Quote Originally Posted by stefanvv View Post
Starting later is fine by the rules. Intentionally stopping in the stage is dangerous. It's scandal.
a) It's not fine by the rules, people get (time) penalties for that. It's just that the penalties don't hurt them.
b) Intentionally stopping would have been a scandal (but actually not against the written rules afaik) and FIA would have probably reacted....which is likely why it didn't happen.