Formula One

What a way to win a race, handed to Verstappen on a plate by the stewards, disgusting.

No way should that have happen, rules are rules and they just bent them all out of shape.

If Max is happy winning like that then it speaks volumes of him as a sportsman.

Totally disgusted. 

A fitting end to the fantastic F1 season.

Just think what 2022 will be like. 😉

 My avatar picture is just one from many of the  years at the British Silverstone F1 Grand Prix. 

Personally I think the decision was the right one. It would not have been right to let it end behind the safety car. Red Bull made some very good tactical decisions, that in the end paid off. It could just as easily gone the other way. Overall the stewards decisions have been about 50:50 on who they have favoured, perhaps questionably. However, like any sport you abide by the refs decision, even if you don’t like it.

Can't agree, they should have let All the cars un lap and not just some. Which is what the rules state. 

Without that crash there was no way Verstappen could have caught Lewis even with new tyres. He was lucky not skilled, what a way to way to win a race let alone a championship. 

At least it should keep our wonderful crikiters off the sports pages for a day or two ~~  very sad example of Sporting Organisation though

I think the FIA officials have reached the only decision they could do. It would have been a travesty to allow such an important, championship deciding race, to finish under the safety car. Mercedes had at least two opportunities to pit LH and change his tyres but decided not to, whereas Red Bull made sure Max had the best tyres for what was to come. Sometimes the outcome of the Drivers Championship is down to Lady Luck as was the in 2008 when LN snatched the championship from Phillipe Massa in Brazil less than a minute from the finish of the race. Had that gone the way some are suggesting this race should have LH would only be six times World Champion! 

David

I'm no great fan of Lewis Hamilton but I have to say he shot up in my estimation by the good grace he showed in accepting the result and congratulating Max on his achievement. Without the late intervention of the safety car there is no doubt that he would have kept the lead and won the title.

But I do think it was unfortunate that the stewards first announced that the lapped cars wouldn't be allowed to overtake the safety car and then appeared to change that decision. 

But that's sport and at the end of the day the "ref's" decision is final. 

Well I think the race director, stewards and anyone involved in making the decision to end the race the way it did have brought the sport of F1 in to disrepute.

Incidents always happen in any sport, its all part of the attraction, but to engineer a one lap race, by only letting some lapped cars to un-lap themselves contra to the regulations, which of course meant that Max was directly behind Lewis, and then not run another lap behind the safety car as the rules state, clearly shows that someone wanted a new champion.

If the powers that be really wanted a fair finish, the race should have been red flagged to give all drivers the same opportunity. Clearly they didn’t want a fair fight.

A very hollow victory for Max, although I’m sure he somehow thinks he deserved it. Lewis was obviously the faster driver and the Mercedes was clearly the faster car, the start proved that.

I thought Lewis showed great dignity and sportsmanship in congratulation Max and taking a full part in the podium celebrations, unlike Max last week when he walked off straight away like a spoilt brat.

I understand Mercedes have announced their intention to appeal, so common sense may still prevail.

What I don't understand about these safety car 'issues' is (whether the lapped cars are removed or not) how Max manages to erase the 20 second lead Lewis had over him.

how can someone who might have been trailing by 90% of a lap be allowed to drive right up behind someone who has spent the entire race building that lead.

total nonesense...surely there should be NO pitting or passing under safety car rules?

Fully agree that Lewis showed great dignity tonight, however Mercedes not so much.

They were more than happy on a number of occasions this season when decisions went in their favour. Such as the Turkey race when Lewis was not only able to change tyres but also unlap himself which gained him 10 points and no action when Lewis punted Max into the barriers at Silverstone, a race Lewis went on to win and cost Max engine penalties at the next race.

Most decisions have favoured Lewis this season.

As Lewis got away with passing while off the track on the first lap, you could say the decisions were balanced.

I do not believe it is mandated in the rules to allow lapped cars to pass the safety car and cannot understand why while on track work is taking place that they do not just allow lapped cars to drop back to the rear of the pack on the clear parts of the track.

It has been the norm for many years to move lapped cars from between the leader and the next cars on the same lap. A situation that has been to the benefit of Lewis in past.