Lewis Hamilton insists he is “at peace” with the cont✨roversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - but insists he was “robbed”.

ওThe end of Ham🉐ilton’s and Mercedes’ glory era and the beginning of Red Bull’s dominant spell was the final round of the 2021 F1 season.

Hamilton, aiming for an all-time record eighth championship, was overtaken on the final lap in Abu Dhabi by Verstappe𝔉n who hadn’t yet won a tiꦗtle.

The Rac﷽e Director Miꦫchael Masi’s application of the Safety Car rule ultimately allowed Verstappen to nip past Hamilton, and claim the race victory and his first title.

It remains one of th🐷e most 🐭controversial-ever F1 moments.

Masi los🦩t his job at the FIA afterwards, and Red Bull and Mercedes’🌠 rivalry stepped up a notch.

“Was I robbed? Obviously,” Hamilton has told .

“I mean, you know the story.

“But I think what was really beautiful in that moment, which I take away from it, was my dad was with ♓me.

“And we’d gone through this huge roller 🐭coaster of life together, ups and downs.

“And the day that it hurt the☂ most, he was there, and the way he raised me was to always stand up, keep your head high.

“And I obviously went to congratulate Max, and not reali🅷sing the impact that that would have, but also I was really conscious of, like, there’s a ꦍmini-me watching.

“This is the defining moment of my life.

“And I think it really was. I felt it. I didn’t know how it was going to ꦿbe perceived.

“I had🎃n’t, like, visualised it. But I was definitely conscious of: these next 50 metres that I walk is where I fall to the ground and die – or I rise up.”

Hamilton was asked if he still fixates on that grand pꦚrix, and he replied: 🅠“If I see a clip of it, I still feel it.

“But I’m at peace with it.”

Hamilton has not won an F1 grand prix since then.

Verstappen, meanwhile, is 🐎on course for his ওfourth championship in a row.

Eachꩲ driver is at the heart of the driver market which could shake up the 2025 season.

Hamilton will go to Ferrariꦍ in hope of finally securing his eighth title.

Verstappen is being mentioned as his replacement at꧙ Mercedes, amid the internal controversy at Red🐻 Bull.

Nearly three years on from their notorio🐈us moment, more chapters are still to be written about the Verstappen-Hamilton rivalry.