I acknowledge a fun race, and that I enjoyed watching it.
However, I think somewhere some people with a lot of power asked MM to make the race fun and I think MM agreed to do it. MM is that good, and he was definitely not short on tires on the last 5 laps, the only front runner running H/H, and showed calculated passes when desired to make things more lively. His regular late-braking wide-entries were easy to spot, and not a norm for him. What we enjoyed was a race with MM throttled back.
This is my opinion, and I don't mind if you disagree.