To be honest, I've always been neutral with both The Verstappen and Hamilton drivers, and I'm not a supporter of either one, so let's analyze this finale rationally.
After the 58 lap race, as a car fan, there are still tears, this tear is more from a long time have not seen such a wonderful F1 season, 47 years later, the second championship in history to compete for the drivers to divide equally into the final battle, don't care if the final script is flawed. Still, to be rational, the FIA should have had a better solution.
Maybe it's early red flags, so that both drivers are put on new tires, fair play, or an earlier lap to let the snare car unset, so as to set aside a real lap for the race championship, rather than hastily recalling the safety car in the case of a slow reaction half beat, leaving such a controversial ending, perhaps just for the ratings.
But in any case, now that the decision has been made, we can't change any outcome, in fact, in my mind these two drivers are worthy of this year's championship, but in Abu Dhabi, the balance of luck is not biased in hamilton, so if you have to choose a champion, Verstappen is more suitable.
Calm down and think about it, I personally think that the Mercedes-AMG team also needs more reflection, because Hamilton's performance in the Abu Dhabi main race is impeccable, including from a difference of 19 points to the penultimate race to tie the points, Hamilton's strength is obvious to every fan.
But from F1 to the 1.6T era, Mercedes has always been in a dominant position, and as a result, in the 2021 season, Red Bull's Jedi counterattack is actually very uncomfortable for them, such as the first turning point of the final battle - the trigger of the virtual safety car.
According to past experience, Mercedes can completely let Hamilton pit stop to change tires, but in this crucial race, they are worried that doing so will lead to Verstappen to take advantage of this, because Red Bull is not slow all year round, so it leads to Hamilton's tires before the safety car goes out, Hamilton's tires are much older than Verstappen, if not slow car blocking, the last few laps may still enter the wheel-to-wheel competition.
The second turning point, the safety car, does have a lot of luck, so that Hamilton just missed the pit stop, but still that sentence, if the first turning point Mercedes chose to change the tires, it is possible that the situation is not what happened later, this season the team's wrong decision is not just this one, to hand over the game to the opponent, it is certainly better to take the fate into their own hands.
In contrast, throughout the season, in addition to the obvious improvement in the car, the team's strategy is more responsive and effective than Mercedes at the executive level, and the choice of Perez for the Verstapanla wake in the qualifying round is on the one hand, and it is also the same thing that Perez uses Plan B to block Hamilton in the main qualifying.
We've seen this kind of footage more than once in the 2021 season, and at this point, it is indeed necessary to lament that, as Verstappen said, Perez is a legend, so the level of "team collaboration" is always more valuable than "wingman".
Verstappen won the F1 world championship at the age of 24 and we certainly have to congratulate him, he still had a lot of highlights this year, such as he himself said, Monaco, Austria, the Netherlands. But there are also many things that need to be summarized, such as whether he can be more mature in the future, rather than so reckless, in fact, if he can be calm in the first round of the final game, there may be more opportunities to pursue Hamilton later, but most importantly, he may not want to win in this way.
Of course, from the perspective of the whole year, in addition to Verstappen's tough driving style, strong driving skills and the progress of Red Bull racing, Lady Luck has always been able to take care of him this season, including Hamilton's mistakes after the withdrawal of Baku, the withdrawal of the Russian station to the last place, and the result of the second place finish, etc., which are enough to help him win this championship.
The finale of the race is the epitome of the year's events, no one knows the result until the last stop, or even the last lap, no one predicts where the championship will belong, or that sentence, no matter what the result, thanks to the two great teams and great drivers for the wonderful 2021 season for us.
Next year, that is, the 2022 season, F1 will usher in a lot of new changes, I will usher in updated rules, we will also welcome new drivers, including China's first F1 driver Zhou Guanyu, about next year, I will slowly interpret for everyone in the next few weeks, after all, it is still a long time before the start of next season.
Of course, next year we will also face a farewell, including many people who like Finnish driver Raikkonen because of him, although the result of this race ending with a withdrawal was not perfect.
Raikkonen is the only driver to win the off-the-beaten-track championship in the V10, V8 and V6 seasons, he is also the last overall champion driver of ferrari so far, the average time he takes 45 seconds per media interview, we are used to calling him Iceman, but in fact, he is very warm, after retiring Raikkonen will enjoy more of his wife and children hot kiln.
We Will Leave You Alone Now，Kimi！ We will miss you so much, Kimi!
The 2021 season is over and I miss it so much!
The author of this article is a kick car gang Lu Yu