[Team] Selfish or Cowardly Mercedes?

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This year Mercedes have proved to have the most powerful engine, and have run away with both the Constructors and Drivers titles because of it. Aided true by a very good chassis.

With an engine freeze neither Ferrari or Renault are able to catch-up and Mercedes refuse to allow any changes.

If they were confident of their abilities and had the best interests of the sport in mind, as they claim, surely they should not hang on to their advantage, and be prepared to accept the challenge of other manufacturers?

The very idea of any sort of freeze is completely against the ethos of
Formula 1,which is supposed to be about technological advance.

One can understand Mercedes not wanting to relinquish their advantage, but in recent years when Red Bull were dominant, there was no restriction on other teams catching-up if they could. Today the advantage is basically set in stone.

One more strike against the 'pinnacle of the sport'.