Procedure and rule. if they didn't, could you imagine??? Mercedes would somehow petition to have russell be second due to full infringement of procedure. sjd
Given the resources and the manpower of FIA, why wasn't there someone from FIA who just wrote down all the possible scenarios and the actions that should be taken according to the regulation (and if needed further update the regulation), to avoid confusions like we saw today. It's not rocket science, is it?
They have that, it just takes time to get it sorted and for them to give the ruling per the 8.23.1.3 section of the FIA rule book.