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Speedster said:
You're right. Looks like 2 has been assigned to Stoffel Vandoorne, although it would be available for use again by now (but not by Checo)
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Numbers are assigned for a period of 3 years. Technically, Stoffs will be out of F1 for 3 years in '22 so the number may be available. However, he is a reserve driver so that may entitle him to keep the number. But doubt the drivers like to change numbers since they have made them as brands and incorporate their logo/initials into it. But someone who got their 3rd or 4th choice number may look at changing if a previous selection is available.
 
Speedster said:
It used to be that the champion took #1 and his teammate #2
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Yep, then for the rest numbers were allocated per the team's finishing order in the constructors.

Red Bull would be #1 and #2
Mercedes #3 and #4
Ferrari #5 and #6
McLaren #7 and #8 (Fun fact: Their classic racing numbers when teams used to choose their numbers)
And so on.
 
thestaggy said:
Yep, then for the rest numbers were allocated per the team's finishing order in the constructors.

Red Bull would be #1 and #2
Mercedes #3 and #4
Ferrari #5 and #6
McLaren #7 and #8 (Fun fact: Their classic racing numbers when teams used to choose their numbers)
And so on.
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I just want Ferrari to have a decent car that can challenge Merc and Red Bull.
 

Lewis Hamilton 'asked Toto Wolff to withdraw protests' before FIA chose Max Verstappen​

Lewis Hamilton reportedly asked Mercedes chief Toto Wolff to withdraw their two protests following his defeat to Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The Brit had gone into the day hoping to win the F1 Drivers’ Championship for a record eighth time.
According to Dutch website F1 maximal, Hamilton actually asked the Silver Arrows to withdraw their protests following the epic encounter.

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Hamilton 'asked Wolff to withdraw protests' before Verstappen win

LEWIS HAMILTON was beaten by Max Verstappen in Sunday's F1 Championship decider in Abu Dhabi.
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Toto Wolff sends Max Verstappen text message after FIA reject two Mercedes protests​

Max Verstappen has reportedly been messaged by Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, amid reports that the Silver Arrows are prepared to give up on their pursuit of an appeal regarding Sunday's world title showdown in Abu Dhabi. The Dutchman passed Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to clinch his first crown in dramatic, yet controversial circumstances.
In a new development, Sky Sports News presenter Craig Slater claims: "Max Verstappen told me that Toto Wolff, the Mercedes boss, had sent him a text message, congratulating him on being World Champion and saying that he fully deserved it, so make of that what you will.

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Toto Wolff sends Max Verstappen text message after FIA reject protests

TOTO WOLFF was incensed at how the final lap in Abu Dhabi played out on Sunday.
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das Toktokken said:

Lewis Hamilton 'asked Toto Wolff to withdraw protests' before FIA chose Max Verstappen​

Lewis Hamilton reportedly asked Mercedes chief Toto Wolff to withdraw their two protests following his defeat to Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The Brit had gone into the day hoping to win the F1 Drivers’ Championship for a record eighth time.
According to Dutch website F1 maximal, Hamilton actually asked the Silver Arrows to withdraw their protests following the epic encounter.

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Hamilton 'asked Wolff to withdraw protests' before Verstappen win

LEWIS HAMILTON was beaten by Max Verstappen in Sunday's F1 Championship decider in Abu Dhabi.
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''FIA chose Max Verstappen''

Interesting headline and choice of word. British media still smarting?

I dunno what stings them more; Lewis losing this one or Lewis not outright dethroning Michael, whom they still hate because of Adelaide '94?
 
thestaggy said:
Interesting headline and choice of word. British media still smarting?

I dunno what stings them more; Lewis losing this one or Lewis not outright dethroning Michael, whom they still hate because of Adelaide '94?
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No doubt the Express, but all British media? Nah.
At least Bernie is happy
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Bernie Ecclestone says he is glad Lewis Hamilton did not win title ...

MAX VERSTAPPEN beat Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi on Sunday in a thrilling and controversial finale.
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F1 hero Bernie Ecclestone has insisted that he is glad that Lewis Hamilton did not beat Max Verstappen and win an eighth world title on Sunday - because he does not want Michael Schumacher's long-standing record to be broken.
 

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says Formula 1 needs simpler rules and a rethink on the way races are run following the Abu Dhabi safety car restart controversy.​

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Red Bull: F1 needs rules rethink after Abu Dhabi GP controversy

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Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says Formula 1 needs simpler rules and a rethink on the way races are run following the Abu Dhabi safety car restart controversy.

While the Milton Keynes-based team saw Max Verstappen clinch his maiden drivers’ title on Sunday, it has expressed some unease about the way events have been handled through the 2021 campaign.
The FIA has found itself in the firing line over the past 48 hours for the way F1 race director Michael Masi handled the final safety car restart.
In particular, a decision to only allow a selected few backmarkers to unlap themselves on the penultimate lap, allied to a call that goes against one of the rules in going for an immediate restart, has triggered a wave of criticisms.
The Mercedes team protested the FIA’s actions on Sunday night. And although the stewards rejected its claims, the German manufacturer is currently weighing up whether or not to take the matter to the appeal court.
The controversy over the restart has left a cloud over Verstappen’s success, and Red Bull has also suggested F1 needs to act on all that has happened this season – with changes to both the rules books and the manner in which stewards make decisions.
"The whole system needs to be rethought,” said Marko, after a season when Red Bull has been unhappy at times with FIA decisions.
“There needs to be consistency. Decisions cannot be interpreted once this way and once that way. The rules must be simplified. The premise must be: let's race!”

Marko believes that with the FIA appointing a president after Friday’s election, the opportunity is there for Jean Todt’s successor to move swiftly to ensure F1 does better in the future.
Asked if there needed to be a change of personnel, Marko said: “That in itself is not our task, but after so many mistakes and questionable decisions were made, there is certainly a great need for action.
“A new president is coming, so he will want to start here first. And the stewards should definitely be questioned.”
Asked if he was especially unhappy in how Masi handled the Abu Dhabi race, Marko said: “The rules have to be such that a quick decision can be made, and those responsible have to make them in a matter of seconds. And these decisions cannot vary in such a way.”
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner reckoned that what happened in Abu Dhabi was the latest in a series of ‘marginal calls’ that Masi had made this season.
Asked by Autosport if he felt the FIA could learn from what happened, Horner said: “I think there’s always lessons that you can learn as a team, and in life generally.
“We felt that the decisions at the beginning of the race [when Hamilton cut the chicane] went against us. We obviously felt that the decision at the end of the race [with the safety car] was right. It’s been a season like that.
“There’s been marginal calls. Some we’ve benefited from, the majority of which we’ve lost out from.”
While there are questions about the FIA’s actions on Sunday night, Marko also expressed his unhappiness at the way that Mercedes instantly protested the result.
“It was unworthy of a world championship final that the decision was delayed in this way [by a stewards’ hearing],” he said. “However, to make such appeals and protests speaks to the mindset of, I would say, an unworthy [sore] loser.”
Mercedes has until Thursday evening to decide whether or not to pursue it appeal against the stewards’ decision.
If it goes through with the action, and its complaints are accepted, then that could risk the Abu Dhabi result – and with it the world championship – being changed.
Asked if he was worried about such an outcome, Marko said: “It doesn't matter to us. We are the moral winner, whether it comes one way or the other.
“But we will reconsider our involvement in Formula 1 if it doesn't have corresponding consequences for the future championships.”
 
Alonso and Vettel agree that Verstappen and Hamilton both deserved F1 title
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Alonso and Vettel agree that Verstappen and Hamilton both deserved F1 title

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Former World Champions Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel agree that Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton both deserved to win the 2021 Formula 1 title.
Alonso and Vettel agree that Verstappen and Hamilton both deserved F1 title
Hamilton lost out in the Abu Dhabi finale after a late safety car cost him his advantage over Verstappen, and allowed the Dutchman to take fresh tyres and then jump ahead on the last lap dash to the flag after the green flag flew.
Alonso and Vettel both have experience of last round showdowns, with the Spaniard having won at the final race in 2006, but lost out in 2007, 2010 and 2012.
“Ah fantastic,” Alonso said of Verstappen’s first title success. “He’s a champion, it was a matter of time that he would win the trophy.
“I think today he was lucky. Without the safety car Lewis was World Champion, and with the safety car Max is World Champion. So it is a pure luck thing, what happened today.
“It is going to be a big topic I guess, but if you take the 22 races, as I said on Thursday any of the two could be a World Champion.
“I think more than any other year if you could split the trophy in two, this was the year to do it. Because both of them were outstanding.”

Alonso also admitted that he felt sorry for Hamilton losing the championship "because of the safety car in the last moment."
“Sure. Lewis as I said he was driving at another level, especially in the second part of the championship," he said. "The Mercedes was the faster car, yes, but Valtteri [Bottas] was not second, it was Lewis putting out that performance.
“When you lose the championship because of the safety car in the last moment, for sure you feel a little bit sorry. As I said on Thursday, I had a little bit more, 51-49 [per cent] for Max, and I was clear from the beginning, because I thought that over the season there were a couple more unlucky moments for Max than Lewis.
“The new is sometimes more attractive than the old in terms of a new champion, it’s good when you see the grandstands. If Max wins one day four or five championships, then a new guy will come, and he will be like the big attraction. I think that’s what I feel now.”
Vettel, who won the title at the final round in 2010 and 2012, also had sympathy for Hamilton.
“I'm happy for Max, but I'm mostly sorry for Lewis,” he said. “I think he had an incredible end to the season. And to be honest, in my point of view, I don't care who wins, but I think they both deserve it. In the end only one can take it.
“So yeah, it was an intense fight, good for the sport. And you know, it's always obviously if you're the lucky one, it’s great. If you're not, it's not great.”
 
I'm surprised Merc didn't bring up the weaving after the overtake by Verstappen while he tried to break the tow of Hamilton.

 
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