The whole "drivers/racers as employees" thing stinks like untreated sewerage. Granted, they get paid squillions to do this, and the team/manufacturer has marketing and image issues to manage, but this is racing ferchrissakes! If it wasn't for superego driving many of these pilots to excel, they wouldn't have a show in the first place.

Besides, ALL publicity is good publicity - and having two big names trading blows in front of millions of viewers (asuming F1 still draws millions of viewers, they seem to be doing their utmost to rain on their own parade) is pretty good TV. Merc have - barring any sudden zombie apocalypse - got the constructors crown in the bag. That's what pays the big bucks. The WDC is just a side show, so let them squabble and fight, er, race that is.