A year ago today, I – like 108.7 million others – sat in shock and awe at the events that unfolded in the closing stages of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

As a Mercedes fan, I sat with tears running down my face wondering how one of the greatest seasons at the pinnacle of motorsport could be decided based upon how a regulation was interpreted.

Rightly so, the Red Bull contingent were delighted, revelling in Horner’s cry of ‘Max Verstappen you are the world champion’ and I don’t want to rid them of that, as much as it still pains me to say it, Max probably deserved to win.

Yet many (myself included) believe an injustice occurred and the exclamation of ‘No Michael, no!’ still rings in my ears as the immediate reaction of Toto Wolff realising what we all didn’t dare to think was broadcast to the world.

We could argue about who was right and who was wrong in Abu Dhabi until we’re blue in the face, everyone has their own opinion and is fully entitled to but I think it’s something the Formula One community will never agree on.

For reasons that I don’t fully understand, the online F1 community is toxic, anyone who dares to doubt another person’s favourite driver or team is a heathen and Abu Dhabi 2022 took that to a whole new level.

You were either team Max or team Lewis, no in- between. The other side would think you’re wrong no matter what you say and I’d suggest it made being in the F1 community harder than ever.

Nicholas Latifi suffered untold online abuse for something that was out of his hands, Lewis Hamilton left social media for so long we speculated whether he would leave the sport and many F1 fans were bullied for their views.

Many argue about what the impact of Abu Dhabi was – did it diminish the integrity of the sport? Did it lead to an illegitimate world champion being crowned? Would F1 ever recover?

The answers to all of these questions cannot be answered in the space of a year: the sport is as popular as ever and new fans don’t seem to care; Max is 100% world champion and nothing will change that; Formula One is going from strength to strength.

Despite this, that night in Abu Dhabi will go down in F1 folklore as one of the greatest moments the sport has ever seen and who was right will be debated for all of eternity.

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