Originally Posted by
birdman86
This is the real kicker I think, lots of people making the case that only letting those 4(?) backmarkers through wasn't fair to the rest of the drivers, but AFAIK no other driver or constructor was close enough that the difference in points after one lap would matter.
I.E. Max and Lewis were fighting for WDC and had only blue flags between them. All the other battles (Leclerc/Lando/Carlos, Ricciardo/Gasly) had competitive cars separating them so one lap was extremely unlikely to improve their standings.