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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Yes and I apologise.

Reading some of the bias nonsense winds me up. And that’s without the dodgy race decisions :D
 
pioneer2000 said:
It was to get him out of the way of Max when RB thought they would have to clear all the lapped cars
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Yeah I thought this but then thought he wasn't between him and Ham. He must have been. I thought retiring wasn't allowed unless your car genuinely had a problem but I'm sure there are some easy loopholes there as they can just say a sensor is showing high values or whatever.
 
Jono8 said:
Red Bull only succeeded because the rules were changed. Mercedes made the correct call for Lewis under the safety car because there wasn't enough time for a full racing lap with them next to each other under the regulations.
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Merc could hardly have known all that at the point the SC started and they decided not to pit Lewis for the second time though
 
Locky said:
I think Merc should just pull out of F1. They don't need it and its probably costing them money to be there...
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That would be pretty sad if they responded quite petulantly like that. Lewis responded brilliantly straight after the race in interview and was very graceful in defeat. Showing maturity, rather than the brattish behaviour we often see from drivers.
 
Locky said:
Anything to back that up?
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Multiple constructors championships and sponsorships bring in a stream of money, you really think they’re in financial difficulties or losses due to their involvement in F1?

Do you have anything to back up suggesting they’re in a loss?
 
Merlin5 said:
If this race was earlier in the season, all cars would have have been allowed to unlap and Lewis would have won under the safety car. Guaranteed. Massi got swayed under pressure by Horner and broke the rules.
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Except Masi wasn't originally planning to let all the cars unlap, he was planning on letting NONE of them unlap so he could get the safety car in before the end.

Basically either extreme would have been fine for Lewis and Merc - if all cars unlap then the race finishes under the SC, if no cars unlap then there are too many backmarkers between Lewis and Max.

The problem that Masi conjured up this unprecedented "half way house" which handed the race to Max.

It's an impossible situation as it could well be that, legally, Merc have a case but then no one really wants the result changed in a courtroom later on.
 
MooMoo444 said:
They should appeal, I think there's a case with it clearly stating in the sporting regs that 'once the lapped cars have passed the leader, the safety car will return to the pits at the end of the following lap.'
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Personally, I'm stunned that what happened was done so obviously to benefit Max. It is one of the most ridiculous and biased decisions I have ever seen in F1.
 
When we think about it we can go all the way back to the before the year started and look at decisions 'for the show'....

The only reason that Red Bull were even in the running this year was due to the relatively late rule changes to the floor of the cars affecting low rake cars worse. The FIA have enough aero staff to know how the new rules would affect the cars, especially considering they 'designed' next years cars etc. We just need to look at how mercedes came back after they'd had the time to adjust their car to fully suit the new rules.

I'm all for a show but the rules need to be consistent if nothing else...

This year almost feels like the FIA did everything as a way to stop red bull leaving the sport and they were prepared to break their own rules to keep one team 'happy'.... Red Bull do like to keep saying they'll leave after all and with Honda going and 'no engine'....
 
EVH said:
Yes and I apologise.

Reading some of the bias nonsense winds me up. And that’s without the dodgy race decisions :D
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I've never seen a sport that polarises opinions like F1 does, there's extreme levels from supporters of whoever.

I've never liked Lewis but he has a lot more respect from me for the way he's conducted himself this season. The issue is the FIA causing an utter **** show by screwing people on a consistent basis.
 
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