I don't know if it has been said during the race, but I hope Charlie now sees that these drivers are able to race during heavy rain and that long SC periods or even red flags are not always needed. I hope that during the second red flag, so many drivers went to see him to complain, that he has realised that he sometimes might be too cautious.

The reason for the second, just eight laps later, was not immediately obvious. But there was a very valid reason. With the delays that had already happened there was a serious chance the race was going to time out at two hours rather than go the full 71 laps. So with the clock counting down, the weather not improving, a wet weather tyre all-too-ready to aquaplane and the forecast of a 20-minute blast of heavier rain, Charlie Whiting preferred to freeze the countdown by red-flagging the race, waiting for the heavier rain to pass – so giving more of the available remaining time over to a track in hopefully better condition. Otherwise there was a chance the race would time-out after very little actual racing just when the track was perfect – and that would’ve left the event open to ridicule. This way it improved the chances of at least getting to the 75% distance (53 laps) required for full points.

I didn't see the race live, I have seen the highlights, so correct me if I'm wrong, but Kimi was only a few feet from being t-boned at 300km/h when he span on the straight.

Now I seem to be one of the very people who actually agrees with the red flag calls, so I expect the usual barrage of shit coming my way, but considering the heat (and pending litigation) the FIA are/have taken for Jules' death, can you blame them for throwing the red after Kimi's spin? There was a world champion, perpendicular to the track on the main straight in poor visibility.

Let's step into imagination land, Kimi was t-boned by someone in the field, and was seriously injured. Pretty sure every Kimi fan out there would be saying conditions were too dangerous and he was needlessly hurt, I don't think many would be saying "F1 is dangerous, shit happens, he died doing what he loved, can't do anything about it etc. etc."

The FIA would rather see long SC periods and red flag periods than drivers getting hurt. Even if the drivers themselves are saying "let's race, come on, it's not so bad". Conditions can change from risky to dangerous to undriveable at a point on the track in 30 seconds. They have to protect their image first, even from their drivers.

It's so weird how an area of the track that is nothing but a flat out kink in the dry becomes so dangerous in the wet.

Rosberg is definitely champion of conservative driving, but what else was he expected to do on Sunday? He couldn't really win the championship that day with conditions that favoured Lewis (I'm sure he'd be the first to admit he isn't as strong as Lewis in the wet)
and he could even afford to finish behind Max before Red Bull messed that up and gifted him 2nd, so he was playing the smart game.
And I'm sure people know I'm more Lewis than Nico this year, but he did exactly the right thing in these conditions, as Button did before him in 2009 and various other champions with a lead did in these circumstances to various criticism.