No. I can see where you are coming from.
However I think McLaren were faced with a situation where they expected to get penalised for saying that they had instructed LH to let Trulli past.
And there in lies the sordid truth at the heart of this. Trulli was just collateral damage to McLaren trying to defend themselves against a sick stewarding system. Once heading down that path they were screwed.
The problem with F1 is that it acts like a court. So people behave as if it was a court and present themselves and their cases appropriately. And in McLaren's case the potential punishment has been the equivalent to a court and its reposne to perjury.
The final outcome is a demonstration as to how twisted F1 is. McLaren got off lightly ..... why? Reason 1. Dennis moved away and prostrated themseleves to the autorities so Mosley is a happy bunny as a result. Reason 2. Ferrari are in no position to capitalise (so no behind scenes lobbying for outcome that suits them). Reason 3. They risked McLaren pulling out or backing off this season.
Meanwhile we are left with no signs that the rotten stewarding will ever be sorted.
Which means the 'sport' is just as vulnerable to another mess as it was before this happened.
Agreed.
The stewarding situation must be sorted.
An obvious solution is that there is a fixed stewards panel made up of people with significant real F1 experience, e.g retired drivers, team managers etc.
This panel would attend each race.
They should be tasked with tasked with enforcing the rules and regulations in a consistent and transparent manner. They should clearly explain how they have arrived at their decisions.
They should have to finalise all investigations and confirm the race results within a defined timescale, say with 4 hours of the end of the race.
Their decisions are final, no appeal.