Verstappen benefited from a late safety car restart to overtake Hamilton for a victory that secured him the crown in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. And although the race ended in controversy, as Mercedes protested the result over its belief the FIA did not follow its own rule book in the timing of […]
Abu Dhabi served up one of the most dramatic ends to a season in Formula 1 history as Max Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton on the last lap to become champion. In a controversial finish that caused confusion among drivers and frustration among fans, Verstappen capitalised on a late restart following the safety car to overtake […]
Hamilton had looked on course to grab the win that he needed for an eighth title, before a late safety car was brought out following a crash for Williams driver Nicholas Latifi. A decision by F1 race director Michael Masi to restart the race with one lap to go gave Verstappen, who had pitted for […]
The Red Bull driver was crowned F1 world champion for the first time on Sunday after a last-lap overtake on title rival Lewis Hamilton to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It means Verstappen now has the opportunity to race with #1 on his car next season, which is reserved for the reigning world champion […]
While Todt praised “all those who made it possible”, many fans could not hide their anger at what they felt had been a shambolic running of the final F1 race of the season. Pouring through the messages, accusations of the FIA having rigged the event, manipulated its own rules and put the desire for […]
The FIA stewards have confirmed that Mercedes’ protest over the restart of the Formula 1 title decider in Abu Dhabi has not been upheld. Mercedes lodged two protests with the FIA following the controversial end to the race at the Yas Marina Circuit, including one over the restart of the race with one lap remaining. […]
Mercedes filed two protests with the FIA stewards at the Yas Marina Circuit over the race restart after Max Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the race to win the world championship. The stewards dismissed both protests, including one of the resumption of the race with one lap remaining, but Mercedes has […]
Max Verstappen clinched the F1 world championship title at the Yas Marina circuit after race director Michael Masi elected to restart the race with one lap to go following a brief safety car period triggered by a crash from Williams’ Nicholas Latifi. The Red Bull driver had been switched on to soft tyres for the […]
After the FIA stewards initially rejected Mercedes’ protest over Max Verstappen illegally overtaking behind the safety car, a second protest was also dismissed about the restart from the late safety car period. Here’s the full FIA verdict: Protest filed by Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team against the Classification established at the end of the Competition Stewards […]
Bottas qualified sixth for the 2021 season finale at Yas Marina, lapping over nine-tenths of a second off pole-sitter Verstappen of Red Bull, who will start side-by-side with Hamilton on the front row of the grid. Hamilton and Verstappen are tied on points going into the final race, while Mercedes leads Red Bull by 28 […]