Poll: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021, Yas Island - Race 22

Rate the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix out of ten. If you want. I can’t be arsed.

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EVH said:
I still don't see how Merc will be able argue that the race should be classified on the penultimate lap. Wouldn't a court of appeal simply void the race classification altogether?
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Well, seen as all the cars made it to the end even when racing, the balance of probability suggests that they would have almost certainly finished under the safety car, in the positions they were in.

Honestly, I have no idea how to un pickle the situation though. An official making up such an incredibly biased ruling on the last lap is unprecedented, so it may need an unprecedented solution.
 
Conspiracy theory time -

Was the reason that Perez was suddenly and randomly retired to ensure that Merc still won the constructors whatever happened on the restart?

If we go full in on thinking up some crazy conspiracies, maybe that's the deal that was made between Red Bull and the FIA.
 
Scam said:
Unfortunately I think history proves that what Merc did was correct for them (in Lewis's titles). There can only be one WDC, from a teams point of view why should they have two drivers risking it all battling each other, when they can have one gunning for the title and one supporting. It make perfect sense. The only reason other teams don't have it is because you need someone 99% as good as the first guy, yet happy to to yield. Anyone 99% as good as the primary driver will want to be challenging for the WDC and therein lies the problem.

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Absolutely, but from a spectator sport, it's dull like that.
 
Feek said:
No, what I mean is that he's willing to put his car in situations that force the other driver to back off or there will be an accident. That's not just taking risks, it's driving dangerously, irresponsibly and far too aggressively. He's an unsafe driver and in years gone past, he'd have killed either himself or someone else by his actions.


Statistics don't prove anything, there's no way Schumacher was the greatest of all time. When he was still racing, he was known as the arrogant cheating German in our house and that simply hasn't changed.
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That's your opinion. He's still the greatest driver of all time. Whether you disagree that his antics make him otherwise is irrelevant. Stats ARE everything in sport, if they're not then you're just basing your opinion by fanboy emotion (which isn't a bad thing, but it is what it is).
 
Journey said:
I fully expect the opposite, I think he'll push Lewis to drive harder. Given the totally new car aero and wheels etc. it will show who are the great drivers, as those are the ones who can drive cars that aren't perfectly tuned to their exacting standards and still do well in it.

To hit on taking risks, I think it is fine to be aggressive, but not so much so you end up being unsafe or causing your competitors to DNF, there has to be a line somewhere. The reintroduction of gravel traps instead of run off areas, and curbs that destroy your car would be a good start.
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Hamilton has become a master of his craft, few (Max) can match him. George still has a decade behind Hamilton to learn. Hamilton will always be ahead showing how it's done.
 
Jono8 said:
Conspiracy theory time -

Was the reason that Perez was suddenly and randomly retired to ensure that Merc still won the constructors whatever happened on the restart?

If we go full in on thinking up some crazy conspiracies, maybe that's the deal that was made between Red Bull and the FIA.
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Most likely but never proven..

The call on the safety car without a doubt came from above Masi....
 
RoboCod said:
That's your opinion. He's still the greatest driver of all time. Whether you disagree that his antics make him otherwise is irrelevant. Stats ARE everything in sport, if they're not then you're just basing your opinion by fanboy emotion (which isn't a bad thing, but it is what it is).
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Hasn't Lewis beaten him in overall stats?
 
RoboCod said:
That's your opinion. He's still the greatest driver of all time. Whether you disagree that his antics make him otherwise is irrelevant. Stats ARE everything in sport, if they're not then you're just basing your opinion by fanboy emotion (which isn't a bad thing, but it is what it is).
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Greatest driver of all time .. LOL The stats tell a different story : https://www.statsf1.com/en/statistiques/pilote.aspx
 
Holy ****, do they want people to hate them even more!?

"The circumstances surrounding the use of the Safety Car following the incident of driver Nicholas Latifi, and the related communications between the FIA Race Direction team and the Formula 1 teams, have notably generated significant misunderstanding and reactions from Formula 1 teams, drivers and fans, an argument that is currently tarnishing the image of the Championship and the due celebration of the first Drivers' World Championship title won by Max Verstappen and the eighth consecutive Constructors' World Championship title won by Mercedes."

https://www.fia.com/news/statement-fia-world-motor-sport-council


I'm sorry the only misunderstanding is between Masi and the rules and the only tarnishing of the result was done by Masi and the themselves for not doing anything about it.

What a bunch of *****.
 
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