Paddy Power, an Ireland-headquartered bookmaker, have decided to pay out on bets placed on Sir Lewis Hamilton winning the championship following the extremely controversial end to the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton and Verstappen headed into the final round of the season level on points after a enthralling year that saw them exchange the
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz is happy that Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen kept it clean during the championship-deciding 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The pair entered the final race level on points, with Verstappen leading by virtue of having won more races. This led to cynical suggestions that the Dutchman may emulate Ayrton Senna in
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has given an explanation for the silence from Sir Lewis Hamilton since the season-ending 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, putting it down simply to the fact that the Briton is speechless. Hamilton was denied his record-eighth F1 title after race director Michel Masi made a controversial decision to allow five
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Aston Martin F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has said the end of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix felt “strange”, and revealed that he had suggested lapped cars be allowed through as soon as the late Safety Car was deployed. Race director Michael Masi made a surprise call to allow only five lapped cars through towards the
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The rules were “rigged” against Sir Lewis Hamilton at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as he was beaten to the title by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, a Labour peer has claimed. Mercedes felt aggrieved when they believed Verstappen appeared to push the seven-time champion off the circuit on the opening lap, before chaos ensued
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has jumped to the defence of Formula 1 race director Michael Masi, calling the Australian’s job during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix “the hardest in the world.” Masi was placed under intense scrutiny after the season finale two weeks ago when he decided to allow just the five lapped cars
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz is disappointed but not surprised by the abuse and death threats that Williams’ Nicholas Latifi has received since his title-influencing accident at the season-ending 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Latifi put his car in the wall with five laps of the race remaining, bringing out the Safety Car. Up until that point,
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Red Bull boss Christian Horner has criticised Mercedes after they sent a Queen’s Council (QC) to the stewards’ room in the aftermath of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed the title from Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of a dramatic and highly controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has said he believes Mercedes made a crucial error by not pitting Sir Lewis Hamilton after the Safety Car was brought out in the dying stages of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Mercedes decided against a pit-stop for Hamilton, informing the Brit that they would then lose
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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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