Monday, December 13, 2021

Press Comments on Final F1 Drama
“Giant Lewis Hamilton humiliated”

In a dramatic finale, Max Verstappen dethrons world champion Lewis Hamilton and clinches his first Formula 1 title at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. The international press speaks of a “last lap like a heart attack” due to the “controversial decision of the race direction”.

Netherlands

NRC: “This title belongs to the same category as the victory of the European soccer team in 1988, such as Richard Krajicek’s victory at Wimbledon in 1996 and Joop Zoetemelk’s victory in the Tour de France in 1980. Max Verstappen was lucky on his side at the right time. On the last lap of Abu Dhabi he took the world championship title, aided by a controversial decision by the race management. “

The Telegraph: “Max Verstappen has turned Formula 1 around since his arrival. He is now world champion after seven years; it must be the beginning for more successes.”

By Volkskrant: “The champagne corks could only burst after four hours of waiting. Sunday was a strange day for Formula 1 and for the Netherlands.”

Britain

Sun: “Max Verstappen is crowned world champion in one of the sport’s most controversial final acts. It has become a habit for Formula 1 to shoot himself in the foot, but this time he used a rocket launcher. After the pathetic show in Belgium at El In the summer, where only a few laps were taken behind the safety car to fulfill television contracts, this was a new low point. It showed that the sport is over-regulated, that even the FIA ​​world federation no longer understands the rule book. And that, even though it was the best title fight in years. “

Daily mail: “The biggest climax was expected, so Formula 1 gave the world what the world wanted. However, Formula 1 seemed to reverse the concept of sporting fairness and justice. It was a twist in the rule book, the The title was in the spirit of the promised drama and the show was decided. Those who saw it loved it. This will certainly go very well on Netflix. But a sober analysis of Max Verstappen’s drive toward the world title leaves quite a few observers. with a feeling of unease. Win the new Formula 1 Fans with a handcrafted ending that is barely understandable outside of the butlers room? “

Times: “There’s no sport that’s more like a TV show than Formula 1. It’s a TV drama on wheels, and Abu Dhabi had the most spectacular and confusing plot twist. Did the right one win? The good guy or the one? Bad? Well, he was the luckiest. The race officials decided that the whole year should be decided in a single round. Big TV, like the whole season. The bad thing is that the rules have changed as the season got longer hot and even the rules for the last round were not applied correctly. That is where the error lies. ”

guardian: “Max Verstappen is celebrating his first title, but the great controversy still leaves doubts about his triumph. In a season in which the two teams have argued with more and more bitterness and fury, the final was a low point in this regard” .

Italy

Gazzetta dello Sport: “The duel of the century will be decided in the last round. Verstappen is world champion at the end of a tough fight against Hamilton, a battle that will be remembered for a long time. Verstappen-Hamilton, the last round is like a heart attack! ! “

Corriere dello Sport: “Max, World Champion, the last race is more exciting than a movie. The new emperor of Formula 1 has humiliated a giant of the stature of Lewis Hamilton”.

Tuttosport: “Max Verstappen wins with ingenuity and stubbornness. He has a lot of talent and little diplomatic skills. His victory marks the beginning of a new era for Formula 1”.

Corriere della Sera: “Super-Verstappen wins craziest race ever. Hamilton has to bow to young talent and testify that he is a true lord by embracing the winner.”

Swiss

view: “Is Max Verstappen a deserved Formula 1 world champion? Yes, if you take the whole season into account. Lewis Hamilton finally had an equal rival. And the environment of the two unfortunately injected fuel to the fire with every little thing. The championship Both teams kept running towards the FIA ​​and accusing their opponents of breaking the rules. In Abu Dhabi, it was not race director Michael Masi’s first wrong decisions that ultimately led to chaos and an understandable outcry from Mercedes. “

Spain

Mark: “Verstappen is world champion and overthrows the myth of Hamilton. In an exceptionally great final, Max Lewis bites the dust that remains without the record over Schumacher. All was lost, but a moment of happiness gave Verstappen the opportunity. race of the century “.

What: “Verstappen ‘robs’ Hamilton of the best world championship in history. This last lap was truly cinematic, what an epic Formula 1 race! Long live the new king! Mercedes proves to be a sore loser.”

Sport: “Verstappen makes history, he is a deserved world champion. Dethrone Hamilton in the cruellest possible way.”

The sports world: “We can only stand and applaud these racing drivers for minutes or hours! What a memorable show from Verstappen and Hamilton. We got to experience the history of the world championship!”