Look how bad Mercedes initially fucked up on the current regs. They went from 7 in a row to having a car that almost rattled Hamilton's teeth out of his head when the rules changed. They had to start over from scratch after their initial design was so bad. Red Bull was historically dominant just 2 years ago and now they have the one of the slowest cars in the field. The same thing is probably going to happen to McLaren when other teams start hiring talent away from them. There's no safe way to pick ahead of the changes. Either you pick a good team and commit for the long haul or you wait a year and go where they have it figured out.
You're basically guessing when it comes to picking who will figure out the new regs first. History says 1 team is going to do it significantly better than the rest of the field and everyone else will be playing catch up for at least a year or 2. A 1 year deal is probably Max's best option if he doesn't want to gamble on ending up in a bad car.
I would put George and LeClerc at about the same level. They are both capable of good performances particularly in qualifying, but also like to shit the bed at less than ideal moments.
We can't talk about it now. We have to wait until the news cycle moves on to the next thing to make sure that nothing is actually done to prevent future tragedies like it. We'll just sit around and pray real hard until that happens.
Now imagine Dusty was still around and all the subs were in the lineup spot of the player they were replacing. Oh look, some guy named Short is leading off tonight and Trammell is hitting 3rd.
It was pretty much the perfect time to do it from F1's point of view if you think about it. McLaren ended up with the exact same number of points and Lando won, so they weren't going to bitch too much about it after the race. The drivers are going to immediately stop doing it also because no one will want to risk losing a race over it.
I don't think a warning was necessary. The drivers all know it's against the rules. The safety car was having trouble staying on track in some of the corners so it wasn't a great time to play games with Max. I would say that probably contributed to him getting a 10 second penalty.
No car may be driven unnecessarily slowly, erratically or in a manner which could be deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers or any other person at any time whilst the safety car is deployed.
They had the telemetry from his car, so they had a good idea if it was enough to be considered erratic. He also did the same thing on an earlier restart.