This is perhaps the most controversial world champion in F1 history! He led 57 laps, and on the last lap, due to the controversy of the race, it can even be said that it was unfair, which blocked Hamilton's pace of becoming the first 8-crown driver in F1 history. Verstappen Jr. became the fourth youngest driver overall champion in F1 history in the midst of controversy.
On the evening of December 12, Beijing time, the last leg of the season's F1 competition kicked off at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. Whether it was Hamilton who made history and became the first eight-time driver in F1 history, or the new king of Verstappen Jr. who ascended the throne and became the 34th drivers' championship in F1 history, attracting the attention of countless media and fans. In the end, Hamilton led the way for 57 laps, in the penultimate corner of the last lap, which was overtaken by Little Verstappen with a new soft tire. In the face of Verstappen Jr.'s absolute tyre advantage, Hamilton can only regret to be the runner-up of the driver's year.
In the starting stage of the race, little Verstappen in the pole position, in the case of soft tire start, is significantly slower, and Hamilton, who starts in the second place, is following the trend to complete the overtaking, and after turn 1, it is a strong rise to the leading position. Although on the first lap, Hamilton encountered a frantic counterattack by Verstappen Jr., and the two cars almost collided again, but fortunately Hamilton reacted quickly and avoided the accident. After that, Hamilton, who was in the leading position, quickly opened the gap between him and Verstappen Jr. On lap 8 of the race, live footage captured a shot of Little Verstappen's dad leaving Red Bull Racing's P room.
On lap 20, the track culminated. Red Bull Racing clearly informed Perez, who was leading the way, through instructions, to adopt Plan B to block Hamilton. For the arrangement of the convoy, Perez can be said to live up to his mission. In this lap, Perez used his soft tyres for 20 laps, which were hard tyres that strongly blocked Hamilton from running only 5 laps. The F17 champion in front of Red Bull II driver can be said to be quite helpless. Thanks to Perez's strong blocking, in this lap, The Little Verstappen quickly recovered 5 seconds of time. Knowing that his teammates were so magical, verstappen jr. shouted over the radio, Andrez was simply a legend.
Although Perez blocked Hamilton strongly, the 7 champions still achieved a surpass for Perez on the following 21st lap and returned to the leading position. After that, in the face of the pursuit of Verstappen Jr., Hamilton's leading position was still not much threatened, and soon the gap between him and Verstappen Jr. was soon widened. As the number of laps dwindled, Hamilton was close to becoming the first eight-crowned driver in F1 history, and as it got closer, the race suffered an accident on lap 53.
With the last 5 laps of the race left, Hamilton is already up to 12 seconds ahead of Verstappen Jr. on the track, and the drivers' championship can be said to be nine out of ten. But Williams' Latifie was out of control at this time, crashing straight into the fence or even the front wheels caught fire, racing to get a safety car, and Hamilton had just passed the maintenance area and could not replace the hard tire that had already run 38 laps. Little Verstappen grabbed the entrance and decisively entered the station to change into a soft tire.
As usual, when the race is about to end, in the event of such an accident, it is generally possible that the safety car will be brought to the end of the race. The Mayben team also radioed Hamilton, who led the race, that the race would end with a safety car. Of course, considering the particularity of this race, the race can actually choose to show the red flag, let the race be suspended, and wait for the track to be cleaned before continuing.
Just when everyone decided that this year's F1 would end under such a plot. On the penultimate lap of the race, F1 Race Director Michael Massy suddenly issued an order to arrange for the snarked car to be undone in front of the little Verstappen vehicle, and at the same time make the decision to return the safe car to the pit area. In this way, when there are still some unopened vehicles on the track that have not yet completed the re-formation under the leadership of no safety car, the race restarts on the last lap.
The Mayben team was naturally furious about the decision made on the final lap of the race, Wolfe angrily accused Marcy of making the wrong decision, and the Red Bull team was full of cheers, so that little Verstappen became the new world champion after such a dramatic scene.
Faced with the unfair decision of the race, Hamilton did not park his car in the runner-up position after the race to express his dissatisfaction and even anger.
Although in the end Hamilton still expressed his congratulations to Little Verstappen, everyone knows that Hamilton lost too badly this time, and the title of world champion of Little Verstappen is somewhat not so deserved, and it can even be said that it is not victorious!