If you thought the Formula 1 world championship had been decided once and for all, think again! This is getting uglier and uglier 🤯 9WWOS F1
Race director Michael Masi made the controversial call to allow the cars placed between Hamilton and Verstappen to overtake the safety car, just about bringing the two title rivals neck and neck for the return to 'racing'. And Hamilton, on hard tyres he had had since lap 14, realistically had no chance of holding off Verstappen on his fresh slicks.
Verstappen's Red Bull team decided to pit him to switch from hard tyres to slicks, while Mercedes stayed out to keep track position. But it ultimately left Hamilton at Verstappen's mercy. They were supposed to take him over the line, but in the end they couldn't hold off Verstappen. “When everything is clear you have to release the track, so that's a fair point from the race direction,” Verstappen said after the race.
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