What seemed like a quiet race suddenly picked up the heat when Hamilton and Perez indulged themselves in an intense duel through lap 20 and 21. At this point, Perez was leading Hamilton by over three seconds. Verstappen was back into the top-3 as he went past Sainz at turn 6 in the 18th lap. Mercedes reacted immediately, pitting Hamilton in the 15th lap and slotted him in second behind Perez, who was yet to pit. He rejoined in the fifth position and overtook Norris to jump to 4th, slipping behind Ferrari's Carlos Sainz.
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But they were quick to react as Red Bull pitted Verstappen pitted their lead driver in the same lap. When RB asked Masi the reason behind the decision, he stated that any advantage gained by Lewis during the incident was given back by slowing immediately.īy the 14th lap, Hamilton's lead increased by five-and-a-half seconds as Verstappen's softs were beginning to cause trouble. The Red Bull team expected Hamilton to give back the position but race director Michael Masi, along with the stewards, decided against investigating the incident and applying any penalty. Hamilton was forced wide and rejoined through the escape route ahead of his title rival. At turn 7, he lunged into the apex at turn 7 and the two cars collided. As expected, Verstappen was going to fight back immediately. McLaren's Lando Norris, who started at P3, ran wide of the track, allowing Red Bull's Sergio Perez to climb to third.
Seven-time champion Hamilton started in second place on the grid, as he was four-tenths off the pace.Īt lights out, Hamilton, for a second successive race, got off to a better start on his medium tyres and inched ahead of Verstappen, on softs, before Turn 1. On an enthralling Saturday, the Dutchman registered a lighting-quick hot lap of 1.22.09. Before the winner-takes-it-all race began, Verstappen found himself in an advantageous position as he started on pole.
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The two drivers headed into the season finale with one hand on the trophy as they found themselves level on points (369.5). Mercedes bagged another World Constructor's Championship title but were denied the double they would have wanted. Max Verstappen wins 2021 F1 World Drivers' Championship, finishes P1 in Abu Dhabi to beat Lewis Hamilton and win maiden title Red Bull's Max Verstappen seals his maiden F1 title by beating title rival Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes in a last-lap thriller at the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP on Sunday.
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