Verstappen is F1 World Champion.

[Griffith]

Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi GP yesterday, overtaking Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to become Formula One World Championship.

8 years of Mercedes dominance now ended.

[illuminati]

Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi GP yesterday, overtaking Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to become Formula One World Championship.

8 years of Mercedes dominance now ended.

Great Best News in a Long Time.

Haven't watched or followed F1 since Soy Boy LuLu went all "Gangster"  has packed up & Fucked off now?

[Griffith]

Great Best News in a Long Time.

Haven't watched or followed F1 since Soy Boy LuLu went all "Gangster"  has packed up & Fucked off now?

Yes! 

He's still racing next year with Mercedes but will have George Russell as his teammate, who is rated as one of the top drivers on the grid, unlike Bottas, so should have some challenge from his teammate for a change as well.

[ThisisOverload]

Yes! 

He's still racing next year with Mercedes but will have George Russell as his teammate, who is rated as one of the top drivers on the grid, unlike Bottas, so should have some challenge from his teammate for a change as well.

Will they let him actually race Lewis or just run interference?

Max is my favorite driver, glad he won.

Well-deserved win.

Lewis is twat waffle. Never liked him.

[Bevo]

Fuck Lewis Hamilton

[Slapper]

I felt bad for Lewis. Kid knew he should've pitted either after the VSC or the SC but the team kept him out there.

I don't or can't see how ANYONE at Mercedes didn't compute that there was a BIG chance the stewards were going to let them race the last laps.

In hindsight they should've tagged Max's strategy from the VSC on and they would've been fine. BUT... this is going to sting Lewis until the day he dies.

And, to change the subject, I was glad to see Mercedes' reign end. This is a lesson to the FIA: when you introduce a change to the rules, be fucking careful of what you change because you could be giving a HUGE advantage to a single team. An advantage big enough that it'll take many of the best automotive engineers in the world many years to figure out. I mean, in the first few years, Mercedes' advantage was so large that it was painful to see others just unable to figure out the engineering around the new rules.

[Irongrip400]

I felt bad for Lewis. Kid knew he should've pitted either after the VSC or the SC but the team kept him out there.

I don't or can't see how ANYONE at Mercedes didn't compute that there was a BIG chance the stewards were going to let them race the last laps.

In hindsight they should've tagged Max's strategy from the VSC on and they would've been fine. BUT... this is going to sting Lewis until the day he dies.

And, to change the subject, I was glad to see Mercedes' reign end. This is a lesson to the FIA: when you introduce a change to the rules, be fucking careful of what you change because you could be giving a HUGE advantage to a single team. An advantage big enough that it'll take many of the best automotive engineers in the world many years to figure out. I mean, in the first few years, Mercedes' advantage was so large that it was painful to see others just unable to figure out the engineering around the new rules.

I don’t follow racing but am interested in what you said regarding the rule changes. Can you elaborate for us lay people?

[IroNat]

Does he even lift?

[Griffith]

I don’t follow racing but am interested in what you said regarding the rule changes. Can you elaborate for us lay people?

The change to hybrid engines or 'power units', part turbo 1.6 L and the rest battery powered. But the battery part is extremely complex and uses two hybrid systems: one recovers kinetic energy of the car under braking (ERS-K) and the other recovers kinetic energy from the turbo charger (ERS-H).

The electric hybrid system is divided into a Battery (ES-Energy Store) and Motor Generator Unit (MGU) which is linked by a Control Electronics (CE) system. Optimizing these systems will generate more overall HP for the power unit and  also be able to recharge quicker.

Mercedes apparently had some prior experience with research into this engine system and had lobbied for it's use in F1.

This year the Mercedes had a 15 km/h speed advantage on the straights compared to Red Bull.

[ThisisOverload]

The change to hybrid engines or 'power units', part turbo 1.6 L and the rest battery powered. But the battery part is extremely complex and uses two hybrid systems: one recovers kinetic energy of the car under braking (ERS-K) and the other recovers kinetic energy from the turbo charger (ERS-H).

The electric hybrid system is divided into a Battery (ES-Energy Store) and Motor Generator Unit (MGU) which is linked by a Control Electronics (CE) system. Optimizing these systems will generate more overall HP for the power unit and  also be able to recharge quicker.

Mercedes apparently had some prior experience with research into this engine system and had lobbied for it's use in F1.

This year the Mercedes had a 15 km/h speed advantage on the straights compared to Red Bull.

Excellent explanation.

The Merc's had so much more top end for so many years.

I've been watching F1 since i was a kid and i stopped watching the races live for a few years because how dominant the Merc's were. I did like watching Nico beat Lewis, but a few years after that it was so boring, so i would just watch the highlights.

My brother and i have been going to the COTA race in Austin since it started.

But the rest of the season i didn't like getting up at 4am to watch overseas races live, when nobody but Lewis had a chance unless he crashed.

This season was amazing for me. I always like Max. Every race was exciting again.

[NarcissisticDeity]

This is great news as long as Hamilton didn't win !! 

[That_Dude]

Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi GP yesterday, overtaking Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to become Formula One World Championship.

8 years of Mercedes dominance now ended.

8 years of Mercedes dominance has not ended....they won the constructors championship 

[illuminati]

8 years of Mercedes dominance has not ended....they won the constructors championship 

Correct - only thankfully Silly Bollocks Soy Boy didn't win. 

[J. Richards]

lewis knew after max's tire changes he could be in trouble.... lewis last message was the final straw, he knew what was coming...

[TheAnimal]

8 years of Mercedes dominance has not ended....they won the constructors championship 

Haha exactly

[Griffith]

8 years of Mercedes dominance has not ended....they won the constructors championship 

Ok, so Hamilton lost the championship in a dominant car 

Verstappen had 10 wins compared to Hamilton’s 8. Verstappen also had more pole positions, more podiums, more fastest laps and more laps led.

[f450]

The change to hybrid engines or 'power units', part turbo 1.6 L and the rest battery powered. But the battery part is extremely complex and uses two hybrid systems: one recovers kinetic energy of the car under braking (ERS-K) and the other recovers kinetic energy from the turbo charger (ERS-H).

The electric hybrid system is divided into a Battery (ES-Energy Store) and Motor Generator Unit (MGU) which is linked by a Control Electronics (CE) system. Optimizing these systems will generate more overall HP for the power unit and  also be able to recharge quicker.

Mercedes apparently had some prior experience with research into this engine system and had lobbied for it's use in F1.

This year the Mercedes had a 15 km/h speed advantage on the straights compared to Red Bull.

Interesting. Concise explanation there. I don't follow the sport at all but I am a car guy. Anyways, wouldn't all the teams have to agree to the change or at least a majority. Smells like corruption.

[ThisisOverload]

Ok, so Hamilton lost the championship in a dominant car 

Verstappen had 10 wins compared to Hamilton’s 8. Verstappen also had more pole positions, more podiums, more fastest laps and more laps led.

Red Bull dominated the Merc's when things were equal.

But Bottas is a better driver than Checo. More consistent.

Max is by far the best driver in F1.

Next year will be amazing.

The Merc's advantage is not nearly as much as it was before.

[ThisisOverload]

Interesting. Concise explanation there. I don't follow the sport at all but I am a car guy. Anyways, wouldn't all the teams have to agree to the change or at least a majority. Smells like corruption.

Politics.

Lots of money in F1.

[Dreadlifter]

Red Bull dominated the Merc's when things were equal.

But Bottas is a better driver than Checo. More consistent.

Max is by far the best driver in F1.

Next year will be amazing.

The Merc's advantage is not nearly as much as it was before.

Love him or loathe him (clear what camp 99% of Getbiggers sit in) Hamilton is still the best driver.
Next season will be interesting as Mercedes stopped upgrading their cars earlier this season to focus on next season's car. Hamilton's 2nd place finish is impressive when you take that into account.

Never good to see one team dominating a sport so hopefully this year was just the first of closely contested championships.

[Flexacon]

ILewis should have just caused a crash with Max on the last lap and hope he drove away and Max didn't.

The race director fucked up big time though. F1 will make sure Mercedes win everything next year to make it up to them.

[ThisisOverload]

Love him or loathe him (clear what camp 99% of Getbiggers sit in) Hamilton is still the best driver.
Next season will be interesting as Mercedes stopped upgrading their cars earlier this season to focus on next season's car. Hamilton's 2nd place finish is impressive when you take that into account.

Never good to see one team dominating a sport so hopefully this year was just the first of closely contested championships.

Lewis is the best driver in history, but not this season.

I think Mercedes will always have an advantage.

Without Bottas blocking for him, i think Lewis will struggle.

I think Lewis is an amazing driver, i leave my personal feelings about him out of the equation, but he lost fair and square this season.

If anything he is lucky the race for #1 wasn't settled a few races ago.

Mercedes will be stronger next year. I'm just curious how strong Red Bull will be.

[ZOD]

The gap in $$/performance makes f1 unbearable. Its like a caste system.

Oh, lap 1 merc p1,p2? Turn the race off it's over.

[Bevo]

F1 was much more funner back then, the v10, v12 engines, manual transmissions. Haven’t watched since Schumacher

Senna was my favorite all time

[J. Richards]

Mercedes will still be strong next year.... Russell is a good driver... he was damn good when he got to drive for a race, Sakhir... bad pit stop and then a puncture stopped his debut victory...