Here’s How Mercedes F1 Can Win the Appeal Against Max Verstappen to Hand Lewis Hamilton the Title

This is Article 48.12 – contentious issue is likely to circle around why only a few lapped cars (the ones between Hamilton & Verstappen) were given the signal to unlap themselves. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP pic.twitter.com/ZAjNqMrJqU

— Phillip Horton (@PHortonF1) December 12, 2021

Will Mercedes exercise this?

Speculating from the reactions in the Mercedes garage, Lewis Hamilton, and in the extended fan base of Mercedes, there’s little doubt in whether they will bring this to FIA’s notice.

But then again, it was FIA itself, in the form of Michael Masi, that made the decision. So logically, there is no reason why Mercedes’ appeals will be entertained.

Yet, if there’s anything we’ve learned from this season, is that things don’t always go as they are expected to.

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