I get Ericsson’s point but it’s a race - you’re supposed to race. If race-control says you’re gonna race to the checkers, you have to race to the checkers. Saying you should have won because race-control shouldn’t have tried to have a competitive finish is pretty much contrary to the whole thing. Those 300k fans paid a lot of money - you’re there to race.
Again, he’s not wrong that it was unusual and to feel he kinda screwed but can’t feel that bad for him. Nascar is the one premier series that has this issue solved in the rule book.