Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (33) Red Bull Racing RB16B Honda on observe in the course of the F1 Grand Prix of France at Circuit Paul Ricard on June 20, 2021 in Le Castellet, France.
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Max Verstappen has come to be Components 1 globe winner for the to start with time following an amazing, controversial end to the year-ending Abu Dhabi GP which noticed him overtake Lewis Hamilton on the last lap soon after a spectacular late Protection Car or truck.
Hamilton appeared to be heading for his record eighth crown soon after top from the start but a late crash for Nicholas Latifi’s Williams brought out the Basic safety Auto and produced all way of drama to an remarkable year.
Pink Bull pitted Verstappen for new delicate tyres, whilst Hamilton stayed out in the guide on his older tyre. Whilst there were being to begin with quite a few lapped cars and trucks involving them in the queue, Race Management instructed lapped autos to sign up for the back of the pack on the penultimate tour and that recreated the Hamilton-Verstappen a person-two in the queue for the restart.
With protestations from the Mercedes pit wall, the race resumed on the remaining lap of the race and year and Verstappen overtook Hamilton down the inside of at Flip Five to just take the get and the crown absent from his Mercedes rival.
Verstappen results in being the initially Dutchman to acquire the title and the second for Red Bull right after Sebastian Vettel.