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Originally Posted by Onesie
Thinking an F1 race is a “motorcar race, whoever is fastest in a 3.2km stretch wins” is a fallacy.
F1 is so much more, it’s consistency, strategy, teamwork, and rules.
Fact: if cars weren’t allowed to be unlapped, HAM would have won.
That is all. One can argue all night about “gambling” for tires, but working under the assumption cars wouldn’t unlap themselves would be the right call.
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Fact 1: the FIA race director made a decision and this decision was not overruled by FIA. Mercedes disputed the decision (in the presence of a lawyer) after the race but the complaint was dismissed. Mercedes decided not to appeal the FIA decision - it rest its case. That's also applying the rules.
That is all. One can argue all night about how Hamilton could or would have won in 2021, but he didn't. Verstappen passed him in Turn 5 of the final lap of the final 2021 race and was the first to pass the chequered flag.
Fact 2: an F1 driver wins a championship based on all points collected throughout the season. Take a closer look at how Verstappen collected WDC points in 2021 and let us know how many of those resulted from team orders ordering Perez to 'invert track position' or to 'abort fastest lap'. Subsequently, based on your findings, feel free to discuss what was fully deserved and what was, or would have been, more questionably deserved. A WDC title is supposed to reflect who overall performed best that year. Check the achievements of all 2021 F1 drivers and let us know who was leading most statistics. And mind you: facts - no fallacies, please.
