13th-Dec-21, 11:34 AM
As dear old Murray was fond of saying: " Anything can happen in Formula One and it usually does."
A lot of justified anger out there on the airwaves but my overall reaction is one of sadness. I am not in the habit of feeling sorry for multimillionaire tax exiles but I do feel for Lewis who has had a championship snatched away by an incompetent race director and also Max who will join the list of 'tainted' champions through no real fault of his own.
Spare a thought also for Masi, a man promoted beyond his talents who succumbs too readily to pressure from both Mercedes and Red Bull. He will go down in F1 history as the man who manipulated a championship whereas he is actually someone who just isn't very good at his job.
The real losers though are the F1 fans who deserved better from the so called pinnacle of motorsport.
If there was one change I could make to the rules it would be to shut the pit lane when the safety car (real or virtual) is employed. Far too many races have been won ( and now a championship) because a driver is lucky enough to be on the right section of track at the critical moment, gets a free pit stop and wins a race he would otherwise have lost.
The one bright spot of the whole dismal affair was Lewis' dignity in defeat, in sharp contrast to the brattish behaviour of Max at the previous race.
As for the chances of Mercedes overturning the result at appeal or in the courts - pigs might fly!
A lot of justified anger out there on the airwaves but my overall reaction is one of sadness. I am not in the habit of feeling sorry for multimillionaire tax exiles but I do feel for Lewis who has had a championship snatched away by an incompetent race director and also Max who will join the list of 'tainted' champions through no real fault of his own.
Spare a thought also for Masi, a man promoted beyond his talents who succumbs too readily to pressure from both Mercedes and Red Bull. He will go down in F1 history as the man who manipulated a championship whereas he is actually someone who just isn't very good at his job.
The real losers though are the F1 fans who deserved better from the so called pinnacle of motorsport.
If there was one change I could make to the rules it would be to shut the pit lane when the safety car (real or virtual) is employed. Far too many races have been won ( and now a championship) because a driver is lucky enough to be on the right section of track at the critical moment, gets a free pit stop and wins a race he would otherwise have lost.
The one bright spot of the whole dismal affair was Lewis' dignity in defeat, in sharp contrast to the brattish behaviour of Max at the previous race.
As for the chances of Mercedes overturning the result at appeal or in the courts - pigs might fly!
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