At first I thought you couldn't pass until start/finish, but as someone pointed out on another forum to me, this year they changed the regs. As soon as the car comes in, they can pass. Except in the case that its the last lap and the race is finishing under the safety car.
So, I went from thinking MSC was a dumbass, but now I'm starting to see his argument (especially if they were waving the green flags). I doubt Mercedes will even get an appeal though, let alone win it. Its being scored as a post-race drive through penalty, which is always a 20 sec penalty, and which usually doesn't even see a day in court.
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