If Formula 1 shot itself in the foot on Sunday in Canada, as some have reported after the race, then a cynic might suggest it was remarkable there was anything left to hit. The billion-dollar sport has faced many similar moments of self-induced harm over the years, sometimes with good reason, but controversy has also been the life-blood that keeps it in the conversation. The farcical six-car United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2005 and the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix, tarnished by Ferrari ‘team orders’, remain talking points years later. Sunday’s race in Montreal may come to occupy a similar place in history, not least for Sebastian Vettel’s rage and emotional post-race...
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