Moving on
It seems the Qatar and Saudi Arabia GP shenanigans were simply precursors to the Abu Dhabi ‘you couldn’t have written it’ championship finale. I have to say, regardless of everything else, this race provided one hell of a last lap, edge-of-the-seat drama. Could Netflix have dreamed for better? Mercedes is being sensible in not pursuing legal action concerning the controversial outcome. If not Toto Wolff, then the Mercedes hierarchy have realised that, apart from little likelihood of winning – especially as there is no obvious redress that could be sought – the German automotive giant’s reputation risked the inevitable accusations of sour grapes and being bad losers. After all, the company is not in F1 to generate bad publicity. However, the failure of team principal and driver to attend the annual prizegiving…