2021 - Race 22 Abu Dhabi

[F1nKS]

To be fair, l reviewed the thinking of the Mercedes strategist. With Lafiti crashing so close to the end, they anticipated the Marshalls would need at least 4 out of the five laps to clear the track.

This is not about pitting under the Latifi safety car - that was never a viable strategy. The Mercedes strategy mindset had to be that they needed to protect Hamilton from the "latifi scenario" whether it was 6 laps to go or 10 laps.

This is not a fair comment really.

Dude, all the expert chatter heads agree that Mercedes should have pitted under the VSC. There are detailed analyses. They all agreed because they didn't take that opportunity, Mercedes would be hanging Lewis out to dry if there WAS A LATE SAFETY CAR like say.......Latifi crash.

Merc knew and was thinking about and even asked Hamilton which tire he would like in case there was another safety car. When the time came they FAILED. They do the right strategy, the Latifi safety car doesn't put them at a bad disadvantage.

As far as your incessant whining about the rules - it's what you Europeans do, you screw up all your rules. Whether it is in football, racing, or anything else in life. You have rules for football where you time it secretly and at the end of the match, you just add arbitrary time. In this case, there are rules that override the rules and merely make them suggestions. You have rules where rules are applied differently every race. You reap what you sow.

It is quite comical.