Formula One Grand Prix 2021.

[Notebook]

Mexican Grand Prix

Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico.
5th November to 7th November

Mexico City Grand Prix: How did Red Bull miss out on the front row?

For all the talk about tyres and downforce, it's still a bit of a mystery how Red Bull lost out to Mercedes in qualifying in Mexico.

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F1 Results - 2021 Mexican Grand Prix - BBC Sport

Find out the full results for all the drivers for the Formula 1 2021 Mexican Grand Prix on BBC Sport, including who had the fastest laps in each practice session, up to three qualifying lap times, finishing places, race times, fastest laps, championship points and more.

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Brazilian Grand Prix

Interlagos, Sao PauloI.

12 NOV - 14 NOV

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Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen under investigation after Sao Paulo Grand Prix Friday qualifying

Title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are under investigation after Hamilton's car was referred to stewards following Friday's qualifying race at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

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Missed it, but seems to have been a good race.

F1 Results - 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix - BBC Sport

Find out the full results for all the drivers for the Formula 1 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix on BBC Sport, including who had the fastest laps in each practice session, up to three qualifying lap times, finishing places, race times, fastest laps, championship points and more.

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2021 Qatar Grand Prix Results​

Losail International Circuit, 21 November 2021​

F1 Results - 2021 Qatar Grand Prix - BBC Sport

Find out the full results for all the drivers for the Formula 1 2021 Qatar Grand Prix on BBC Sport, including who had the fastest laps in each practice session, up to three qualifying lap times, finishing places, race times, fastest laps, championship points and more.

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Saudi Arabia Grand Prix

Jeddah Street Circuit, Jeddah

3rd December to 5th December

Lewis Hamilton fastest in Saudi Arabian Grand Prix second practice after Charles Leclerc crash

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc emerges unscathed from a 150mph crash as Lewis Hamilton ends practice fastest at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

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[Lucy]

Max had the pole all the way up until he didn't, ouch.

 

[Notebook]

Well, definitely not boring. Two restarts, collisions, debris, no love lost between the top two drivers...
Don't like the circuit, too narrow and you can't see whats coming.

All get sorted out in the last race next week.

 

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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi

First practice on now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/54911284

 

[Marijn]

Whatever happens, if it wasn't for Ver, Ham would have been champion again quite a few races ago. Both are in a league of their own. Now we have a very special race coming up. Enjoy the weekend!

 

[Lucy]

21 races into a 22 race season, full of incident, accident, runaway victories for both drivers, controversy over penalties, over car legality, even a disqualification, and here we are at the final round with both protagonists level on points. You honestly could not script this better than reality.

 

[Notebook]

Should be a good one!

Posted at 14:0714:07

Qualifying top 10​

1) Verstappen
2) Hamilton
3) Norris
4) Perez
5) Sainz
6) Bottas
7) Leclerc
8) Tsunoda
9) Ocon
10) Ricciardo

 

[gamer19]

will be interesting to watch
what Max can to with softest tires on start
perhaps it's also important that Perez is, strangely, in front of the Bottas.

 

[Notebook]

This final has generated interest on a broadcast forum I frequent. Not usual for sports posts to be generated, thought this was interesting.

"

Wonderful news and 'finals' are often broadcast for free due to sponsorship partner wishes.

Query - Hamilton and Verstappen are level on points in the last race of the season. If neither driver finishes Verstappen will win the championship due to having more wins. So my query is what if Verstappen deliberately collides with Hamilton and both don't finish? Will he still win? What are the chances of that happening?

The big precedence here is 1994 and 1997. In 1994 Michael Schumacher took Damon Hill out of the final Grand Prix in Adelaide protecting his slender lead and he claimed the 1994 World Championship. In 1997 at the final race in Jerez he tried to do it again to Jacques Villenuve, this time he took himself out but Villenuve was able to continue and finish 3rd in the race to claim the championship outright. Schumacher was investigated for the incident and was stripped of all points he scored in 1997 (although all wins, poles etc still counted for statistical purposes).
Ever since then it's established that winning the championship through unsportsmanship can and will be overturned."

The "Free" broadcast reference is to the fact UK national broadcaster Channel Four is transmitting this GP live and free to air. Normally it would be pay/subscription through SKY TV.
Seems its in the National Interest...

 

[Lucy]

I don't even have the words to articulate how that went.

 

[Notebook]

Surprising?

 

[GLS]

I don't even have the words to articulate how that went.

It looked like most races this year. ?‍

 

[Marijn]

I couldn't watch without taking breaks. HAM having the better launch, pure on reaction time while being on a harder compound, having competitors on softs not only in front but also at the back. Yestersday's effort of VER to be on pole evaporated within less than a second. The attempt of VER to recover then was was, arguably, nullified by the decision of the stewards to not have HAM give back the position.

Then what we saw was Mercedes clearly having better package. HAM was able to extend the lead rather effortlessly, increasing the gap lap after lap and going into tire save modus towards the end. Everyone kind of knew he was going to win the race in a way he has done so many times before.

I was sitting, kind of depressed, behind my gaming console when I heard about the, non-virtual, safety car. With just four laps to go, I felt there wouldn't be enough time to captitualze on it.

But then the Red Bull team made the right, championship winning decision to put VER on softs.

I know there are two compaints of Mercedes, but it is not going to reverse today's outcome.

VER is the first Dutch F1race winner. And now he is a world champion. Well deversed and we are very proud.

Go Max!

 

[gamer19]

guess it's a little bit like "what you gain on Glock you lose on Latifi" ?
what a crazy crazy race

 

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F1 Results - 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - BBC Sport

Find out the full results for all the drivers for the Formula 1 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on BBC Sport, including who had the fastest laps in each practice session, up to three qualifying lap times, finishing places, race times, fastest laps, championship points and more.

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[Lucy]

It looked like most races this year. ?‍

Like a microcosm of the whole season wrapped up in about five laps

 

[gamer19]

you guys want to say that the whole season is dictated by Michael Masi ?? ?

I know you didn't want to say that... but not quite sure what you did said ?