Completely crazy!
This 2021 Formula 1 World Championship is incredible.
At one race from the finish, we do not yet know the name of the world champion.
Max Verstappen?
Lewis Hamilton?
No one can know it.
Before the final grand prix on December 12 in Abu Dhabi, the two drivers are perfectly tied for the top of the drivers' standings.
It's almost unheard of.
This Sunday evening, Verstappen could have been crowned if he had managed to regain an 18-point lead from his British rival.
But it did not happen.
Worse even for him, the Dutchman let Hamilton win.
Consequence: the two drivers will have to decide on a single race in a few days.
In Abu Dhabi will finish ahead of the other will be world champion.
Proof of the tension between the two pilots, Verstappen left the podium after the anthems, without a glance for the Briton.
The absolutely confused Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, sometimes a little ridiculous and in any case unprecedented, did not allow the two best drivers in the world to decide between themselves definitively.
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Verstappen forces Hamilton on the outside in turn 2 to overtake him, while a big crash takes place at the back of the peloton đź’Ą
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Because yes, this first Grand Prix contested in the Kingdom of Arabia came close to the big nonsense.
It took three starts, everyone's pit stops and a few spectacular and minor accidents to see the end of it.
The race was first stopped by a red flag for the first time after 13 laps, the time to repair the safety barriers damaged by an excursion by the German Mick Schumacher (Haas) on the 10th lap.
Rebelote a few minutes later when it was still necessary to say stop to everyone after a collision during the second start which caused the stops of the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull), the Russian Nikita Mazepin (Haas) and the Briton George Russell (Williams) ). It then took order for a third unheard of start on the slopes. After a stratagem that only F1 pundits can understand, it is the French Esteban Ocon who started in first position for this new takeoff, ahead of Verstappen and Hamilton. When the race finally resumed, the two best drivers in the world gave each other no gifts, to the point of colliding slightly: “It was a grand prize full of events, admits Verstappen. I do not agree with everything that has been decided. We had an incident with Lewis when we hit our two cars.What happened ? I slowed down but he didn't want to pass me. I don't know what happened. Hamilton obviously disagrees even if he wins the 103rd victory of his career: “It was incredibly difficult. There have been so many incidents, says the seven-time world champion. On the collision, I don't understand why Verstappen braked. It was confusing. The commissioners are investigating this hitch. Note on the French side, the fourth place of Esteban Ocon the Alpine pilot who fails at the foot of the podium for a tenth of a second.says the seven-time world champion. On the collision, I don't understand why Verstappen braked. It was confusing. The commissioners are investigating this hitch. Note on the French side, the fourth place of Esteban Ocon the Alpine pilot who fails at the foot of the podium for a tenth of a second.says the seven-time world champion. On the collision, I don't understand why Verstappen braked. It was confusing. The commissioners are investigating this hitch. Note on the French side, the fourth place of Esteban Ocon the Alpine pilot who fails at the foot of the podium for a tenth of a second.
It symbolizes in any case the rivalry which does not weaken between the two men.
They have a week to play the intoxicating before they face each other on the track in over a week.
A little less than two hours of racing to find out the name of the world champion: an eighth for Hamilton or the first for Verstappen?
The suspense is absolute.