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Juan Pablo Montoya reacts to Abu Dhabi GP finale
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2024
- Seven-time Formula 1 race winner, Juan Pablo Montoya, shares his thoughts with Motorsport.tv's Diana Binks on the 2021 Formula 1 championship finale in Abu Dhabi.
TOPICS
00:00 - Thoughts on the race start
01:00 - Should both drivers have received a penalty for the Turn 6 incident?
02:35 - Should rules change mid-race for entertainment purposes?
05:47 - Sergio Perez's influence on the race
06:40 - How perception has changed on teamwork
08:41 - Should Mercedes accept defeat?
09:22 - How did the final call influence the perception of the season?
11:16 - Expectations for 2022
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Montoya’s the most human F1 driver. He was as quick as anyone, could have been champion in 2003 if there was no cheating. Yet he loves life outside racing so much and is a terrific family man. He’s got the best take of this controversy so far, honest, comprehensive and fair.
7 gp wins lmao. Even Ricciardo has won more than him. FACTS. He was fast but absolutely fragile and his career ended as fast as a fart. 7 gp wins. Someone else has got 7 world titles.
@@TheRealMc101 He's raced for only 5 seasons and joined Formula 1 at 26.
@@KepleroGT Yeah, exactly my man, and that proves my point quite precisely.
@@TheRealMc101 He raced the likes of Michael Schumacher in his prime and managed to win against im on track. Ricciardo fought a halfass Merc at the beginning their era and a broken Vettel with the new engines.
Knew we could count on Juan Pablo for a frank and honest view on this, very well said and spoken from experience! ❤❤
At last someone who talks some sense.
Thats depending on what channel and in what language youre watching JPM on.
Indeed. And F1 seems to have enlisted most of the media in perpetuating the lie that Verstappen won the WDC. It's sad to see so many pundits eager to toe the company line and lie on behalf of F1/Liberty Media. Of course, it's not surprising given the fact that certain former drivers currently employed as pundits can scarcely hide the hatred they have for Hamilton.
Yeah, but when he says that Lulu is not the GOAT do you still count on his frank & honest view when he speaks from experience??
@@charlesreynolds7407 it took some time to find someone?
The most honest person, in all these pundits and commentators. He said a while ago, that he would love to see Max winning the championship. His comments today shows, how honest he is. Like a lot of true fans we want a fair equal race for everyone. Not change the rules, for show. As he and several others said " The rules are there for a reason."
You can’t just base it off of one race tho just bc it was the championship decider people forget all the missed calls from all the drivers all year long..
This is by far the most honest, unbiased & exact review of the Grand Prix I’ve heard. Said it exactly like how it is. Every other pundit seems to have something invested in the FIA & F1 (obviously) and they are sitting on the fence and being PC and they sound like they don’t want to upset anyone by having a strong, correct & definitive opinion of the race. It’s like they are taking us all for fools trying to dilute what we all saw with our own two eyes & what we know to have happened. Well done Juan
Lewis not aggressive? Tell about Silverstone. So, only Max is agressive. Tell me who send a driver to the hospital.
@@augustocosta4783 you are picking the one event were.lewis said max no more and. Max.decided he would not compromise and put himself out. Considering max throughout the season forcing lewis of track etc.
@@augustocosta4783 you're new to F1 clearly.
@@augustocosta4783 Max had a choice in Silverstone, had he lifted and finished second none of these conversations would be taking place and nobody would contest his WDC. But Max is just not that bright, he would be better of going banger racing, that's more his style.
Spot on. They are infuriating in the way they won’t commit to an opinion. Lewis was cheated out of an 8th championship because the FIA is headed by three Schumacher men (Domenicali, Todt and Brawn) and they don’t want his record beaten.
Juan Pablo being honest that only ONE driver was given an advantage on the safety car. Everyone else was disadvantaged. That is not sport.
Love this guy, one of my all time favourite racers. He talks a lot of sense in this video.
Montoya was the original badass who made shumi sit up & take notice shame his F1 career fizzled out to quickly
He's mild compared to Alonso. Who's the one who sent Schummy to the wall in Monaco? Alonso.
Much respect for JPM, he was ran out from F1 because he couldn't keep up with Kimi
Montoya stood on the podium in every 3rd race he started, had 6 consecutive pole positions against the greatest Ferrari car with a 7 times champion behind the wheel, had the only overtake that had the whole press room jumping out of their chairs, set the fastest lap record that held for 14 years, won Monaco and told Ron Dennis to go F himself. Hanging around in a slow Aston Martin like Vettel and Alonso was not for him
@@arapaimagold8088 who’s the one that sent piquet into the wall at Singapore. Alonso. Cheating weasel.
@@melamauri8502 I think it was specifically because of when he ran into Kimi at turn 1 USA in 2006. If I remember correctly it was like 2 weeks later when he announced going to Nascar.
Finally a driver with balls to say the truth.
It's just another point of view, as he said. You d.umb
The difference between him and most pundits out there is that he’s got nothing to lose from being honest.
"Finally a driver with balls to say the truth"
Actually, a lot of current drivers pointed out how fukked up this was. Norris in interviews / Ricciardo on track / Alonso in post race interview.
People have been calling Lewis a paper champion for 5 years because he had the best car - they now have a true "paper champion" gifted a championship by an inept official who should have resigned this week if he had any honesty about him.
@@labeledbm let me guess another Maxipad fan boy that can't handle FACTS because it does not benefit him only hinders. Keep on with the Redbullshit
@@suavehouse3710 Guessing you can't handle the fact that Max is 2021 WDC either.
Now, do you want to talk about Imola and the benefit that Ramilton got because of the safety car? Yeah thought not.
Hilarious that JPM talked about changing tyres under red flags at Saudi, Ramilton got his damaged car repaired twice and new tyres at Silverstone and Imola, guess you don't want to talk about those moments either ...
I love that Juan Pablo is chill, detached & pragmatic.
I have listen to so many commentators & pundits, regarding this race , Juan has been the most pragmatic and honest opinion I have heard so far. I wish Sky F1 would replace Paul di Resta & Damon Hill ( I like DH ) but each time he gets confronted by the person he has giving his opinion against he wilts & changes answer? Bring on JM to Sky 1
I agree, and Rosberg
Prolly not gonna happen, they prefer British people. Rosberg is an exception for Sky
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I liked Damon but after Monza when every single person said its a racing incident (drivers, commentators, fans) the only and i mean the only different opinion came from him, and to tell it was a tactical faul (basiclly saying Max intentionally took em both out) i lost absolutely all respect to him, hes a WDC yet he acted like a clown.
@@meteraphantom9059 I agree, that is why I made the comment, during the last 4 races he gave his opinion, he buckled when he was confronted by Horner. he has always been a flip-flopper, he was weak when he was in F1, he recently admitted Michael Schuammacer bullied him, way too easy...
Finally an honest opinion from a great driver!!
Best and most accurate evaluation i have seen. Well done Juan
Montoya says it was an unfair decision and has a valid point in the third place car was not afforded the same courtesy as the second place.
Hamilton had the lead for the entire race and an official decision has changed the outcome, compromising the integrity of F1
“You don’t want to adjust the results of the racing by your calls, you need the racing to be decided by the racing! “ My country man JPM peeps …. Also known as “The driver´s driver”.
Isn’t that what happened!???
@@michaelbee8263 Nope
@@normanlazarus1836 do explain
@@michaelbee8263 Hamilton led for most of the race until Masi made a dubious decision during the last few laps of the race that gifted Verstappen the race (& therefore the championship) win. Mercedes couldn’t call Hamilton in for fresh tyres as there was a distinct possibility that the race would have ended under a safety car & Verstappen, being some distance behind Hamilton could have stayed out & taken the lead. A fairer decision would have been to red flag the race instead of deploying the safety car thereby allowing all drivers to put fresh rubber on & ensuring a ‘proper’ race for the last 4 or 5 laps including those people immediately behind Hamilton & Verstappen. That’s why.
@@normanlazarus1836 I watched the race too. I think what you’re trying to say was, it was a racing finish, but you don’t think it was a fair one. Agree?
FOR THE FIRST TIME, SOMEONE IS SAYING WHAT OTHER PUNDITS ARE NOT BRAVE TO SAY ON TV!!!!! THANK YOU JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, WE NEED PEOPLE TO JUST SAY WHATS RIGHT & WHATS WRONG WITHOUT JUSTIFYING SOMETHING THAT IS WRONG WHICH IS WHY TV PUNDITS DID ON SUNDAY & CONTINUE TO DO NOW.
Exactly !
Bull!! Montoya did exactly everything he's cribbing about when he was in F1!
Many of the pundits start by saying something along the lines: 'I have known Michael for x years' or 'Michael is an old friend'. The old management adage applies: 'you cannot be friends with the people you manage'. (I am, but I am not the best manager ;-)
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When JPM says you’re driving too aggressively, you need to calm your ass down. For those who don’t know, JPM was one of the most aggressive drivers in modern F1. He _still_ holds a few insanely fast track records. He’s always been outspoken and I loved watching him race. There were 10 whole minutes between the Latifi impact and Masi’s call to allow lapped cars through, plenty of time to have called a RED flag for a standing restart and 3-4 laps of *REAL* unadulterated racing. 🤷♂️
I wish he did better in f1 and NASCAR
Time is not an argument for the color of the flag mercedes should have pitted. Lewis was angry at his team. So was Bottas
Well even a die-hard Max fan would agree he overstepped the line towards the end of the season that went unpunished. Best driver won this year though.
As for red flagging the race, unnecessary. The incident didn't warrant the red flag.
@@pipperik No. As the RD started the race without the SC going one more lap, people were caught off guard. Red Flag was _obviously_ the best option, otherwise finish under yellow.
Some people follow F1 since last year, I doubt they can get it😎
Always liked this guy. He is bang on. Exactly this. Montoya to Race Director!
He's done everything else in racing so why not! Perfect candidate.
It states 'any cars should be able to overtake' not 'all'
@@britewires4305 Explain the difference please in a real world example.
If you had a winning lottery ticket... "Any ticket with matching numbers is entitled to the prize pot" and I said you can't have it because any does not mean all.
Get real.
@@thesolitaryadventurer yeah the grammar argument is really preposterous.
Even Masi himself contradicted himself in Germany 2020 GP.
@@britewires4305 Try understanding the linguistics and logic behind english lexical semantics, "Any cars should unlapp themselves" means *ALL* cars that need to unlapp themselves, should unlapp themselves.
I must admit, not easy for your average Joe to understand.
The first racing celebrity that has spoken out and given an unbiased opinion of what really needs to be said concerning Hamilton and Chokestappen!!
Great interview from a man who has been there. (Credit also to the interviewer who responded to Juan Pablo's comments, not just a pre-thought out script).
Love to you Juan Pablo! I bought my first BMW thanks to you!
Just read some other comments - yeah, you should be the next race director!
Then Ferrari would drop Sainz if he screwed it up and took Max off and Schumis record is done
@@ireckon6798 Ferrari is uncompetitive!
JPM you are really on the money I agree totally, thanks for speaking for us real F1 fans .
2022 will hopefully be a great spectacle if the FIA stick to their own rules and don’t be wrongly influenced by others during a race.
This guy was a BEAST in F1 back in early 2000’s
Beast in f1.
Beast in nascar.
Beast in indy.
All time great for sure
Don't remember him doing all that great in F1. Couple 3rd places.
@@dormstories the dude won Monaco. Where you been?
He was just stupid and a bad temper person. Ask the camera man.
Exactly every body was saying he was too aggressive including me.
That was a surprisingly good interview. The questions were really great and Montoya did a great job answering them.
Juan Pablo Montoya is EXACTLY RIGHT! What an absolute legend!!
True
He's a fool, complete BS. Irvine and Barrichello helpt Shumacher. Kimi helpt Massa and Massa helpt Kimi. In formula 1 he was the most aggressive driver, out of control. Formula 1 was just to much for him, he came to be a winner but left as a loser.
@@keesservaas898 Most aggresive driver? Crashtappen takes the title for most aggresive degenerate driver in history. Montoya is a legend!
@@coreycannon2493 I guess you have short memory and don't remember how Lewis raced before he had a far superior car. Even after that when Rosberg had the same car, Lewis would always push Rosberg out of the corners
@@ConanOG Lewis never had a superior car. He had superior driving skills and won 8 WC titles. He fought against the best in F1 and always came up ontop. Have a look at his record from day 1. He never needed anybody let alone the race director to change the rulebook in his favour like crashtappen. Hamilton TRUE 8 x F1 World Champion.
Just to let everyone know, from the perspective of a New Fan of Formula 1 (this is my first year watching), If the FIA or F1 did this for us, or to bring in even more people new to the sport, its had the opposite effect. Most people understand rules are in place for fair competition, making it feel real and genuine. If the rules are broken at the last lap for sake of spectacle, its no different than fake WWE wrestling, that's not a sport.
I'm also a new fan and this is exactly my reaction.
From an old fan who watched Prost and Senna and Piquet race live, I salute you.
FIA is a disgrace.
@@Albtraum_TDDC Hey thanks, that means a lot, and at least I know I am not crazy, for thinking what I watched Sunday night was a sham of a race and a disgrace to all sports. Now we are being gaslit by the FIA who think we 'misunderstand' what happened.
Thank you for your honest opinion. I.. and I'm sure a few hundred million fans feel the same way. I've never missed a race since 1986, What transpired on Sunday has me questioning whether I want to be part of this WWE fiasco, that it has become.
I’ve been watching F1 for over thirty years and my faith in the sport has been severely damaged. You can’t have a sport where the rules aren’t been followed.
1st time ive heard JPM speak the unbiased truth...about Hamilton and this particular race..
Juan Pablo Montoya one of the only ones I have heard with the confidence to say what he truly feels. far too many commentators and ex drivers have brushed this under the carpet and refused to give an opinion. Montoya was correct in saying that the end shouldn't have been decided because a race director wanted an exciting finish, it should have been in accordance with the rules normally applied when a safety car is sent out. Well done Montoya at least you had the confidence to call it for what it was. Hamilton should have had his 8th World Title a record breaking World Title but it was taken away from him. Masi is weak and Christian Horner played on that weakness and got the result he wanted and the only way he could get that result.
Lewis should have gotten a black flag in Silverstone buddy.
Juan left F1 way to early,
Masi is a complete embarassment. Calling him "incompetent" is really going out of the way to be polite. I might call for an investigation of his gambling records if I were Mercedes." The appearance of impropriety" is also giving Masi a wide berth on the track. There was no attempt at "propriety" or the appearance of it...
Montoya said it like it is and good on him for that, so many inconsistencies if the FIA rulings and totally agree.
Well said Pablo. You always say it as it is.
Never afraid to speak even on the track
The point he made about Checo is so valid. The same people that remind you about Valteri- is James incident are the ones calling Checo a legend.
Wrong!
Pablo you conducted the most honest interview I have heard these days . Thank you !!!
Not only the way the Abu Dhabi race was managed , but also the Saudi Arabia race with red flag 🚩 decision .
Why do you call this Honest? How did you determine that? not saying it is not, just curious.
@Castiel ok, moving on, nothing to see here.
This is like the world trade tower 7.
My favorite driver before Ham entered F1. Montoya was a hot head…but was super talented behind the wheel. He quit F1 bc of the politics
Senna was also disillusioned near the end. Said he enjoyed carting best of all because of the nonsense behind f1. This, unfortunately is f1
@@markfrankham1 My favorite memory as a kid was seeing Montoya win The Detroit Grand Prix. I was 9 or 10 still stuck w me. I even got a signed cap from him
@@markfrankham1 He was a monster in every series when he was younger.
Love Montoya. Now we have another type of Politics causing people to leave.
A nice and honest reaction from a former F1 driver focusing on fair racing and application of the rules in a transparent and predictable way. I still believe that although the outcome was contentious, this will improve racing in the future.
One of my childhood heroes.
Hit the nail in the head! If Masi really wanted to go racing, he would have called a “Red Flag” immediately after the crash, allowed BOTH drivers to change tyres and then given the FANS three laps to the chequered flag, alas that didn’t happen.
What did happen was a farce and a injustice that will go down as one of the worse in F1 history.
And of course then Lewis would have been champion and Masi's bank account would have been much smaller?
They almost certainly would have crashed if they had red flagged the race. The accident didn’t really warrant a red flag though.
The red flag argument confuses me. Calling a red flag for that incident would be a breach of the rules - or in the least an inconsistency, the same sort of stuff people are criticising Masi for - its double standards
Michael Bee yes. The other red flags were to repair the barriers in case another accident happened so it could then protect the 2nd driver
@@abitoutofsorts to paraphrase people’s thoughts, they think red flag would have been the ‘lesser evil’… but I’m not convinced it was a solution. The only solution was for them to start unlapping earlier.
Great to hear from JPM. The best reaction so far. He has the authority, enough experience and should be the next Race director
This is the best interview I have heard about that race. I did like him when he was in F1 ,they should give him a job in F1 next season.
Best analysis of the race so far.
Interesting what he said about Max being overly aggressive at the start . Maybe some of these blind Max fans need to watch this video . Montoya drove with his elbows out but in the spirit of fair play and fair racing .
Best analysis yet of this race. Also a great interview. That interviewer knew how to get the best out of Montoya, who is very honest.
💯% 🎯🎯🎯 👌
And you can see that JPM is trying hard to be diplomatic and not criticize Masi/F1 too severely for this outrageous destruction of F1's integrity.
@@thevoiceofreason4104 They're ALL sooo scared!
. . . "WHY"⁉️ 🥴 🧐 🤔
I agree with JPM fully, but the best point was that the FIA needed to also reign in Max for his driving. Plus, Lewis needed to drive way different when Max was behind.
The FIA are now considering punishing Hamilton for not attending their end of season presentation event. They say 'Rules are rules'. Why didn't they apply that same philosophy to the final race of the season? 😡 😡 😡
Such a good and honest assessments for the F1 future. Red flag
Vertsappen won the Champioship but he will be remembered as the Driver who won the Charity Championship and not based on merit
Maybe in England, not in Holland.
Its so ironic to hear Montoya saying Max is maybe to aggressive. I think he had forgotten his driving style in formula 1
lol I was thinking the same...
This is an amazing F1 driver who had great potential in his time making a genuine review of the end of the season race. Clearly everyone can see his review of it is totally unbiased. Which is why I've got a lot of respect for him. The likes of Ex F1 Bosses and Elite people of the sport making unregulated decisions to change the dynamics of the outcome of the race is no longer racing... selling the world a big fraud of the race. Valid points mentioned goes to show old drivers had valor and class to this modern era of cheating scums and unethical driving and team bosses. Christian Horner is destroying the prestige of F1 with his petty behaviour.
and what about toto you crybaby
The guy is maybe unbiased but he just likes to say somebody else is too aggressive. He was dirtier than Schumacher himselves. But he doesn’t seem to know the rules are changing all the time and the teams agreed to it. So not only unbiased also uninformed and probably only picked by sky to bash on max for sky being Hamilton fans.
@@lal6612 crying will be next season if the FIA allow this insanity of using the car as a weapon as max did at Jeddah so that being said and dangerous driving is allowed I hope that when Max’s head explodes next season he is the only casualty and doesn’t kill other drivers. Max never should have been allowed to race from that incident forward so he never should have been allowed to race after that offence
Very good points by JPM. I thought the same thing about Carlos in P3, what about any lapped cars in front of him that weren't waived? Masi wanted a Max vs Lewis final lap, and didn't want Carlos ruining that, or a lapped Ocon staying in between Lewis and Max.
If he did lewis would be third.
Yes, I agree with a lot of Montoya's points . Not sure if it was Masi who wanted that last lap. Remember Horner saying something like..we just need one racing lap...i.e. we just need one lap to pass Hamilton. And then there was Masi's response to Wolfe... Toto, it's called a motor race.... Masi was definitely influenced in some way (because up to that point he was intending to keep all cars as they were) and this is what really stinks.
Great driver. Great comments. And he would make a great steward. Hats off.
Juan was my favorite driver when I got into F1 as a kid. Loved his on the edge style and how he rag dolled that BMW Williams. Great analysis from JPM
@@thisisjuanhoyos That's very good to know! Even with limited F1 success Juan was very inspiring to me too, and I'm Canadian 🇨🇦🤝🇨🇴 Hope Sebastian can make it to F1 like his father
Keeping it real. Well done Juan.
Thanks JPM... i'd totlally forgotten that Carlos should have had the opportunity to fight for 2nd (or the win - I assume he would have stayed out of the way). I was more concerned that Norris couldn't challenge Bottas for 6th, as letting everyone down to Bottas unlap themselves effectively put a lap between 6th and 7th, when they would have been nose to tail if normal SC processes had been followed.
Probably my favorite take on all this. Kind of funny to hear JPM call Max’s driving agressive. :D
And he knows why he said so, xd. When he was asked about Max aggressive move on Interlagos, he said: "I know it should've been penalized cuz' every time I did a move like that I got penalized for that. Rules are rules." Xd
@@thisisjuanhoyos yea he wrote the book with i with Karen Horner
@@thisisjuanhoyos
Celosa….un poqito!
It's quite telling when one of the most aggressive drivers we've seen in F1 over the past 20 years says you're too aggressive
Juan Pablo Montoya should be a color commentator. This is the best and most impartial comment/commentary on the controversy. Lewis got ROBBED! The stewards and the FIA director got it fundamentally and ethically wrong per their own rules.
Lol! impartial because you're hearing what you want to hear sore loser. It's been a week and you still here fighting like a keyboard lion for hamilton :DDDD
I was such a big fan of Montoya when he was in F1, still remember those races. Totally agree with his assessments on the subject.
With not only the 5 cars between Hamilton and Verstappen, but all lapped allowed to pass the safety car, Verstappen would have had Sainz right behind him, ready to attack.
Sainz had old hard tyres. Sainz would have been left in the dust and needed all his skill to keep his podium.
@@eggy6857 I agree with you. Sainz wouldn't be able to attack Max with that older tyres. And Max with his fresh soft was destined to take the throne from the old king Mercedes
@@eggy6857 But at least Max would have had to look behind him and perhaps Lewis would have had more options on the restart. Maybe
@@g0balot also it would be too late to bring safety car in and the race would end before it.
Even if all the lapped cars managed to overtake the Safety car before the pit entry, the rules say the SC has to do another full lap (to let the cars catch up on the train behind SC).
The only way to legally start this race was for no cars to unlap themselves. Max would have to overtake a couple cars and then Hamilton. He would show us he's not a pussy cheater paper champ then.
The other legal way to give us fans good racing would be to Red Flag this and give us 4-5 laps of fair racing. Then Max or Hamilton would be champs.
@@Albtraum_TDDC In my view the correct solution was to do what would happen in any other race i.e. finish the race under the safety car. I am not interested in doing anything special because it was a championship decider.
Lewis was up against Max, Checo, Latifi (safety car i mean hehe) but there's no way lewis was beating Masi haha
People forget how Nelson Piquet jnr was ordered to crash in Singapore 2008..
@@a.m.armstrong8354 Nando won with Renault. It's all good.
Well played 👏 👏
Happy to see him still racing. What a talent!
Red flag baby! Absolutely right…it would have allowed a level field for not only Max and Lewis, but there were several drivers with their own final race goals that hinged on how they placed in that race. The nutty way they only partially brought the cars around hurt several drivers end of season standings. You can hear it if you listen to the other drivers comments from their cars at the end. Sad all around…except for Max.
Love Pablo, so open and sees it from a racers pint of view, and fans. Masi needs to go. You cannot reinvent the rules to favour one team and a few cars. The other cars where racing aswel
fully agree with Juan Pablo!!!
"Should rules change mid-race?"
Imagine slide tackling in soccer became illegal midway through the championship match? Imagine if uppercuts became illegal in boxing midway through a heavyweight bout? Imagine if holding penalties were lifted in the NFL midway through a super bowl? Imagine if rugby players were allowed to knock-on while behind in extra-time? Imagine John Lennon changing lyrics midway through "Imagine?"
Want me to go on?
Point is no rules where changed... Stewards are allowed to interpret rules a certain way this means different outcomes for the same situations sometimes. and To be fair Lewis had his luck with the stewards to. So i think the rules do need to change to make them more clear. and also the stewards should remain the same for the whole season so that interpretation of the rules remains the same. Also the stewards need a bigger team and talking with the stewards during the race should not be allowed.
@@Klote3241 Stewards shouldn't have to "interpret" the rules; they need to call them for what they are. When they "interpret", this made Verstappen's title feel less legit. It's not that he didn't deserve the title; he has pretty much all year long, but towards the end, Hamilton had Verstappen's number. If you're referring to at the cost of the battle ensued, then F1 just needs a better package to insure that drivers stay closer together (which they might for 2022).
In my eyes, this is a pathetic attempt at choosing entertainment over legitimacy. Like what Juan said; if you want the two to battle, throw the red flag, arrange the field in their respective spots, and have Lewis and Max battle it out. If they didn't think that far ahead, call the race. They rushed themselves to give Max another opportunity. Wasn't easy with lap traffic, but lap traffic shouldn't have been there.
This isn't an tinterpretation; this is rigging.
@@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance rigging 👏 👏 👏
@@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance you do know the job of a referee is to interpet the rules and apply Them right? That's why you have referees/umpires/stewards its litterly their job. There is no such thing as not interpeting rules at a sport that has rules that are being enforced by a reff. You can make Them more clear so that the referees can apply Them better but in the end its the referee that calls the shots.
U call it rigging i call it inconsistent ruling. They have been doing IT whole season. I mean Just look at what happend at Qatar. Or at Silverstone Hamilton gets a 5 sec penalty for highly dangerous manouvre on max.
On Monday after the race a lot of my colleagues who never watch F1 were all commenting on the race. Every one of them said Lewis was robbed.
If Masi steps down next year or he leaves for other reasons, this man will get my vote as the next race director. He’s gone wheel to wheel with the best in the past and can differentiate between an aggressive driver (like he was) and a dirty driver. In my opinion, if there’s ever anyone that understands racing from all angles it’s him. Sorry to say it, but Max pushed it a bit this year and Montoya would be the perfect man to show him where the line is.
For sure, Juan raced some of the best drivers in history.
1. Max is a great driver and despite the events of the season we had a good setup for this race with a head to head for the championship.
2. RB had the advantage because if they both DNF Max wins and Hammy has every right to fear Max’s super aggressive driving.
3. It’s a team sport despite the obvious focus on the drivers. Perez played a team role which Bottas has not done through this season. If you want it to be different then the rules must change. To my knowledge no one has complained about Perez at MB.
4. Hamilton was faster than Max all day. Perez got him on pole with some smart slipstreaming in Qualy, but he lost the advantage off the grid at the start. In my opinion, even if Hammy was asked to give the position back he would have soon passed Max but we won’t know. I think the stewards were a little tired of Max’s late braking into corners running opponents off the track. This was the third race where he had done it. I agree with JPM that this was a 50/50 call.
5. RB, with nothing to lose in 2nd place, played their cards well. MB, with everything to lose, played the only cards they had.
6. This sport is the pinnacle of motor sport. It is dangerous and expensive and the rewards are great. If the rules aren’t respected then the sport becomes a farce like professional wrestling. Let’s not go there.
7. Massi made two decisions both of which were against the rules (no one unlaps, only the cars between Max and Hammy unlap). So the question is, why did he not apply the rules as written? Christian was lobbying for the race to restart, did Massi succumb to the pressure? There’s been a lot of talk about entertainment, was that his motivation. Either way, he took the race into his own hands and his decision predictably resulted in Max winning.
8. I am surprised Massi hasn’t resigned. I assume he is waiting for the outcome of the investigation.
9. It may be the rules should change; no communication with the race director (or one way communication only), red flag the race if within 5 laps from the end and have a three lap sprint (not sure w e want more red flags), more consistency from stewards (get rid of the “guest” steward who is not experienced in the role), more consistency with SC, VSC, and Red Flags (I still can’t tell when we will see a VSC - preferable - or a SC), possibly no tyre changes under Red Flag, etc. But these changes need to be made and agreed using the same process for rule changes (and no double votes for Ferrari, they are not the force they once were).
Sadly, while I consider Max a great driver, with some faults, I do not consider he won the championship. It was gifted to him and I don’t know why. Hamilton should be the 8 time world champion, a record, and have the chance to retire at the top and pursue his other interests, or continue to race. Everything will be thrown to the wind as we discover who’s got the fastest cars next year as the formula changes. It could be that MB gets it right and Hammy wins no. 8 or that RB gets it right and Max wins an uncontroversial championship. Both are good but let’s hope Hammy is racing because the end of this season has shown that these two are by far the fastest drivers in the paddock.
You are wrong mate. The championship is not won by one race, you need to take the whole season into considiration. Lewis was unlucky in Abu Dhabi but very lucky in Imola. He lost 7 points in Abu Dhabi but gained 18 points in Imola(by a crash created by his wingman). Max was unlucky in Baku (lost 25) got robbed potentialy 50 points in Silverstone/ Hungary.
You are saying Bottas did not help Hamilton but let's not forget how he did hold up max slowing him down in an unsportive manner.
You could even argue Max was unlucky cause he got half points at Spa while he dominated there all weekend...
Please look at this article where all the statistics can be found;
f1-analysis.com/2021/12/14/2021-f1-mathematical-driver-rankings/
"I am surprised Massi hasn’t resigned. I assume he is waiting for the outcome of the investigation."
Man has no shame. There were so many new fans to this event and they were given a WWE ending. If Masi is there next year and similar things happen, I will walk away from F1 after watching since 1974 as a little kid.
@@MrN_22 Crackersplaining...not interested. I saw what happened with my own eyes
Hats off to you mate u got some good points there but Maxipad is not a great driver, he is a driver just like the rest of them. You say that only because he got close to Lewis this year and that only happened because they engineered the penalties against him to ensure just this. They wanted a different face for Formula 1 for only 1 reason which is so obvious that I am flabbergasted that you say you don't know why. BLACK MAN
@@suavehouse3710 are you fucking serious?? 🤣🤣🤣
Montoya is 100% right, if you are neutral you view what happened this season as a travesty, real fans were cheated.
Good points Juan. I'm still hurting from the way that race was run by Masi but time is a healer and next year will be great. You said a lot of sense.
A fantastic F1 driver and a really good analysis! I always remember Juan Pablo for shaking things up in F1 with on the edge driving and well-channelled aggression.
You kidding me, Montoya saying Max was too aggressive.? Montoya was one of the most aggressive drivers ever!~!!
The season is 22 races long,
it is very comfortable to forget what happened during the season.
Great views from ex F1 and Indy racer Juan Pablo Montoya. I can recall him racing in junior formulae as well.
I hope the FIA listen to this video, it is very impartial and he gives views from each perspective and from a sporting perspective.
The best summary I have heard since the race itself.
It's obvious they did not call a red flag because that would have resulted in a fair race with Hamilton being also allowed to get new tires and ending up the winner having proved the faster racer throughout the race. How can you say a championship has not been rigged. What is a championship being rigged mean to you if not when the controllers and referees of a race change the rules just before the end of a competition suddenly make decisions to ensure the clear leader in a race hasn't got chance of winning. It's very simple. For Max to be a worthy champion, he had to race the fastest and win that last race by securing the points needed to make him champion, not be left far behind by the leader and need changes to be made to the race in the middle of the race that would give him an unfair advantage and ensure the leader would be left a handicap leaving him with little chance of winning the race he had led. What must every other formula 1 champion be thinking if Max claims he has achieved what they did fairly and by being the fastest racer. He was assisted by the stewards in the previous race to get closer to Lewis by not being punished the way he should have been and yet even with that assistance he was still going to lose and so needed more help from the stewards taking it to the point it was so glaringly obvious it was embarrassing to see. I don't see how he can be satisfied with this, Horner is making a fool of him when he tells him the world sees him as a champion. Most of the world see him as a joke and illegitimate, trying to put himself side by side with other deserving champions when he has no right to be in the same room as them and did not succeed in fairly achieving what they managed to do fairly. Must must have no self respect.
I agree with everything you said, and for that reason I've started calling him *CHOKESTAPPEN* because he choked when it really mattered the most, and was owend by Sir Lewis Hamilton, all through that race until the fia gifted him that win.
Best opinion I have heard throughout this debate. JPM said just about everything I could wish for. Especially when he said That Masi should not have any contact with any of the teams, Charlie Whiting wrote them but he wouldn't have any contact during a race ever. JPM was one heck of a driver he should have won more than he did in F1, now he has spoken a lot of sense about what happened.
I've had a thought that Ferrari didn't want Hamilton to win an eighth championship beating Micheal Schumacher's seven, and who was in charge of the FIA before his departure, Jean Todt ex Ferrari man. We still have an ex Ferrari man in charge of F1 don't we?
Excellent summary of what happened, comes from the best pilot ever seen in the F1, congratulations JP
Absolutely candid, accurate and so authentic. JP still amazing
Thank you Juan Pablo. Can somebody please make sure that he get's Masi's job? Wasn't his biggest fan as a driver, but he has exactly the right view we need from a race director or head steward. Time and time again in this interview he says what F1 should be and we fans would like.
Thanks JPM - the truth - one of the most amazing in F1-history as well - was always great to watch him racing
Agree with most things except for the checo comments, checo earned his seat in those two laps. Give the man some insane credit.
Yes you know more than he does!
He never really said he disagreed, he said some people may see it that way, even Checo doesn't feel super good about it
Fine comments in the video, except for the barrichello comparison. That was apples and oranges
@@jonapants4952 It is not about technical knowledge, you don't need to know more than him..... Juan Pablo avoided to comment about Perez performance....he just criticized it and made a moral judgement in stead.....and Im sorry to tell you but in order to do that anybody can agree or disagree.
Just 🤐
Juan Pablo has always said it how it is. Great driver and his insights are from a real matador of a driver, if he says Max was too aggressive, you know it’s true.
...And this is why my racing fan's heart has ALWAYS been with JPM in his F1 guise - I know for a fact earlier in the season he wanted Max to win. Here, he says everything I thought and more, justifying the slightly empty feeling I have right now as a longtime devotee of the sport. Such a wonderful season, and it looked, honestly, to be a wonderful climax with Lewis defeating all odds, even bring people like me around, that have LONG been a critic - I was SO happy Nico won in 2016! But he really showed WHY he IS Lewis Hamilton, 7 time WDC as the season tailed out. He was another level, utter dominance, even over a crazy fast Max Verstappen in a crazy fast Red Bull that had REALLY tightened up it's game at long last, the finely honed peak of development that is the culmination of half a decade of sharpening. And then, in some bizarre turn that will forever sit uneasily, the drama was amped up arificially, in my view. NOT maliciously, in fact, as a longtime fan, I say, with GOOD INTENTIONS for the sport of F1! To have it go down to the absolute wire, a devastating powerful finale... but it kinda blew up in Masi's face, quite badly. It is not Lewis fans being butthurt crybabies as the toxic slum of social media will have you bvelieve, but, longtime observers like me, that love ALL the drivers, love watching the win, whoever it is; Ocon, Gasly, Perez... Lewis or Max. I have no shame seeing Max as champ, I feel it was always meant to happen; but I would actually not be surprised if this season was his ONLY true chance at the crown. George is coming in the fast Mercedes, we got a resurgent Ferrari, Alonso is out to disrupt everybody's plans, Tsunoda is coming online now, with a strong, strong team-mate, Albon into a Williams that is finally on the correct trajectory, Ocon, Sainz, Norris ALL in cars that can win on their day, and even, a Schumacher of all things, lagging at the back, at the moment, but punching way above his weight - one has to wonder what he would be like right now in a car that could do the job. Maybe this season was Max's last chance before the field is just too strong to assert total dominance - and, in point of fact, the last for Lewis, too, to get that 8th. I can't see him fending off each fresh young gun, especially, one has to speculate, when one of them is in the same car... Anyway, I'm empty, just wanted to add a few words to the great ones uttered by my hero, here. that bang on the head with the camera never did dull his sharp racing wits.
I respect his honest opinion totally spot on.
Montoya should be offered Masi's position.
Exactly! Well said!
every time I see this guy I have to go watch his Monza lap.
I really like Montoyas opinion he’s so impartial… and tell it how it is… and is honest.. he should be a steward or a full time commentator!!!
Love this Montoya is real. A very hard but fair racer. FIA should take over from Michael Masi!
Montoya was talented but he was indisciplined and was never able to fulfill hi potential.
This is true but man when Montoya was on it he was proper exciting. My man Schumacher had to be on his A game.
montoya talking the truth here 👌 best run down yet
Great to listen such an informed opinion from, undoubtedly, of the greatest raw-talented drivers that there ever was!🏆
Lewis is 2021 champion and Max 2021 Netflix Tv entertainment fixed champion
Lewis fanboys are 2021 Sore Losers champion
@@rijkemans5114 the truth pains I guess 😂😂😂😂
Max Verstappen in 2021:
Most wins (10)
Most laps led (651)
Most pole positions (10)
Most podiums (18 - a new record)
A season to remember 👏
yea thats F1 for you... he was in the best car. What else do you expect? RedBull build the car around Max... all the former team mates know it.
Montoya is a legend and a real racer also spot on
Lol... Montoya's forgotten how he drove in F1 back in the day. Max drives exactly like him!
The screw up was all Michael Masi's; Max just did what he had to do. We all know people who cannot handle external pressure to change their minds. Typically they do not captain aeroplanes or ships or command armies. To put it more nicely, Michael Masi is too nice a guy for the job he has; people take advantage.
@@jaidankMassi didn't screw up. He made a harsh judgement at worst and stretched the interpretation of the rules. The same thinking has helped Mercedes all year and esp in this race on the first corner! To blame him bec nobody could foresee what would happen is unfair. He took the best decision he could.
@@jaidank Masi wilted like wet lettuce. Christian Horner must have compromat on the guy!
@@a.m.armstrong8354 Mercedes were too focused on losing track position to RB. When Lewis asked Bono why didn't we pit, he told Lewis bec they might lose position to RB with one lap to go, but, they didn't gamble on safety car being brought in! Merc's defensive strategy lost it for Lewis.
@@V12F1Demon why would you gamble if you were already leading and showed more pace than your competitor for the whole race, plus risk another collision with max who did not fear a crash. Mercedes did what they had to do.
The thing is with the safety car incident I can’t think of any other race where they have just let the cars between the leaders go through and then start the race, even when they let the cars through they should of still waited until the cars released have caught up with the pack before letting the safety car come in. The safety car was also driving noticeably slower than usual was this also done under the direction of the steward so they wouldn’t run out of laps, there has been too many inconsistencies at the end of this race for it not to have been fixed.
Also the marshalls cleaning up the mess in a record time😂
I can't remember if it was Lewis who said it when talking back to his team but he even mentioned that the safety car was going noticeably slower especially on straight aways
@@theobyrd9023 Yeah it was LH, and he said it more than once.
@@theobyrd9023 Lewis cries about everything He wanted the safety car to speed up so he would win under Yellow. The drivers were told they would do everything to finish green.
Gentleman’s agreement not to finish under SC. Who’s surprised Mercedes can’t be bothered with respecting a gentleman’s agreement?
Perfectly well said Juan... Legend!
Agreed! I've always like Montoya and his analysis was right on point! 😎
For once salty Montoya said the correct things as a driver he knows a fix when he sees it
In all this media coverage with Lewis and Max Iv just realised that Carlos was behind 2 lapped cars who where also behind max!!
So why wasn’t they allowed to go through with 5 as well??
Lewis, max and Carlos that would mean all 3 bunched up to fight for the win and Carlos has every right too as well.
🤨 who else has twigged this?
Very Surprised Ferrari haven’t piped up yet because surly on cold tyres he could have lost 3rd place
So he could have lost 3rd on cold tires but also would have been able to fight for the win?
@@RagedBsquared all I’m asking is why wasn’t he allowed to move up? let’s be honest he had every right too. Like masi said it’s called a race
Entonces team should get involved and protest
@@escos0410 Race control messed up. Lapped cars should have passed Lap 56. Check Jolyon Palmer analysis. Call to lapped cars came too late which is the controversy. Mercedes wanting track position is what eventually doomed Lewis.
@@RagedBsquared Yes, I real racing you never know.
Great view on what happened especially the option he raised to red flag it and have a 3 lap sprint to the finish all on fresh tyres. Would have been the most fair solution and just as safe if not safer for marshals etc. Happy with the Max win but none the less JPM does give the best option of what should have been done. Same thing about teambosses being able to contact Masi during the race. But as he said, all in hindsight. But lessons should at least be learned from this
(Edit 20/12/2021)
In hindsight of hindsight after some back and forth discussion with @Nautijan got a bit different view, and given the things discussed and agreed upon by teams and race directors in the pre-race briefing Masi probably did the best thing possible in the situation as it was. Nonetheless they should have a look at it. Maybe something can be done, maybe not. On to 2022! happy holidays to all!
Racing isn't fair. It's a red flag condition or its not, and it wasn't.
I think there's a rule that if the race was red flagged when 75% of its laps then the race is not resumed.
Masi simply knew ahead of time that he was trying to orchestrate an interesting final lap for TV. He simply underestimated how much he would tarnish the season and F1 as a whole. Not mad at any winner. But Max’s victory is forever tarnished and LHs possible record breaking season was demolished by external forces. Simple overreach that will go down in history.
@@tazzat6944 if theres so few laps to go and its this decisive, it would have been the best and safest situation. No pressure on marshalls, everybody a chance to put on fresh tires, and a great show. So why not. Theres always lessons to learn. Just being static and think its not a red flag situation doesnt bring solutions. What about just part of the lapped cars that were let through? All these people were denied to finish their race in a decent way. A red flag would have been a great solution.
I dont complain about Verstappens title, because judging the whole season he deserves every bit of it(and im dutch ;)). Masi in general is a good raceleader, refreshing after the Whiting era, makes quick and usually the right decisions, but here it could have been done better, and im pretty sure Masi agrees.
@@ItsTheNada both drivers gave their all and i fully understand Mercedes feels this was not completely done right, and it also leaves a stain on an otherwise deserved championship. Drivers have no blame in this as you say. Great respect for Hamilton, and his dad. Their congratulations were sincere and showed true greatness and a kind heart. Its a bit of a pity, but what a season. Max had his fair share of bad luck so as Alonso said it well, he deserved a bit of luck :)
Juan Pablo Montoya answer to this question 2:35 is spot ON.. 100% they should have red-flagged if they wanted GREEN flag and wheel to wheel racing at the end..
Maybe or maybe not. Why should they reward Mercedes for choosing the wrong strategy? Pitstops at the right time are part of the race and the charm.
Thanks
Montoya was my favourite driver in the Schumacher years. Only driver who was not scared of Schumi
Kimi ?
Montoya at his best speaking his mind. Juan is amazing driver and I hope to see his son continue to push in his racing career.
Wow! There is still integrity and honesty in this world.
Great to hear a side from veteran. Totally agree with everything he said. They should of waved red flags considering the debri, equipment and Marshals on track
Hamilton said on the radio during the safety car, there was no debris, and we should be racing, he should have keeping quite. 😉
The best decision for FIA and Formula1 is to fire Michael Masi
Nobody has been able to call it better in my opinion in this scenario. He was completely unbiased and objective about what happened and what went wrong and what would have made it better. I love that. He made a lot of valid points. Race director not being influenced or contacted by team bosses etc. The difference between team mates being applauded for playing the team game as opposed to being crucified for doing the same thing. How the race could have been finished to make it more of an even playing field. I really appreciate him being bold enough to say what needs to be said.