Mercedes has confirmed that it intends appealing the Abu Dhabi stewards dismissal of its protest.
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Today's post-race press conference with Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz.
It was going to need something from the racing Gods in the last ten laps, thank goodness for that safety car.
Mercedes protest relating to a potential breach of the safety car lapped car procedure has been dismissed.
We brought home a very good result, the best of the year, and collected 22 points with Yuki in 4th and Pierre in 5th position, having started the race in 8th and 12th.
Our race today was a fitting end to what has been a very memorable campaign. Both Fernando and Esteban battled hard and dug deep to score double points.
It wasn't the way that we wanted to secure our championship position; however, we can still be proud of the work we did earlier in the year which got us into a strong position.
Mercedes has issued two protests following today's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, both citing the event’s controversial restart.
All three compounds played an important role, standing up extremely well to the challenge of this new track layout.
That was not what we were hoping for - a double points finish was our aim - but we simply did not have the race pace necessary.
Max Verstappen wins the 2021 Formula One World Championship in a race mired in controversy and from which the sport will find it hard to recover.