17th-Dec-21, 07:11 PM
It was indeed a great season, and Max is a great driver.
The problem that many F1 fans have, is that he was handed two Grand Prix wins which were not deserved, and weren't earned on the track. First at Spa for driving two laps behind the safety car which was a farce and an insult to the fans, and then in Abu Dhabi, where F1 broke it's own rules to hand him the title on a plate.
We all want to see great racing, and we've seen a lot of it this year, bit it's obvious to any fan of fair sport that you can't change the rules of the sport on the last lap of the last race of the season.
I can totally understand the Dutch fans, the Verstappen fans, and the anti Hamilton brigade celebrating the win, but I'm a fan of the sport first and foremost, so I can't find anything to celebrate when the world championship was decided in the race director's office, not on the track.
I'm sure Max will go on to actually "earn" the title of world champion one day. I hope so for his sake, because he didn't do that on Sunday.
The problem that many F1 fans have, is that he was handed two Grand Prix wins which were not deserved, and weren't earned on the track. First at Spa for driving two laps behind the safety car which was a farce and an insult to the fans, and then in Abu Dhabi, where F1 broke it's own rules to hand him the title on a plate.
We all want to see great racing, and we've seen a lot of it this year, bit it's obvious to any fan of fair sport that you can't change the rules of the sport on the last lap of the last race of the season.
I can totally understand the Dutch fans, the Verstappen fans, and the anti Hamilton brigade celebrating the win, but I'm a fan of the sport first and foremost, so I can't find anything to celebrate when the world championship was decided in the race director's office, not on the track.
I'm sure Max will go on to actually "earn" the title of world champion one day. I hope so for his sake, because he didn't do that on Sunday.