Poll: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2022, Yas Island - Race 22

[muon]

Perez finishing number two in championship should have been the ONLY team goal this race.

Everything should have been towards that.

And yes sacrificing max included

Err, a race win is better than finishing P2 in WDC when you have P1 wrapped up in both WDC and WCC..

 

[Stumble Bum]

Perez finishing number two in championship should have been the ONLY team goal this race.

Everything should have been towards that.

And yes sacrificing max included

Haha no.

Never heard of this importance of 2nd before. Winning the race is far better.

 

[Mesai]

Pretty sure Perez would have still been third even with Brazil switch

Yea, I think he'd still be 1 short.

 

[Entai]

Err, a race win is better than finishing P2 in WDC when you have P1 wrapped up in both WDC and WCC..

Race win when you have championship sewn up means nothing

Unless you are an arrogant petulant child of course

 

[Stumble Bum]

Race win when you have championship sewn up means nothing

But 2nd does?

 

[iamtheoneneo]

Haha no.

Never heard of this importance of 2nd before. Winning the race is far better.

F1 hyped this 'battle for second' to obviously try and pimp out a bit more interest/viewership.
Hilarious as its never been a thing

 

[muon]

Race win when you have championship sewn up means nothing

No. People remember who won the race. You also get a winner's trophy.

Why does P2 in WDC matter when you have P1?

 

[Scam]

Drive around way off the pace for a few laps and risk losing the lead, in the hope that it'll help someone several cars back?
Great strategy call there.

But what would it matter if Max lost the lead - if it meant Perez could challenge Leclerc? There was only Ken result that mattered for RB today and that was to get Perez ahead of Leclerc. It literally didn’t matter who won the race.

Well done Hamilton for denying Perez I guess.

 

[Mr Jack]

Sad to see Lewis' incredible run of years with a win come to an end.

Congratulations to Leclerc for taking 2nd despite all of Ferrari's strategic brilliance. Glad Vettel got a point. Congratulations to Max on a well earned WDC. Incredible domination this season.

 

[Mesai]

Race win when you have championship sewn up means nothing

Unless you are an arrogant petulant child of course

To be fair, so does second in the WDC. It's all just stats.

 

[ci_newman]

Vettel is going to be missed on the grid. I didn't like him during his RB years but he mellowed out into a mature and interesting character.

 

[Flibster]

Goodbye to Vettel and Ricciardo.

Good riddance to Latifi, Schumacher and the W13

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Unless you are an arrogant petulant child of course

You sound like you have a serious chip on the shoulder. Maybe take a look in the mirror before throwing around the petulant child calls.

 

[Concrete]

Leclerc can thank Hamilton.

I wonder if Hamilton will take some satisfaction from that.

Yeah I think it was personal, made it look like he wouldn't fight it then luring him into that trap with the second DRS.

 

[muon]

People will remember how many races Max won this year. Not who finished P2.

Perez is desperate because it may be his only chance to get P2.

Ferrari were spot in not sacrificing Sainz's podium last race.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

But what would it matter if Max lost the lead - if it meant Perez could challenge Leclerc? There was only Ken result that mattered for RB today and that was to get Perez ahead of Leclerc. It literally didn’t matter who won the race.

Well done Hamilton for denying Perez I guess.

A race win is far better result for the team.

 

[Flibster]

And Verstappen's getting booed

 

[fez]

Excellent, crowd booing Max

 

[Mesai]

Yeah I think it was personal, made it look like he wouldn't fight it then luring him into that trap with the second DRS.

I think you're reading too much into it. Ham is going to race, he wasn't being lapped.

 

[Scam]

But 2nd does?

It matters more to one person: Sergio Perez.

F1 hyped this 'battle for second' to obviously try and pimp out a bit more interest/viewership.
Hilarious as its never been a thing

Well considering the WDC and constructors was already decided why on earth not?

Edit: Max getting roundly boo’d