JShuttlesworth wrote:UcanUwill wrote:JShuttlesworth wrote:Weird rules in F1, Lewis got the short end of that stick
The problem and why Mercedes are appealing it seems, is that race director didnt follow the rules. All back markers suppose to regain lost lap at the end of safety car, but they only allowed back markers between Lewis and Max to get out of the way, because they were running out of laps and wanted to finish the race and season racing and not behind safety car. They simply had no laps left to let all back markers go, so they made rules on a spot.
I've been watching F1 every weekend for about 4 years now and that ending didn't seem right
I'm not even a big Lewis homer or anything, but it was bizarre that they put Max in a supremely advantageous position like that. Lewis might as well have pitted if they were going to let him drive back up to the front and retake his position
It's all Latifi's fault at the end of the day
Yeap, Latifi with 7 total championship points decided the championship race finish. That is, second place will always have an advantage in a safety car, looking in hindsight, Lewis could have pitted and got new soft tires, but in that case Verstappen doesn't pit of course, and just imagine if Lewis doesn't overtake Max there, that would have been one the biggest tactical fails of all time. Lewis is often critical of Mercedes tactics, and even on 40 lap tires he was still competitive in those final turns, at the end, I think both teams did all that was needed, just Latifi was a miraculous hand of god there for Max.
Lewis won one miraculous championship this way, now he lost one. Of course this one is far more controversial, and it is sad that at the end of the day, top 3 people we will remember from this race are not just drivers, but a race director.