[James]

Originally Posted by Drew.

The Mercedes team are a joke, imagine having a chance to win the title after a years worth of work only to pretty much be told not to fight for it at the end.. Lewis did the right thing. I'm happy for Nico but he isn't even in the top 3 drivers in the championship, he never really does anything out of the ordinary and in times where he's had to pull something out of the bag he messes things up for either himself or the team. can't help but think hes got really lucky this year. I guess thats F1 though, the most powerful cars win and not always the best drivers.. Verstappen on the other hand can't wait to see more of him next year

I think it's just that they are technocrats used to treating the sport as a science and doing things by the numbers.