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svenrico · 13-12-21, 01:13 PM

'Having lost an initial appeal against a decision relating to the deployment of the safety car – which allowed Max Verstappen to pit for fresh tyres and then slot in behind and surge past his helpless rival – Mercedes were leaning towards putting the reputation of the sport before their desire to correct what they deemed a major injustice.
That was despite the emergence of Hamilton’s initial reaction to being passed by Verstappen, with the Brit shouting four corners before the chequered flag: “This has been manipulated, man.”
I am not a big follower but it looks like Hamilton has been fiddled out of the title. I understand he was leading by 6 seconds ,which is a long time in racing, before the safety car fiasco.

13-12-21, 01:13 PM	#10295
svenrico Member Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 373	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? 'Having lost an initial appeal against a decision relating to the deployment of the safety car – which allowed Max Verstappen to pit for fresh tyres and then slot in behind and surge past his helpless rival – Mercedes were leaning towards putting the reputation of the sport before their desire to correct what they deemed a major injustice. That was despite the emergence of Hamilton’s initial reaction to being passed by Verstappen, with the Brit shouting four corners before the chequered flag: “This has been manipulated, man.” I am not a big follower but it looks like Hamilton has been fiddled out of the title. I understand he was leading by 6 seconds ,which is a long time in racing, before the safety car fiasco.