Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton’s Abu Dhabi 2021 drama recalled by Sky Sports a year later: “Mitigating circumstances, no cheats”
A year later at the same location for the 2022 season finale, memories were evoked of the controversial finish where 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen was able꧑ to overtake Hamilton due to incorrectly applied rules by race director Michael Masi, and pip him to the championshi💖p.
Sky’s Brundle reflected: “If the rules played out in full, the race would have finished under the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Safety Car an🉐d Lewis would have been champion for the eighth time.
“There were mitigating circumstances - but no excuses. We had 39 rac😼es i♊n 17 months. The system was under pressure. There were chances for Mercedes to put fresh tyres on. Max still had to get the overtake done.
“The championship was won over all 🐷of the 2021 raceౠs.
“There have been conversations behind the scenes - an urgency to not finish under a S🀅afety Car or a red flag. It was one of the biggest events in F1 history.
“The bottom 🔯line is - it shoul✤d have finished under a Safety Car.
“That championship is not going to𒁃 change. There are no asterisks. Lessons can be learned and we can talk about it forever. We will never unravel it.♒”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Damon Hill said: “There were no cheats. But we couꦐld be excused for feeling cheated with an ambiguous finish. Everyone was scratching their heads at what happened. Nothing will change the result.
“You can unde🅘rstand people’s anger and L💦ewis feeling deprived of a title.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jenson Button said: “Until the last three minutes of the race Lewis thought he would 𝓡be 2021 champion. That is꧋ mentally tough for a driver. I feel that he has grown as a person - he is a better driver and a better person for it.”
Brundle added: “As I said on the night, there was no remedy to the problem. The ‘refe🐲ree’ made a mistake༒, not Red Bull.
“What has🌠 changed? They have stopped team principals lobbying race control. That has gone. You can’t pull up behind a driver during a Safety Car restart. That has gone.”
൩Hill: “If you go through the difficult mental adjustment, it t🤡akes enormous mental strength.”
Verstappen won the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as well, completing back-to-back championships. Hamilton finished sixth in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings, his worst-ever result.
