Dramatic finale, dramatic 2021 season!
In the 2021 season finale, Verstappen won the championship and then won the season championship!
Verstappen, who started from poles, started slower, became a laggard, and has been passive ever since. But the race suddenly changed on lap 53, when Latifi crashed to trigger a safety car, Verstappen took the opportunity to enter the station to change into a soft tire, and Hamilton, who missed the entrance to the pit lane, failed to complete the tire change. The race restarted on the final lap, and Verstappen overtook Hamilton with the advantage of the new soft tire, taking the lead in meeting the checkered flag!
Although Hamilton regrettably lost the championship, it is clear that although he lost, one of his hands has touched the eighth world championship trophy, but in the last moment, Latifi hit the wall and the safety car came out...
Of course, Verstappen's championship also has to thank his teammate Perez, who made a tenacious defense similar to the Turkish station in Abu Dhabi, and Perez was the greatest!
At the start of the season, Red Bull racing had a slight advantage, and Verstappen repeatedly extended the points lead. However, in Baku, Verstappen withdrew near the end of the race with a flat tire in the leading position, which was a blow. Then at Silverstone, England, Verstappen pole position, but in the fight after the start, Hamilton collided with it, and Verstappen's car rushed out of the track and hit the parapet, and he was rushed to the hospital. Then in Hungary, after the loss of control Bottas crashed into two Red Bull cars at a time, Perez withdrew, and Verstappen drove the broken car to win the tenth place, struggling to get a point.
After a series of changes, Verstappen went from points lead to backward. Because of the accident in Hungary, Verstappen's engine cracked and had to replace the fourth set of power units in advance. Red Bull decided to replace the power unit for Verstappen in Sochi, accepted a penalty and started at the tail end of the team. As a result, a heavy rain near the end of the race helped Verstappen, causing him, who was already overtaking, to jump to second place and stop the loss in time.
Verstappen then won two consecutive games in the United States and Mexico, but the situation soon changed again, Hamilton switched to the "rage" engine in Brazil, winning three games in a row, and finally the two championship contenders entered the Abu Dhabi finale with the same points...
This is bound to be a race that will go down in history, the whole race Verstappen fell behind, but a crash changed the ending, and it has to be said, this is racing!
This race is bound to cause controversy after the race, but as a race, it is not going to let the championship be produced under the safety car, that's it.
It's been a season of ups and downs, it's been a great season, and Verstappen and Hamilton are heroes!