For those closely following F1, none of that will come as a surprise, you could read between the lines in interviews and see what was going on, Monaco being the most obvious example.
Same with the covid, most notably after Hungary.
Large chunks of ignorant fans outside this forum have been eagerly jumping the gun in comparing this season as a fair fight, and using it to measure this driver 1 to 1 with a top competitor in max.
Truths out; Hamilton has been affected by covid for a long time, something I can personally relate to and empathise with as I experienced long term viral fatigue effects since last year, although unlike him, I still experience it, but I’m close to 95% recovered. I wonder how much of a role this played in his performance this year. He certainly has looked more on it as the season progressed.
It seems the W12 was pegged back and MCS have been fighting this championship with one hand tied behind their back with larger commitment to 2022 against RB who, with Honda, have thrown everything at this year and left nothing on the table.
It’s crazy the one Silverstone upgrade was this potent and that a lot of the performance now is still coming from optimising the car set up.
The reset in 2022, MCS will be difficult to keep behind for long if what we’ve seen this year is them not competing at their full,potential.