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Verstappen ends Hamilton’s reign The Dutchman makes his dream come true in the final meters

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The Red Bull driver, after Latifi’s accident with 5 laps to go and the safety car, won the title. Mercedes complaints rejected

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After 22 grands prix and hundreds of laps, he is the last of the 58 scheduled on the Abu Dhabi circuit to award the 2021 title. Max Verstappen was the first to pass under the checkered flag at the Yas Marina circuit. The 24-year-old from Hasselt, the first Dutchman to win in Formula 1, succeeded with an overtaking of his own, at the limit of the regulations, which allowed him to mock seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who finished second in the last round. Mercedes got angry and made two complaints about what happened during the safety car regime in the last four laps: Verstappen overtaking at Hamilton while the safety car was on the track and the doubling of the competitors under the safety car regime. first not allowed by the race direction and then granted. The two complaints were then rejected by the FIA ​​which, more than four hours after the end of the race, certified Verstappen’s victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the conquest of his first world title. On the podium in the Arab Emirates is Carlos Sainz, author of an excellent race. The Spaniard can be satisfied: he closed his first year in Ferrari ahead of Charles Leclerc, tenth yesterday, also overtaking him in the drivers’ standings. The young Max had some help from luck, but he was very good at unwrapping the gift when (it was the 53rd lap) the safety car, which entered due to Latifi’s accident, shuffled the last hand of cards. While the laps went slowly, Max was quick to return to the pits to mount a set of new soft tires. And at the restart he “burned” Hamilton, surprised by the unexpected maneuver. In the meantime, the two complaints arrived that had the race marshals in their sights, led by Michael Masi.

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The world championship went to Verstappen with an advantage of eight points over the Englishman, among the first to congratulate the opponent. Fair play was not taken for granted because from the very first corners it was understood that the challenge between the two alpha males of the single-seaters would be rough. Verstappen wasted his tenth pole with a wrong start and at the first corner he found himself in the exhaust of the Mercedes, to the desperation of the thousands of fans who came from Holland. He tried to react immediately and yet another wheel to wheel of the season sent the Englishman off the track. If there had been gravel instead of asphalt in the escape route, Hamilton’s race probably would have ended there. Instead he came back by completely cutting a curve. Maneuver actually appeared at the limit of the regulation. Red Bull expected an intervention by the commissioners to force Hamilton to return the position, but the race director, the already disputed Masi, did not recognize any irregularities in the maneuver and the race continued, with the Mercedes on the run. Favored by the medium tire, while Verstappen had to mount the less long-lived, soft ones at the start. –

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