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Sometimes a race will end behind a SC, because an accident happens with a few laps left.
It doesn't mean you meddle with the race in order to get a "race finish".
Again, it all comes down to contrivance, and making the sport look like a farce. Which is fine if you accept that - coming from a pro wrestling fan, it can be really fun. But call it like it is if you do. Don't use a poorly written rule book that can be left to interpretation in order to say why you're right. Might as well argue about the Bible in that case.
Also yes this resulted in Max winning, and if the roles had been reversed, they likely would have done the same thing. Nobody is saying this was done to give Max the win (OK I said that when I was really mad, but I took it back). It's the meddling with the race that's an issue, not who got the win in the end.
Red Bull look like geniuses changing tires, not because they knew the stewards would fuck with the race in their favour, but they knew that it could happen, and were ready for it when it did. Mercedes took an approach as if the race would be run in a consistent way.. I guess you could argue that was a mistake in itself.
If that's the type of strategy you like, fine. All sports can be a bit fucky, and strategies come out in order to take advantage when they do. But meh... Just be consistent is all I'd ask for if you're talking about an actual sport.
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