MAX VERSTAPPEN won a chaotic and controversial Australian GP – which raised more questions about the FIA’s ability to referee F1 races. It was a controversial decision to stop the race with many drivers feeling that the stewards were too cautious. The two sparred over the duration of the race until it was turned on its head just three laps from the end. It meant that the race came down to the final two laps – just as the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP should have done. “They need to wait until after the race to discuss it with me.”. Amid the chaos, the stewards again red-flagged the race with just a lap remaining. It was anticlimactic, but this time it was fair – perhaps how the Abu Dhabi race should have ended too.

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