The end of an era: that's what they're all saying. And what a thrilling run it has been. Never again will we witness such a dominating performance in a rookie season as Nikita Mazepin's. He ended it all in the most loser-y way possible: by qualifying last then catching Covid and missing the race. He easily topped the points in Abu Dhabi. We salute you, king of spins.
Alfa Romeo topped the constructor points for the first time since the Portuguese grand prix. A possibly demotivated Kimi Raikkonen retired mid-race with brake problems (the car, not him), while Giovonazzi had his own terminal technical trouble. Williams follow just behind with their own double retirement, one of which caused a dramatic end to the race – not sure what happened: we never watch the front of the race.
A whole bunch of retirements at Yas Marina, including retirement points for Nikita not turning up. It's always fun when this injects a whole load of extra points into our Losers team scores.
Read on for all the points in Abu Dhabi.
RACE POINTS IN ABU DHABI: DRIVERS
Race Finish: Schumacher 4 | Stroll 3 | Ricciardo 2 | Vettel 1
Did Not Finish: Giovinazzi 10 | Latifi 10 | Mazepin 10 | Perez 10 | Raikkonen 10 | Russell 10 (Mazepin was a DNS and gets the DNF points under League rules)
Earliest Exit: Mazepin 5 | Raikkonen 5 (Raikkonen was the first actual retirement on lap 25, but it's only fair to give the same points to Mazepin for "retiring" even earlier)
Backwards Bonus: Norris 5 (went from 3rd to 7th)
Race Win: Max Verstappen –25 (subject to appeal, but the League result will stand)
Beige Flag: Mazepin 10 (for catching Covid-19^ and missing the race – thankfully he's asymptomatic)
Beige Flag: Ocon 10 (for the slap on the wrist^ for impeding Vettel in qualifying)
Beige Flag: Ricciardo 10 (for facing Christmas in quarantine^)
In summary:
|
Mazepin |
25 |
Stroll |
3 |
|
Raikkonen |
15 |
Vettel |
1 |
|
Ricciardo |
12 |
Tsunoda |
0 |
|
Latifi |
10 |
Gasly |
0 |
|
Russell |
10 |
Sainz |
0 |
|
Giovinazzi |
10 |
Leclerc |
0 |
|
Ocon |
10 |
Alonso |
0 |
|
Perez |
10 |
Bottas |
0 |
|
Norris |
5 |
Hamilton |
0 |
|
Schumacher |
4 |
Verstappen |
-25 |
See how this affected your Losers Team here.
RACE POINTS IN ABU DHABI: CONSTRUCTORS
Race Finish: Aston Martin 4 | Haas 4 | McLaren 2
Did Not Finish: Alfa Romeo 20 | Haas 10 | Red Bull 10 | Williams 20
Race Win: Red Bull –25
Beige Flag: Mercedes 10 (for their post-race protests being dismissed by the FIA^)
Beige Flag: Red Bull 10 (for getting embroiled in the weirdest 'happy crash-mas' commercial^)
In summary:
|
Alfa Romeo |
25 |
Aston Martin |
4 |
|
Williams |
20 |
AlphaTauri |
0 |
|
Haas |
19 |
Ferrari |
0 |
|
Mercedes |
10 |
Alpine |
0 |
|
McLaren |
7 |
Red Bull |
-5 |
See how this affected your Losers Team here.
MORE POINTS
Here are the Losers Team scores for Abu Dhabi.
And here's how it's affected the final 2021 Standings.
Access your personal team page here.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Just a deep void of unhappiness where we play racecars with the bananas in the fruit bowl while waiting for the start of next year's League. Still. We have an F1 Losers League 2021 champion, which is nice.
