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‘Artificially slowing Mercedes down the only way'

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl says 'artificially' slowing Mercedes down is the only way to make F1 exciting before 2022. Lewis Hamilton had dominated drab Spanish and Belgian GPs before Monza as he closes in on a seventh World Championship, so a repeat performance was expected. And that's exactly how it was going to plan out as the Briton pulled away from Carlos Sainz in P2, but then all hell broke loose. A Safety Car, red flags and a 10-second stop-go penalty for Hamilton himself after he entered the pit lane when closed flipped the order on its head. Pierre Gasly ended up winning his first Formula 1 race, whilst Sainz and Lance Stroll completed a shock podium. There is no doubt...
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