F1 2021

[Babyface O'reilly]

It was just such an odd way to end it, only the lapped cars between Hamilton and Verstappen allowed to unlap themselves, then allowing them to race when the rule clearly states the safety car comes in the lap after unlapped cars go past the leader, not really bending rules its just creating new ones on the fly.

In any case Max was the better driver for majority of the season, I'm glad he won, I'm sure he couldn't give a stuff how he won it haha.

Apparently the race director does have the power of discretion to do whatever he needs to do to get the race underway safely. It’s just that these scenarios rarely come up. I like what he did by letting the lapped cars In between to get away and finish their own battle without interfering with the championship contenders but yeah, it feels odd and it’s hard luck for Lewis.

 

[Parra]

Apparently the race director does have the power of discretion to do whatever he needs to do to get the race underway safely. It’s just that these scenarios rarely come up. I like what he did by letting the lapped cars In between to get away and finish their own battle without interfering with the championship contenders but yeah, it feels odd and it’s hard luck for Lewis.

Yep. Was well within the rules. F1 could do with a green flag/chequer like NASCAR and maybe Indy? so that races end under green in these scenarios. This year has tested race director and stewards more than anything recent. Back to the Schumacher Benetton days of the mid 90…'s

 

[billygilmore]

The one I really feel for in all this is Sainz, why weren't the lapped cars between him and Verstappen moved so he could go for an audacious win haha

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

The one I really feel for in all this is Sainz, why weren't the lapped cars between him and Verstappen moved so he could go for an audacious win haha

Where the f**k did he come from? Wasn’t he 5th or 6th at the beginning of the last lap?

 

[billygilmore]

Where the f**k did he come from? Wasn’t he 5th or 6th at the beginning of the last lap?

Sorry, I thought he was 3rd, I'm only taking the piss to mate

 

[Parra]

Sorry, I thought he was 3rd, I'm only taking the piss to mate

Yeah he was on the podium. Typical fashion, he is the invisible man to the commentators. Best of the rest in the WDC as well, more points than Le Clerc. Ignored.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Sorry, I thought he was 3rd, I'm only taking the piss to mate

I knew he finished 3rd but was surprised at the finish because I thought he was a couple of places back while the safety car was out. Clearly not.

 

[billygilmore]

I knew he finished 3rd but was surprised at the finish because I thought he was a couple of places back while the safety car was out. Clearly not.

Probably thought that cause there was a few lapped cars between him and Verstappen that weren't allowed to go through

 

[Perth Red]

So much wrong with what happened. Against their own regulations (which I dont believe the race director has the right to do), didnt give the 3rd and 4th place drivers an equal opportunity to move up the places, changed a decision already made which is very very iffy when changing it after lobbying by a team director and a team may have made a tyre decision based on that original decision. You're on a very slippery slope when as a sport you start over riding your own rule book to create more entertainment!

Hamilton built a big enough lead to deserve winning that under a safety car as per the regs imo.