Petition to hand Lewis Hamilton 2021 F1 title reaches over 100,000 signatures

A petition to hand Lewis Hamilton a record-breaking eighth F1 title - and Max Verstappen to lose his maiden championship - has reached over 100,000 signatures.
Petition to hand Lewis Hamilton 2021 F1 title reaches over 100,000 signatures

16 months on from the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grandꦑ Prix, fans are still outraged wiಞth how the outcome of the title race between Verstappen and Hamilton was decided.

A𒀰s a result, fans have started a petition on to overturn the Abu Dhabi result.

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Hamilton was on course to win his eighth world title to move one clear of168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Michael Schumacher.

That was until 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nicolas Latifi crashed in the closing laps, resulting in a𓃲 Safety Car.

Verstappen d🌳ecided to pit for fresh rubber, while Hamil༒ton stayed out on his worn hard tyres.

It looked like the race 🏅would finish behind tꦇhe Safety Car due to there being a number of lapped cars between the two title contenders.

However, Michael Masi - ꦆwho was FIA race director at the time - decided to allow a number of cars to unlap t🦄hemselves.

This gave Verstappen a free run at Hamilton when the race👍 restarted on Lap 58 in Abu Dhabi.

The point of contention is that Masi should have 𝐆allowed all of the cars to unlap themselves, not just the select few between Hamilton and Verstappen.

Plus, Masi was under pressure from Red Bull and others to get the race back underway given that a title finale finishing behind a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Safety Car is somewhat dull.

Verstappen secured his maiden F1 t🙈itle in controversial circumstances, while Hamilton was left heartbroken, proclaiming over team radio: “This race is being manipulated”.

Mercedes protested the result after the race, but the stewards stood🌞 by how it was handled.

Verstappen remained champion, although the drama didn’t stop there, witꦡh fans still in ꦫuproar with what happened on that day in December.

It’s fair to say nothing will happen as a result of 💝this💦 petition. 

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