Why was the 2021 F1 season so controversial?
Acrimonious on-track battles throughout the season led to concerns that one of the drivers might cause a deliberate in-race collision in an attempt to win the championship. Hamilton had been leading the race when the safety car was deployed due to a crash involving Nicholas Latifi, with Verstappen following the seven-time champion in second.On the first lap of the race, Verstappen and Hamilton collided going into Copse corner, which took Verstappen out of race and earned Hamilton a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision.Number three, Elaine Prost. Number two, Nelson PK. And number one, Michael Schumacher.
What happened in the 2021 Abu Dhabi F1 tournament?
Max Verstappen was recently crowned Formula One World Champion, and since then this story has dominated the news. On Sunday 12th December 2021, at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen narrowly beat Lewis Hamilton to victory, claiming his maiden title and becoming the first Dutch World Champion. In the following season-ending and title-deciding round in Abu Dhabi, Hamilton was leading and on course to claim a record eighth world crown before Verstappen overtook him on the final lap after an incorrect handling of the Safety Car restart procedure by then-race director Michael Masi, in a highly-controversial .