Mercedes may renege on their intended appeal of the results of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Sky F1 commentator David Croft has opined. Mercedes were infuriated when race director Michael Masi allowed just five lapped cars to go through past the Safety Car, clearing the path for Max Verstappen to pass Sir Lewis Hamilton
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Charles Leclerc is hoping for a stronger car next year, after missing out on P5 in the F1 Drivers’ Championship due to a poor final race of the 2021 season in Abu Dhabi. His Ferrari team-mate, Carlos Sainz, meanwhile celebrated a podium in the UAE capital and thus secured fifth in the standings, outscoring the
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Sir Lewis Hamilton asked Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff to back away from the team’s protest of the result of the season-ending 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, according to Dutch motorsport news website F1Maximaal. Mercedes were infuriated when race director Michael Masi allowed five lapped cars to overtake the Safety Car following Nicholas Latifi’s late
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IndyCar driver Patricio O’Ward has spoken of his pride following his test with McLaren at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. O’Ward completed 92 laps for the Woking-based team on Tuesday, and he said he is grateful for his “once in a lifetime” opportunity to drive a Formula 1 car. Speaking after the test,
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Lando Norris is undecided as to whether or not the Safety Car restart at the end of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was fair on Sir Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton lost the win – and with it his eighth world title – after a Safety Car following Nicholas Latifi’s crash allowed Max Verstappen to pass him
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Logan Sargeant thoroughly enjoyed his first outing in a Formula 1 car after finishing 15th in the post-season test at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. Sargeant, who finished seventh in Formula 3 and made his Formula 2 debut in 2021, was pleased with the efforts of the Williams F1 Team. “[It was] everything
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Valtteri Bottas took Sir Lewis Hamilton’s championship defeat to Max Verstappen as a personal loss for himself, with the Finn “gutted” that Mercedes were unable to seal both titles in Abu Dhabi. Bottas contested his final race as a Mercedes driver on Sunday, but was unable to involve himself in the leading pack, to the
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As soon as the cars crossed the finish line in Abu Dhabi and Max Verstappen was declared the 2021 F1 Driver’s Champion, a petition was launched to hand Sir Lewis Hamilton the title. The petition, at the time of writing, has amassed over 14,000 signatures, showing fans’ dismay over the stewards’ decisions in the final
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A radio message has surfaced from McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo after a highly contentious finish to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the 2021 season. Sir Lewis Hamilton was leading title rival Max Verstappen by over 14 seconds heading into the latter stages of the race, before a crash for Williams’ Nicholas Latifi brought out the
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McLaren driver Lando Norris was having an excellent race weekend in Abu Dhabi before suffering a slow puncture with just 10 laps of the grand prix to go. The young British driver started the race in P3, just behind the two championship protagonists, but found himself losing a bunch of places after the team detected
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