Firstly, fair post #ST and good to have another couple of fans
#ST wrote:Fast forward to the final race. Race starts. Hamilton has a GOAT start and takes the lead. Verstappen is struggling to follow, we come to the big talking point; the turn where Hamilton quite blatantly took a shortcut.
Please tell me even the diehard Hamilton fans out here cant think that was fair? If Hamilton has no space to pass Verstappen THEN HE HAS TO YIELD. That was Max' corner. It was his. Period. Hamilton had no space left instead of yielding he just takes a shortcut. And then he doesnt have to give it back? When Max had to the race before?
On this bit, I was surprised as well. I don't think he gave back any time, even if the FIA said he did. So no I don't think it was fair. I will say Max was the aggressor and there was no way with his speed he was making the corner and giving enough room. His entry speed being so fast made the corner his, it wasn't racing craft that did it. In both last week and this Max had the inside so it was down to Lewis to avoid. Should he have given the place back? Maybe. Should he of slowed down more? For sure
#ST wrote:Then the fight between Checo and Hamilton. Checo kept it SO clean, aggresive, sure, but CLEAN. He did everything to keep Hamilton behind him, AS HE SHOULD, when you are racing for the number 1 position. And there goes Hamilton 'thats some dangerous driving man' trying to influence the refs once again. That shit is annoying. There was seriously nothing wrong with that.
Noting wrong. Great battle and exactly what a teammate should do. This is the first time Max has had a teammate do this, whereas Bottas fluffed his lines for Hamilton. Yeh Hamilton was moaning, and yeh it's a bit annoying to be honest, and I think that comes from the teams downwards. Toto, Horner, they are terrible. They only one that isn't too bad is Max
#ST wrote:Now the crash happens and, rightly so, a safety car comes. Toto is whining saying there shouldnt be a safety car, he decides to gamble and STAY ON OLD TIRES. This was a bad call, sure, its in hindsight, but knowing how it it all panned out, it was simply a bad call.
Mercedes made the wrong call during the VSC. They would have easily passed Max on mediums or hards on track and been in a better place for the SC later. Again, both team principals moaning to Masi shouldn't be allowed. It's so damning on the sport
#ST wrote:I respect Hamilton for his skills, he is an amazing driver and even though during the season alot of BS happened and I dont think it shouldve even been decided in this race ( taking out Verstappen in England then getting a few seconds time penalty LOL thats funny so if the FIA was fair Max wouldve won the championship BEFORE this final race even took place.) All of that isnt relevant at this point in time. The rules were simply changed on the fly so we could 'have a race' . So we didnt finish under safety car. This race was Hamiltons all day long and he got robbed by Michael Masi.
So I understand the outrage. I dont think any Max fan can deny that was a huge steal and even unfair.
I do think most of us happy with Max winning are adding up all the BS and then saying ; Red Bull got dealt way more BS so the end result is fair.
Max won in every statistic in theory so deserved the title. It isn't always that simple. For example he led twice as many laps as Hamilton, but that's like saying Messi walks 80% of the game but is still just incredible during the other 20%. Lewis in theory led when it mattered most. However....
Max was more hard done to than Lewis this year. Baku not his fault, Hungary not his fault.
Silverstone and Monza are really tough. Max is still a super aggressive driver (Not a bad thing). Hamilton's Silverstone move was really risky, and the speed didn't help matters, but would Max have made the same move? Yes he would have if roles were reversed as in championship lead and their positions on track. Would Lewis have backed out? Yes, possibly because if he had a championship lead he knows a 7 point loss is worth staying in the race for.
Monza was all on Max I think. Lewis had the lead (Of the two of them) and the corner was his. Max made a lunge around the outside and upon realising he wasnt going to make it, should have backed out.
I'm gutted for Lewis, as a fan. But I'm pleased for Max, as I do think he and Red Bull deserve it. They've had an average car down the years and Max deserved a good one. They've equally had a poor 2nd driver and whilst he's been inconsistent at times, Checo came up trumps when it mattered. The moaning is not good for the sport and needs to stop, and the way in which the last race was decided leaves a sour taste for all, but Max at the end of the day deserves his title