In a way, I suppose they got unlucky of when the crash happened, that crossing the line under the safety car would have been pretty anticlimactic, and not great for the neutral either, if following the rule book more appropriately.Not a hard fix like wrestling where everything is scripted but they flex the rule book to whatever seems most exciting.
just a really poor attempt at creating a spectacle to win over neutrals (like me) that has spectacularly backfired.
I am a neutral and I would have seen them crossing the line under the safety car and thought it a bit anti-climactic but understand why it happened and at least allowed the guy half a lap ahead to win.In a way, I suppose they got unlucky of when the crash happened, that crossing the line under the safety car would have been pretty anticlimactic, and not great for the neutral either, if following the rule book more appropriately.
Real winner is formula 1. What a season. Both deserved to win it. Next season should be even better! Bring on sainz vs lewis vs charles vs russell vs max!
Is it really? Massive opportunity for formula 1 to gain some new fans and left those people confused and annoyed at rules which don't make sense and had contradictions left, right and centre. Massive OG for the sport imoReal winner is formula 1. What a season. Both deserved to win it. Next season should be even better! Bring on sainz vs lewis vs charles vs russell vs max!
In a way, I suppose they got unlucky of when the crash happened, that crossing the line under the safety car would have been pretty anticlimactic, and not great for the neutral either, if following the rule book more appropriately.
He'd have never got past all of them and Hamilton, not physically possible.If their intention was to put in an exciting climax they could have starting racing without letting the five cars unlap themselves, as an alternative to the large gap Hamilton had eked out. They would get blue flags to let Max pass and on his better tyres you could well have ended up with a last couple of corners that were incredibly exciting.
He'd have never got past all of them and Hamilton, not physically possible.
Doesn't matter about the blue flags, there's the gap at the start and the time to get past, would mean over one lap no chance of catching Hamilton.He would have got passed. under blue flags. Then I think him and Ham would have had a coming together.
I mean the season as a whole , not the finale. Max was a deserved winner anywaysIs it really? Massive opportunity for formula 1 to gain some new fans and left those people confused and annoyed at rules which don't make sense and had contradictions left, right and centre. Massive OG for the sport imo
He'd have never got past all of them and Hamilton, not physically possible.
NopeOrdinarily no but with blue flags he would.
Lewis was 12 seconds ahead before the safety car. Only max fans and Horner would have complained if Masi had followed the rule book and the race ended behind the safety car, as it should have done.In a way, I suppose they got unlucky of when the crash happened, that crossing the line under the safety car would have been pretty anticlimactic, and not great for the neutral either, if following the rule book more appropriately.
Exactly so Verstappen has the hollowist victory in the race and ultimately the championship.Doesn't matter about the blue flags, there's the gap at the start and the time to get past, would mean over one lap no chance of catching Hamilton.
I think he just saw Masi in the crowd and went for himNot how you tend to see him!
It's almost like he looked at the situation at the point at which the safety car came out and thought about what he could do to allow a straight forward Verstappen victory.Lewis was 12 seconds ahead before the safety car. Only max fans and Horner would have complained if Masi had followed the rule book and the race ended behind the safety car, as it should have done.
Masi, by his decision, determined the outcome of the race and the championship, breaking their own rules in the process.
I think he just lost the plot with all the pressure Horner was putting on him. He’s lost it before with him and others. Asking the teams if they are ok with Max dropping back a place in the last race. Weird. He should resign after this fiascoIt's almost like he looked at the situation at the point at which the safety car came out and thought about what he could do to allow a straight forward Verstappen victory.
End of day if you can't protect a 12 sec lead so late on you don't deserve to win.
Think Lewis went wide on few corners and that cost him. That's racing for you.
End of day if you can't protect a 12 sec lead so late on you don't deserve to win.
Think Lewis went wide on few corners and that cost him. That's racing for you.
2022 is going to be a good year hopefully for F1, New regs. Hopefully we get a season like when Brawn won.
If I was a betting man id have a few ££ on Aston
End of day if you can't protect a 12 sec lead so late on you don't deserve to win.
Think Lewis went wide on few corners and that cost him. That's racing for you.
Excellent piece as usual from Martin Brundle:
Which 12 second lead would that be ? Is it the one that seemed to have disappeared when the safety car was called in ?End of day if you can't protect a 12 sec lead so late on you don't deserve to win.
Think Lewis went wide on few corners and that cost him. That's racing for you.
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