors about conflicts of interest, Merc having "helped" redesign the Abu Dahbi track (in favor of Lewis), other rumors on influencing Masi. The stakes are just too high, the rules to vague, there is so much more we don't really know. We do think we know, but we don't.

[@ROCKY-w5r]

He had the power to change it. If the track wasn't cleared by the final lap then that's a different issue,the race would finish under the safety car.The track was already cleared and he wanted the race to finish via all out racing.

[@TearTheRoof0ff]

It wasn't clear in time to execute the unlapping of the cars procedure as per the rules AND have a racing lap, so what he did was partially implement the car unlapping process in direct contravention of the regulations in order to manufacture the racing lap. The extent of the partial implementation was specifically and inclusively such that Max had a racing advantage over literally everyone else on the grid.

[@andrewEYEtoEYE]

Max managed to overtake Lewis on the first lap around the corner but Lewis went on straight on the gravel track and never gave the place back to Max. Giving the place back to Max would have at least kept him in the lead and allowed him defend for a good 10 to 15 laps before he pits due to being on soft tyres. And this in return would have provided Max to catch up and maintain a good distance despite being slower than Lewis. But no, the race director/mgmt allowed Lewis to keep the lead and that was unfair, Max was on tarmac upon overtaking Lewis but the 7 time world champion decided that it was ok to go straight on the gravel which gave him almost 2 seconds lead almost immediately and built upon that lead for the rest of the race,. The lead and defending that Max could have done was robbed and denied him of the opportunity. This can draw stress and discouragement for a driver especially when it happens in the first lap of the race. Simply put, Max was denied the lead which he lawfully took and built upon that time window for the him and his Redbull team to close the gap and avoid being confronted by overlapped cars on the last few laps after Latiffi crashed. Little did we know that Karma had it's way of playing into the race upon which the race started as a race and not as an 8th world championship parade for Lewis Hamilton. The FIA may have bent the rules but there is nothing wrong and it's only fair that lapped cars are allowed to pass the safety car, why? because the four laps that the safety car was on took away Max's chance to speed past the cars in front at a possible 2 seconds a lap due to his team strategy to pit and be on fresh tyres when it matters most. The safety car in this instance provided that moment without any guarantee that Max will overtake Lewis. Please do note that Lewis and his team were very skeptical and I can say timid to pit as many as times that Max did as they clearly knew and admitted many times over on the radio conversations between them that he, Lewis WILL not would, lose track position to Max. And the 2 seconds a lap past the cars in front had not the safety car come in would have still rendered Max the opportunity to go past and overtake Lewis on the last lap. So all in all, Max won the championship not because of luck or the safety car, it was his sheer passion and the brutal down wit grit strategy of his Redbull team. Don't get me wrong, I admire Lewis for his brilliance and talent, he didn't lose the championship like most people think, he just needed a little push to not play the same safe strategy that he and his team have been playing all along.

[@benl1799]

When you say overtook you mean divebombed and forced him off the track in a very dirty overtake, maybe mention that

[@DouweEgbert]

@@benl1799 go watch soccer dude , that overtake was perfect

[@victorgraca9267]

Skipped the part where Toto asks Masi not to bring out a safety car. Typical biased Media..

[@MsPinkwolf]

But they did bring out the safety car, kind of proving the point that they weren't favouring Mercedes....

[@victorgraca9267]

@@MsPinkwolf favoured Mercedes the whole season really.

[@jagadeeshreddyy]

basically lewis robbed at the end. max was not on point whole race. thats all.

[@jagadeeshreddyy]

what is the use dude??? grand finale you need to upto the mark or you have to beat your opponent for the win not the help from fia mind it.

[@Trailer_Recap]

@Black Dobin he had plenty luck belgium win brazil excuse every race start divebomb at turn 1 in 8 circuits and he lost the lost 4 races to lewis. unable to catchup with lewis sucha shame in final with plenty of help. The last win was robbed from lewis and cheapest win in history of f1 if you dont agree you are a max c**** s****r its simple 👏👏👏👏

[@84ateo27]

Dear Britishes why don’t you remember last 2008’s lap Brazilian GP? Main driver is Hamilton too and final result it’s opposite too but so….

[@pd1648]

Luck arrived from a car with a Mercedes engine

[@paulbarley7728]

Redbull didn't need a miracle, they just needed the FIA to put in the fix, which the FIA did, not unlike professional wrestling!

[@tiebeswinkels8584]

Like the 'miracle' Hamilton performed at Silverstone?