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A rumor that has been strongly implied by multiple teams but not positively confirmed is that Toto blocked (or effectively blocked) a petition from all the other teams to revoke Sainz' penalty. I say "effectively" because Merc didn't actually have a mechanism to do a block but vowed to file an appeal if the penalty was revoked that would have thrown a major monkey wrench in the weekend. I buy it because: it's perfectly consistent with Toto's regular MO, has been hinted at by multiple teams, saved them from losing second place in the constructors championship this weekend and is a cogent explanation for why Merc was, otherwise, sucking up to F1 and the event all weekend long.