And, let’s be honest, the only reason Max wasn’t still ahead in the points is because Hamilton put him in the wall at Silverstone...a week after Wolff said Hamilton was “one Max DNF from title fight”...and then Bottas played billiards the following week pushing Max off track...and that tire failure in Azerbaigan.…

Masi needs to be fired. If they wanted to end under green, you red flag immediately and bring everyone in. Sort it out without burning laps.

If you think F1 is no longer a sport because of questionable officiating decisions, I'm afraid you don't watch many sports.

Russell after Spa…

But they didn’t allow the other cars to unlap themselves. And it affected no-one negatively. None of the lapped cars’ teams complained.

There is no basis for that claim. A few cars not being unlapped didn’t affect Mercedes in any way. Even those not allowed to unlap are not complaining! Mercedes was not wronged in any way by a few cars not being unlapped. It didn’t affect anyone’s safety. No-one complained about it on the basis of it affecting their…

Often in legal matters the intended consequences, the spirit of the regulations and the effects on the outcome are very important too.

All or some cars unlapping is irrelevant to Lewis and Mercedes’ race. It didn’t affect them. The only teams it could’ve affected was the few cars not allowed to unlap, and as it happens they too were not affected since none was anywhere near battling those who were allowed to unlap.

Based on what? Lewis was not affected by a few cars not being allowed to unlap themselves, they played no part in his race.

Lol, it’s pretty weak for Mercedes to try to nitpick about a situation where Lewis purposefully brake-checked Max specifically to force him to be a few centimeters ahead for a split second while they were preparing for Safety Car release, right after the race where Lewis drove right into the back of Max during the…

Regarding (3) (the first lap incident), Masi said that Hamilton had given back to Max the advantage he gained by going off track - that he was entitled to a lead but not THAT much of a lead. Yet we never saw Lewis slow enough to allow Max to draw within even a car’s length, and hell, they were side-by-side going into…

I would be fine with either team taking the trophy today, both had their successes and left the door wide open for the other plenty of times.

Nah. You EARN wins, you don’t DESERVE them.

Aside from the fact that Max won more races this year, and the ones he didn’t win were the result of tire failure, DNFs which were the result of being punted off the track by Mercedes drivers, and grid penalties due to necessary engine replacements that resulted from said punting.

But do go on.

Haha, true! Meanwhile Bottas:

HA HA HA HA!!! That response was glorious! Their social media team deserves a raise!

Exactly.

Masi didn’t fuck up anything, except Max’s initial pass when Hamilton wasn’t ordered to give the place back. Max clearly overtook from him fairly and Hamilton gained back the position off the track.

Michael and Derek only made a questionable call at the beginning of the race when they went totally against all precedents and the rules they’ve set, but incredibly luckily that didn’t end up deciding the race and therefore the race didn’t end with a bad aftertaste.

Well you’ll be glad to know Toto decide to lodge a complaint. And if they win Lewis will have an asterisk next to this world championship. But I am sure you’ll be absolutely fine with that.