I don't get all the negativity, its clear that masi did what he did because he wanted the championship to finish in a race, not behind the safety car. And I don't think anyone could fault him for that. If hamilton had pitted and max stayed out, I would still have wanted to see them race to the line.
Ask yourself this. If latifis accident was a lap earlier, the cars had all unlapped themselves, and the safety car had come in a lap later, and everything else played out exactly the same, would you still be upset by the result?
At least the rules would have been followed. Mercedes actually had no option to win this one once the race director decided to part follow the rules.
it’s a farce. I suspect the biggest issue will be that only some cars were allowed to be unlapped.