2022 F1 Discussions

The funniest thing is that all this news that Lewis is waiting for the outcome of the FIA investigation to decide whether to stay in F1 is nothing more than speculation, because Lewis has not said anything. He is just quiet! A certain media is the one that is mounting it all. I have read headlines accusing Lewis of blackmailing the FIA, assuming speculations, when neither Lewis nor his team have declared anything about it! Lewis may simply be quietly on vacation, disconnected from everything, to forget the anger, and return in 2022 with well-charged batteries 😉

It would not be the case. Toto explained that the decision not to proceed with the appeal to the FIA ICA was agreed with Lewis, and that everyone in the team agreed that it was the best decision, given the circumstances.

There is no possible comparison. Trump legally lost the election. Lewis was illegally robbed of the Title by the FIA Race Director, and the regulation that Masi broke is very clear. They are diametrically opposite cases. I have both Race Director and Steward licenses for more than 25 years (different trainings and exams for both licenses), I know what I'm talking about. What Masi did is a scandal. You can argue whether the referee has correctly called a yellow card or not, but the referee cannot invent a purple card!

Please read this article if you want to know with details why Masi was completely wrong, as the Stewards were also wrong to cover him up:
http://www.moneysavingmotoring.co.uk/f1xed/?s=08

That has nothing to do with what happened in the last lap of the season. No one doubts that Max would have been a deserving Title winner had he won Abu Dhabi fairly, but it was Hamilton who dominated that race, the decisive race of the season, and it was Hamilton who would have won it - and with it the Title- if the FIA Race Director has not infringed its own regulations. Titles are not deserved, they are earned. And the 2021 Title legally belongs to Hamilton. Masi illegally made Max win the Title

It was precisely Hamilton who won Abu Dhabi on the track, dominating the entire race. That last racing lap should never have occurred if the regulations had been respected. Hamilton did not have any puncture. He completed all 58 laps and crossed the finish line. Simply that lap 58 should have finished under Safety Car, and therefore in the same order as lap 57, with Hamilton first. Only Masi invented a last lap of the race that should never have happened that way. Masi manipulated the result and the Title simply to make it more beautiful for television. I would be just as outraged if the same situation had occurred but with the protagonists changed. It's not about who he favored and who he hurt, it's about Masi taking away the integrity and seriousness of the sport (a sport that disqualified Hamilton in Brazil by just 0.2mm on one end of his wing…), removing the Safety Car one lap earlier than is written in the regulations, simply to put on more of a show. F1 is not WWE, or it shouldn't be!
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