In F1, like many sports, the fate of an entire season often comes right down to the wire – and it is not always pretty.
In the heat of battle, the so-called pinnacle of motorsport has had its fair share or controversial finales.
The ill-tempered Ayrton Senna-Alain Prost championship fights of the late 1980s and early 1990s made way for Michael Schumacher and his contentious title deciders in 1994 and 1997.
After that, F1 enjoyed a period of relative calm when it came to season finales – but that does not mean they did not occur.
Some of the greatest championship showdowns took place in the late 2000s and early 2010s, including Lewis Hamilton’s near-miss in 2007, his redemption in 2008 and Sebastian Vettel’s improbable recovery in 2012.
Following 24 years of relatively straight-forward conclusions to campaigns, F1 was brought back to earth with a thud in 2021, when Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s fiercely contested season descended into chaos in the year-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Perhaps tainted by a smidgen on recency bias, a whopping 76% percent of F1 fans view that fateful race at the Yas Marina Circuit to be the most controversial championship decider in the series’ history – and no other option came close.
Check out the full results of the latest poll by RacingNews365 below. Let us know what you think in the comments section.
