To be clear, when we suggested yesterday that the results of the stewards investigation into whether Max Verstappen breached double-wave yellow flags at the end of Q3 would be announced during the national anthem we were only half joking. Indeed, such is the way the sport is developing, a cross between a soap opera and WWF, nothing would surprise us anymore. The fact that the final grid positions of the three drivers - one of them in contention for the title - isn't known less than two hours before the start is either down to incompetency or for dramatic purposes. Of course, the sport's powers that be are torn, for on the one hand there is the scenario whereby Max is demoted five or ten...
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