The race that Lewis Hamilton should have won and the Championship.
Max Verstappen was on pole for Sunday's race ahead of Sir Lewis Hamilton. In the day to night Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Hamilton overtake Verstappen at the start and comfortably lead the race throughout. With Sir Lewis Hamilton set to win and the F1 Drivers' Championship for the eighth time, until the Safety Car was deployed on lap 53 when Nicholas Latifi crashed his Williams at turn 14. Hamilton didn't pit for tyres stayed on his hard tyres while Verstappen pitted for new soft tyres.
During lap 57, race director Michael Masi gave the direction that only the five cars between Hamilton and Verstappen were to unlap themselves, despite three others wasn't unlap. Then on lap 58 when the safety car went in and the final lap at turn 6, Verstappen overtake Hamilton for the lead and for the championship to win this seasons Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Max Verstappen's tenth race win of the season and enough for Max Verstappen to win his first F1 World Drivers Championship title and becoming the first Dutch driver to win the Formula One World Championship.
In my opinion, I have no problem what Masi done with un-lapping the drivers who where lapped on last but one lap of the race if it was all of them (Ricciardo, Stroll and Mick Schumacher wasn't un-lapped), it didn’t happen making the show too artificial for a Netflix audience. Yet again Mercedes has to take some of the blame the team too, had the change to pit Hamilton for fresh soft tyres during VSC for Giovinazzi went out or Safety Car for Lafiti. Also, don't blame Latifi he had received abuse and death threats from some fans on social media, no fans to me or to Formula 1 if you abuse Lafiti.
While, Sir Lewis Hamilton finished in second place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was two seconds behind Verstappen at the end.
With Sir Lewis Hamilton finish second place was enough for Mercedes to win this seasons F1 Constructors' Championship ahead of Red Bull. Contracts to Mercedes for winning their eighth Constructors' Championship in Formula 1.
Meanwhile, Carlos Sainz, Jr. finished in third place in the other Ferrari to complete the podium, Sainz, Jr. was five seconds behind Verstappen at the end of the fifty-eight lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 10 (finished second)
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished sixth)
Red Bull Racing - 8
Max Verstappen - 9 (pole, race win, fastest lap)
Sergio Pérez - 8 (DNF, Oil pressure)
McLaren - 6
Daniel Ricciardo - 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Lando Norris - 7 (finished seventh)
Aston Martin - 5
Sebastian Vettel - 5 (finished eleventh)
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Alpine - 6
Fernando Alonso - 6 (finished eighth)
Esteban Ocon - 7 (finished ninth)
Ferrari - 7
Charles Leclerc - 6 (finished tenth)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 8 (finished third)
AlphaTauri - 9
Pierre Gasly - 9 (finished fifth)
Yuki Tsunoda - 10 (finished fourth)
Alfa Romeo - 5
Kimi Räikkönen - 5 (DNF, Brakes)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 5 (DNF, Hydraulics)
Haas - 5
Mick Schumacher - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Nikita Mazepin - 5 ((DNS, Withdrawn-Illness)
Williams - 5
George Russell - 5 (DNF, Gearbox)
Nicholas Latifi - 5 (DNF, Accident)
Now bring on 2022, for another season of Formula 1. Only three months to go.
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