A race really should be simple. You get to the end before anyone else, you win. That’s how it works. Right? Well, in Formula 1, only usually. Here things are never necessarily quite so simple. We had our latest demonstration in Canada last weekend. As has been much ruminated on during and since, Sebastian Vettel getting to the chequered flag first was in fact an optical illusion, and we knew as much in advance. As he was getting five seconds added to his race time for an earlier incident where he rejoined the track ahead of his pursuer Lewis Hamilton. After the punishment was confirmed, Hamilton sat on the Ferrari’s gearbox to a nicety, and – officially – got the...
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