It was hard to think that the Formula 1 circus could top the polemics of the penultimate race of the season at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, however, the omnipresent fear and thoughts of an F1 championship set to be decided in Abu Dhabi ending with a decision parallel to the on-track action was doing the rounds, and it finally became a reality when, at lap 53/58, Nicholas Latifi’s and Mick Schumacher’s wheel-to-wheel racing concluded with the Williams’ driver on the wall, and with that, hell unleashing at Race Control office and at the top of the racing package that was being led by Lewis Hamilton.

Red Bull representatives like Jonathan Wheatley and Christian Horner, as was Toto Wolff from Mercedes' side, didn’t wait for a second and desperately tried to take initiative on Michael Masi’s decisions regarding the incident at the back of the grid that changed everything at the front of it.

"Michael, please no Safety Car, it interferes with the race," said Wolff earlier in the race when Giovinazzi retired.

"Why aren't we getting these cars out of the way? We only need one racing lap," came from Horner, as the safety car was finally deployed and Max Verstappen took advantage ready to strike at a 40-laps-hard-tyres old Hamilton, with a new soft compound on the #33 Red Bull.

Chaos broke loose when the Race Director ordered Lando Norris, Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel to unlap themselves (Daniel Ricciardo, Lance Stroll and Mick Schumacher as the left lapped cars in the grid stayed where they were), leaving Hamilton and Verstappen with nothing between them to decide the WDC at lap 58/58 of the race.

Wolff was incensed.

“No, Mikey, no, no, Mikey, that was so not right.”

"Michael! Michael! You have to go back a lap."

And the nightmare was just starting.

Now, in the wake of a very polemic of an unforgettable F1 year, Formula 1’s managing director of motorsports, Ross Brawn, has stated that the intention for 2022 is to stop the communications between the teams and the FIA/Race Control that F1 developed and broadcasted for the first time in this 2021 season.

“We will stop this contact next year,” Brawn said, according to AutoMotorundSport.com. “It’s unacceptable that team bosses put Michael under such pressure during the race. It’s like the coaches negotiating with the referee in football."

“Toto can’t demand there shouldn’t be a Safety Car and Christian can’t demand the cars have to un-lap. That’s at the discretion of the race director.”

"The decision in the last lap is a highlight that can't be topped," added Brawn. "Unfortunately, the protest takes the shine from the finale a bit."

Even though it looks settled, the F1 latest crowned World Champion matter is officially on hold as Mercedes has lodged a notice of the intention to appeal the Stewards’ decision of dismissing the team’s two protests about the Abu Dhabi GP final results.

The Brackley-based team has 92 hours to make the final decision on the appeal since the announcement of the intention. In what is definitely an unforgettable year of racing in the pinnacle of motorsport that doesn’t seem to reach the end of the line.