Well, I like George, but Max has a point in a way as a person who actually -and I will give him that- does not pretend polite and when he is angry/impatient you can see it and no PR training is hiding it. Like he is not afraid to be seen as angry and does not care about being a "nice guy", good student all the time. So knowing George's ability to sugar coat things and be a food school prefect, as much as I like him, I can imagine him playing it differently in stewards' room and more politely for the cameras.
on the other hand, Max has more reason to attack George now as he won and the penalty he got did not affect his race at all.
If you ever want to go back to Sharl in your profile
@LaBlonde (#justiceforSharl), I nominate this picture as a transitioning one in between
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