Engine power itself is not constant/linear when applying the throttle depending on the revs, so even just trying to match that with the deployment still requires a bit of software/mathy maths which can still lead to bugs like today. I don't disagree simpler is better, but it can't be quite that simple.

Yeah it was a close call, and if he was right he puts himself in a place to win and when he was wrong it only cost him 1 place from his starting position. Definitely a fair play

I think if you win the world championship that year, you get 1 freebie