As a none F1 fan, this season seems to have been finely balanced for a change, and the monopoly broken, that has to be good for the sport (?). Merc and Red Bull went into this race as “Equals” so, this race aside, a welcome change was in the air.
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After an 11 second lead with only 8 laps to go, was wiped out by the ‘unfortunate’ Latifi incident, his tyres were not good enough to race Verstappen until the end…But you know that Don’t you Donkeyman…
The FIA punished Hamilton at the end, there was no need to penalise him at the start…They knew he was never going to win. He’s shaken too many trees and was getting too big for his boots, he had to be slapped down.
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This is true and the powers at the top were just waiting for a chance to do this; Latiffi handed the opportunity to them just at the right time so they gleefully accepted it. This is what always happens when big money rules sport.
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@ Primus, Exactly my point Primus!
I was just making a point to OGF!
Donkeyman l. 
@LongDriver , All that you and OGF say is possible ?
But in this instance highly unlikely ?
For this “conspiracy” to work it would need race control to
contact Latifi via the team radio as to when to deliberately
crashmhis car?
If they did that everybody would know about it wouldn’t they ??
I find the whole idea laughable 
Donkeyman!
Stranger things have happened at sea Donkey…At it certainly isn’t beyond the realms of possibility, even if your mind can’t stretch to thinking outside the box…
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Any car crashing and causing yellow flags would cause this F1 governing body hoped for incident. It could have been any car crashing to do so and Latiffi just happened to be the driver. No crash was planned, but I do believe the action taken WAS preplanned IF a crash did take place. To repel any flack, the two new options were offered to Red Bull alone and of course they took the most damaging option against Mercedes.
No, this is definitely bad for F1 as a so called sport but not for the big money behind F1, which with all the sponsorship, is what F1 is really about and the drivers are merely a necessary encumbrance as Bernie Ecclestone was once heard muttering when he thought the mics were off.
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Whatever happened last Sunday, I believe the race was deliberately meddled with for optimum excitement from what has been a procession over the last few years. The best races I’ve watched were those when the top drivers either crashed out, or some other catastrophe shuffled the usual driving order and made for exciting and unexpected finishes.
It’s a bit disappointing when only two drivers dominate F1.
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