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fretmeister

Deadman said:

Tactics won the day. Well done Max!

A crash by a different team won Max the title.

sinbaadi

Ridiculous, but not surprising.

Fretwired

fretmeister said:

Deadman said:

Tactics won the day. Well done Max!

A crash by a different team won Max the title.

A race director who is clearly out of depth won the race for Max ...

stickyfiddle

I don't have the rulebook but it's bloody odd to let 4 cars get out of Max's way but not the others behind. 

I get why they wanted a racing lap but it smacks of FIA desperately wanting max to win. I've never seen a more ridiculous end to a race.

marauder

Hope rb are found giving a bung to masi.

TimmyO

So, just screw the safety car restart procedure I guess? 

marauder

Theres gonna be issues in the coming weeks

fretmeister

Well done Max.

You'll now be remembered alongside Alan Jones and Phil Hill.

poopot

Masi will have to go surely?

mrkb

Great quote from Massi “we went to a motor race” better than a yawn fest procession to the end.

simonk

Well that’s a very unsatisfactory end to what’s otherwise been a great season

gavin_axecaster

And Verstappen and Red Bull (Horner/Marko) will be perfectly content with winning in that way.

Deadman

mrkb said:

Great quote from Massi “we went to a motor race” better than a yawn fest procession to the end.

Loved hearing him put the German back in his box

ThorpyFX

gavin_axecaster said:

And Verstappen and Red Bull (Horner/Marko) will be perfectly content with winning in that way.

It’s pretty lame to win that way. Must feel as hollow as Ben Johnson’s sprint victory back in the day. 

fretmeister

Deadman said:

mrkb said:

Great quote from Massi “we went to a motor race” better than a yawn fest procession to the end.

Loved hearing him put the German back in his box

He's Austrian.

Do try to keep up.

HerrMetal

Jalapeno

Very dodgy ending. Most unsatisfactory.

I think his championship glory will be shortlived, Mercedes will come back strong next year.

marauder

Hoping they cant get 2 litres of fuel out the RB

gavin_axecaster

ThorpyFX said:

gavin_axecaster said:

And Verstappen and Red Bull (Horner/Marko) will be perfectly content with winning in that way.

It’s pretty lame to win that way. Must feel as hollow as Ben Johnson’s sprint victory back in the day. 

I think Verstappen, Horner and Marko have shown by their talk and actions over this season that they really don't care how they win as long as they do. All 3 have been completely happy to flat out lie and cheat all season long so being gifted the title in a race they were completely out-performed at won't phase them one bit.

Haych

Disappointed for Lewis. He drove a better race and was just the victim of crappy circumstances at the end. That’s racing I guess. 

F1 needs better direction, decision making and consistency at the top, though.