Blackie
RMS Regular
I don’t believe that for a second. What is more likely is that Mercedes have reflected on the situation, has seen the damage done by the FIA on themselves, seen how farcical it was and along with possibly listening to Lewis, have decided that any further action would only add to the farcical nature of it all, not to mention could possibly harm the teams image as well.There had to be a back room deal made between the FIA and Mercedes. I can't see how they have gone from storming of without post race interviews, lodging appeals to retracting the final appeal because the FIA said they will look into it.
I don't know what the deal would be though, money to a point is irrelevant and any favourable decisions in the future would only add to the problem of an inconsistent application of the rules.