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Originally Posted by GuidoK
3- Hungary '21. Literally the whole field came in for slicks whereas Mercedes didn't pit HAM. He sat there on the starting grid all by himself and had to come in the next lap, causing him to fall back to last place. That he didn't win that race (with all his competitors either out of the race or with severe damage caused by BOT bowling action) is a result of very poor judgement.
So that's another win and another 7 valuable points he missed that you can't afford when you're in a tight battle for the championship.
HAM could've easily won '21 with a ~20 points lead and have Max win AD '21 if it wasn't for making stupid mistakes by himself and the team.
I think that's why he want's to win his 8th so bad. Because he knows he f#cked up.
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2021 was an odd year in certain ways. Max should have won Baku but got some freak tire blowout. MB also intentionally crashed into Max in Hungary, and Ham should not have scored any points in Bahrain given he should have received about 60 seconds of penalties due to off track limits 28 times. All in all, in a slower car, Max won more races and had more podiums, etc. He was better over the course of the season - there are no ifs, ands, or buts about that.