Formula 1: Max Verstappen world champion ahead of Lewis Hamilton
The Dutchman Max Verstappen on his Formula 1, after his 2021 World Drivers' Championship title.
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24-year-old Max Verstappen became Formula 1 driver's world champion for the first time in his career on December 12, 2021 in Abu Dhabi.
The Dutchman of the Red Bull team beat the Briton Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) on the last lap of the last Grand Prix of this crazy 2021 season.
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This 2021 Formula 1 Drivers' World Championship was played in one round.
The final round of the last Grand Prix of the season gave Max Verstappen a first world title rather than an eighth for Lewis Hamilton.
The latter will still have to wait before beating the record of coronations (7) of the German Michael Schumacher with whom he therefore remains tied.
The Briton, who started behind Max Verstappen, nevertheless did almost the entire race in the lead during this Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, this December 12, 2021. But an intervention of the safety car five laps from the finish, after the exit The road for the Canadian Nicholas Latifi (Williams), perhaps turned the situation upside down: in the meantime, the Dutchman had changed the tires on his Red Bull, unlike Hamilton with his Mercedes.
The marshals then restarted the race, just before the outcome.
Son of a former F1 driver
Struggling to respond to Max Verstappen's counterattack, Lewis Hamilton had to let his young rival slip away during the 58th lap.
A final in the image of a harsh, fierce 2021 season marked by sometimes contentious decisions.
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It's crazy, I finally got lucky, I want to relive that with this team for the next ten to fifteen years!
", Then reacted the one nicknamed" Mad Max "for his temperament as aggressive as his conduct.
Son of a former F1 driver, Max fulfilled the dream of his father Jos Verstappen, with a more modest career.
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