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Originally Posted by Marcoose
Wins, podiums, poles, fastest laps, etc, are totally irrelevant in a F1 championship. The champion is the one with most points. Even if by 1/2 point. Keke was champion with only 1 win. Barely. Verstappen –a brilliant driver– finished the 2021 championship with most points because Massi failed to apply the racing rules correctly at the last race. Why is it so difficult to understand that?
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The "469" figure for led laps (as well as the "395.5" and "585.5" figures for WDC and WCC points) could have been higher if the main competitor hadn't committed an act during the British 2021 Grand Prix judged by the FIA race stewards as
"predominantly at fault". 0 points, a wrecked car ($1.8 million of damage) and a visit to the hospital. The red flag because of the crash allowed sufficient time for repairs to the culprit's car. And "Getting harder to follow Valtteri" was later followed by "And team order: do not fight with Lewis" and "Okay Valtteri, we invert the cars into turn 15 this lap"
team orders to ensure to bag 25 P1 points. So yeah, there you go with your "points".
The 2021 F1 season lasted 22 Grand Prix races (and 3 Sprint races) instead of 1.
