How a LAPPED car almost decided the 2021 F1 world championship

Imagine if the 2021 F1 season had ended with this being the deciding factor... crazy!

Big shoutout to u/Brancomeister on Reddit for the crazy scenario!

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[flanbulance]

If this happened we’d have Horner and Toto arguing over who crashed further along the lap

[TheFarleyMowat]

My main man Danny Ric always in the action even when he’s not

[youcefbekhti]

Funny thing that Ric said he's glad that he's not involved in whatever happened there. Imagine if he said that while this scenario was happening and him not knowing about it.

[zachcorey]

WTF1’s way of telling us that this could have been so, much worse lmao thanks for the video guys and girls!! Always look forward to the new insights and chats

[mscbijles]

Also keep in mind, if they would somehow have ended up P9 and P10 (because another crash would happen to one of the drivers that unlapped themselves), Max would’ve gotten the point for Fastest Lap (set on lap 36 or 39 I believe). Thus, he would’ve won the WDC even if Lewis was classified P9 and Max P10.

[lykomedes]

Congrats to Danny Ric, he saw the battle in the best seat

[elliot]

You know what’s even crazier. Even if Saintz didn’t pass Ric, Bottas could have just stopped his car and not crossed the line on lap 58. Bottas would then get P12, Max P11 and Lewis P10 for the championship by 1 point.

[PG-]

Wait if Max was ahead when they crashed, wouldn't Max be in P10 if Ricciardo finished P12?

[kjulio]

for me, the actual scenario was already crazy enough

[powerofdreamx]

Another indicator that safety car restart didn't ruin the race for Hamilton & Vastappen... it ruined the race for everyone behind them in competition for final points and glory.

[dw]

Think I would have said, "Well that makes sense... for 2021."

[eno]

You've explained it very well, but my brain still needs a chart to make sense of all the crazy.

[albertwong]

Well, if that would've happened, Merc could just tell Bottas to pull over before where Hamilton stopped.

[Lillith.]

If they finished the way they did otherwise, Ricciardo would have gotten the point and finished P10.

It would be THE first win scenario for Sainz though. Nobody caring about his first win. Just a final lap crash and people trying to see what Ricciardo did to find out who won the championship.

[SrPBF]

What's even better: max would've been p11 with fastest lap but without the point to match lewis

[ewanw]

should do more of these "what if" crazy scenarios from the past

[DonovanStars]

What do you mean almost? 😂 They definitely played a part on this

[killbillvol]

Wow. hahaha that is so much crazier than Hamilton passing Glock after Massa had already begun celebrating being world champion.

[themightyant.]

“I’m glad I wasn’t a part of that, whatever just happened, that was …errr… pretty fucked up!”
- Danny Ricciardo, with the best view in the house, calling it exactly as it was. FIA and F1 via Masi orchestrated a thrilling photo finish but gave up integrity of the sport.

[justinress]

I would like to see a video about some small details that swung the title in Max’s favour.
Like all the silly little fastest lap games.