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13 Dec 2021 00:21:18
Pressed send too quick it's rules 48.12 and 48.13.
The fact is rule .12 was used to allow the 5 cars between Hamilton and verstappen to pass and rule .13 was used to ensure the others didn't.
The rules were implemented to ensure an outcome that wasnt possible escape possible. What should have happened is
.12 all the lapped cars passed the safety car which ensured the race finished under a safety car.
.13 was implanted which ensured it restarted and Veratappen had to get past the lapped cars, in total 5.
These two options are what has previous been done.
Neither results in a Verstappen win so a decision is made to do something different .
13 Dec 2021 00:11:45
But that isn't quite what the rules say.
They say that All the lapped cars are to move off and the safety car is to move I to the pits on the next lap. Which means no racing.
The rules also say once the safety car in this lap has been sent to all teams the safety car comes in.
So what we have is a contrived situation unprecendented in F1 which leaves the two championship contenders in a situation with one lap to go where the reality is only one can win through the rule being implemented in a way it was never designed for.
It absolutely stinks.
If you wanted fair there were options, red flag and have a shoot out for a lap or two.
12 Dec 2021 21:10:49
F1 over the past decade or so has become harder and harder to watch in terms of interest and excitement. For me however that will be it, it has taken what was once the most exciting and glamorous sport on Earth and turned it into WWE. I certainly have no interest in paying to watch that nonsense.
12 Dec 2021 15:59:53
I can't believe what I have seen today
14 Nov 2021 18:50:07
Really happy for Lewis today as he showed just how good he is. I don't get why he attracts so much hate, or maybe sadly I do. When I was a kid Ayrton Senna was God but Hamilton is the only driver I have seen I could put up at that level.
{Ed001's Note - it is good to hear him finally being appreciated. He gets far too much stick for things that are nothing to do with racing.}