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Saturday, January 8, 2022, 8:42 AM
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Of course, at the beginning of the year, the energy drink bar still wanted to sweep in both titles, but when they arrived at a crossroads, they put their best effort to having an individual World Cup title.
And it worked, because in the final race, with some luck, Lewis Hamilton, who had been in a clearly faster car for weeks, won the World Championship with one final lap overtake.
Thus, they failed to break Mercedes ’uninterrupted dominance in the manufacturers’ championship since 2014, but at least they managed to beat the individual title away from Lewis Hamilton. At some points in the season, Red Bull had a faster machine, and at other times (such as through the last four race weekends), Mercedes.
“Mercedes has swept the constructors’ lead again, despite the Silver Arrows suffering spectacularly in pre-season testing. The rule changes have had a negative impact on the barn, but Red Bull appears to have been helping, ”former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer explained in the Formula1.com columns.
“Like the individual World Championship title, it has been terribly tight throughout the year, but there’s no question that the Mercedes was stronger in the second half of the season. There wasn’t much difference between the No. 2 drivers, Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez did their part, but while the Finn stood out more with his time trial results, Perez’s strength was the pace of the race. ”
Hamilton said in November, more important is the constructors’ championship title – are they now happy?
“Clearly, after a while, Red Bull has focused much more on getting the individual championship title than on the constructor. For this reason, Perez’s race has been sacrificed several times, including in Silverstone and Abu Dhabi. And Mercedes may regret afterwards that Bottas was able to overtake Hamilton, who is slowing down with a damaged car. ”
“Red Bull made a logical, understandable and rewarding decision last year to do everything in its power to win the individual title, and Mercedes will have so much consolation that in 2021 the German factory barn will continue to be the best team.
Lewis Hamilton once said during the hair of the season that for him, winning the constructor world title is more important than the individual. In principle, then, everything was fine, as Hamilton was only second in the composite, but his team, Mercedes, triumphed. Although his demeanor since then doesn’t really reflect that he would indeed be so happy with the constructor’s title while failing his possible eighth World Championship victory. But then why did you say that before?
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