F1 showdown

[nugent]

I for one will not bother to watch F1 again.
That was a car crash of a race.
Destroyed by rules and regulations that no-one seems to understand.

They were 100% right to get the lapped cars out of the way.
When the safety car pissed off, there was 1 lap left.
The lapped cars had more than 1 lap left.
They couldn't catch up.
Correct decision and the British media are jumping all over it.
If we were watching this in another country with unbiased media, nobody would be making a fuss.

This race will be talked about forever cos of the last lap win.

[Des Parrot]

They were 100% right to get the lapped cars out of the way.
When the safety car pissed off, there was 1 lap left.
The lapped cars had more than 1 lap left.
They couldn't catch up.
Correct decision and the British media are jumping all over it.
If we were watching this in another country with unbiased media, nobody would be making a fuss.

This race will be talked about forever cos of the last lap win.

Wrong. Read the international media. It’s not a British thing. That “procedure” has never been used before & doesn’t exist. Only 5 of the lapped cars were let through, all or none of the should have been let through.

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

I'd been enjoying the race up until the fiasco at the end. Hamilton deserved it and yet loses.

The whole of F1 though is not a level playing field anyway.

[jon1959]

I'd been enjoying the race up until the fiasco at the end. Hamilton deserved it and yet loses.

The whole of F1 though is not a level playing field anyway.

All true.

[nugent]

Wrong. Read the international media. It’s not a British thing. That “procedure” has never been used before & doesn’t exist. Only 5 of the lapped cars were let through, all or none of the should have been let through.

They had to make a quick decision as the last lap was approaching.
Who gives a toss about the other lapped cars behind verstappen.
They were , and didn't, have any bearing on the race.

[Des Parrot]

They had to make a quick decision as the last lap was approaching.
Who gives a toss about the other lapped cars behind verstappen.
They were , and didn't, have any bearing on the race.

Of course it does as they would have finished behind the safety car & Hamilton would be world champion. It’s a multi billion dollar sport, with very precise rules that have just be subjectively overlooked

It’s the same as a referee awarding a penalty for a foul in the centre circle in the last minute of an FA cup final.

That’ll be Masi’s last race.

[Bobby Dandruff]

Wrong. Read the international media. It’s not a British thing. That “procedure” has never been used before & doesn’t exist. Only 5 of the lapped cars were let through, all or none of the should have been let through.

That is what I thought (from all previous races I have seen anyway).

I suspect that the organisers didn’t want the race to end under a safety car but to decide to half implement the rules half way through the safety car period, when they has previously said that they wouldn’t, seems very unfair.

[Once U shop, U can't stop]

They were 100% right to get the lapped cars out of the way.
When the safety car pissed off, there was 1 lap left.
The lapped cars had more than 1 lap left.
They couldn't catch up.
Correct decision and the British media are jumping all over it.
If we were watching this in another country with unbiased media, nobody would be making a fuss.

This I get.
What I don't understand is where does the taxi come in?
Is it the safety car....
....or do you mean taxi for Hamilton?

[Trigger]

They were 100% right to get the lapped cars out of the way.
When the safety car pissed off, there was 1 lap left.
The lapped cars had more than 1 lap left.
They couldn't catch up.
Correct decision and the British media are jumping all over it.
If we were watching this in another country with unbiased media, nobody would be making a fuss.

This race will be talked about forever cos of the last lap win.

In my opinion the British media is usually anything but bias towards Hamilton.