Despite starting from pole, Verstappen lost the lead to Hamilton at the first turn.
Mercedes filed two protests regarding the Safety Car restart procedure and Verstappen ’s positioning, both of which were dismissed by stewards FIA Inquiry: A subsequent FIA investigation concluded that gp abu dhabi 2021 f1 carrera completa
. The Safety Car was brought in immediately for a one-lap shootout Verstappen , with vastly superior grip, overtook at Turn 5 to win the title Final Race Classification Constructor Time/Status Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:30:17.345 Lewis Hamilton Carlos Sainz Jr. Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda Full Race Results Post-Race Aftermath Despite starting from pole, Verstappen lost the lead