Logic would indicate that street circuits are regularly "enclosed" - see Monaco. The circuit was designed the way it was to be a fast, technical circuit with little to no margin for error. Too many circuits these days have wide runoff areas meaning no penalties for mistakes.

The only implication on tyre wear would be that wear would be reduced by the stop-starts.

Logic indicates it's perfectly fair Verstappen was at the front after the first incident. Hamilton and others chose to pit stop; no mandatory pit stop was present, Verstappen already having pitted and been on the second compound.

Penalties have been applied haphazardly all season yet no complaints made on soft penalties against Hamilton.

Mercedes knew Max was giving the place back, Ron Meadows acknowledged he was in the process of telling Lewis. That's on Mercedes. Lewis however lied on the radio, he was not "brake tested"; Verstappen dropped gear to 3rd as did Hamilton. Hamilton was entirely at fault - if Max's car had broken down he'd have safely got past, there was plenty of room.

Hamilton simply didn't want to take the place ahead of the DNS detection zone, knowing Max would then have DRS. Hamilton also knew that if he were to go into the back of Verstappen, chances were he'd have wing damage, Verstappen may have gearbox problems as a result. The incident was cyncial.