Jack NichollsBBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentatorIt was ultimately fair, just about. It was unlucky and very messy.It's the rub of the green.The controversial element is the way they got to the decision on lapped cars, rather than the decision itself.The ultimate fair decision would have been a red flag and a straight five-lap fight on new tyres.Hamilton had no chance of holding on this way, but that was unlucky rather than anything else.
This one will go to court. Don’t think I have ever seen something this ridiculous. Utter corruption.
This was the first Formula 1 race I have watched properly for years and years tbh. As far I could see, the result was basically arbitrary and depended on people crashing which totally nullified the previous 54 laps of racing. What a strange sport it has become; Hamilton was 11 seconds in front with 4-5 laps to go, Verstappen couldn't make a serious dent in Hamilton's lead, Red Bull hadn't made a correct decision all race, yet Hamilton ended up having to race one lap on old tires. What a load of nonsense. Asterisk permanently added to Verstappen's championship win in the record books. It's like being 2-0 up on 89 mins and the match is stopped, the losing side get to make three substitutions and the ref declares next goal wins.
The more money in a sport the worse it seems to be
It's like being 2-0 up on 89 mins and the match is stopped, the losing side get to make three substitutions and the ref declares next goal wins.
Mercedes appealing the result
I don’t understand that at all. To be honest I don’t really understand f1 full stop But that just seems to ridiculous. It’s like in football being 2 nil up - and then the referee deciding it will be decided by next goal wins
Quote from: Beard82 on December 12, 2021, 02:45:41 PMI don’t understand that at all. To be honest I don’t really understand f1 full stop But that just seems to ridiculous. It’s like in football being 2 nil up - and then the referee deciding it will be decided by next goal winsExactly, let’s ignite who’s winning and just have a one lap race off.
I imagine that for a lot of people that was only the full F1 race they've watched all year, and they go and do that. Unbelievable.