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2021-12-13 06:51
On December 12, local time, the 2021 season finale of the Formula One World Championship (F1) ended in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in an extremely dramatic way: Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Verstappen surpassed his rival, Mercedes Racing's British star Hamilton, in the final lap to win the championship in Abu Dhabi for two consecutive years, while winning the first F1 world championship of his career with this victory; Hamilton won the runner-up of driver of the year.
Before the final race, Verstappen and Hamilton had a combined 369.5 points, which was the first time in 47 years that the two drivers in the front of the season finale had the same score. Verstappen, on the other hand, overwhelmed Hamilton with one more win. That is to say, if the final battle ends with both zero points, Verstappen will win the annual world championship with one more win.
On the day of the race, Verstappen made a mistake after starting the train and was overtaken by Hamilton in the starting stage. The key point came on lap 53, with 5 laps remaining, when Williams' Latife rushed off the track and the safety car immediately went out, which also meant that the race started again, and the gap between Verstappen and Hamilton was instantly erased. At this point Verstappen pitted to replace the soft tyres, and Hamilton missed the pit stop and did not choose to pit stop. After entering the final lap, Verstappen completed the most important overtaking of the year against Hamilton due to the obvious advantage of the tyres, and then won the race with a margin of 0.371 seconds, becoming the 34th world champion in F1 history and the first Dutch driver to win the title.
(Editor: Yang Rong)
