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Jim.

Ferrari used to run Alonso on the "A" tire strategy, and their other driver on a "Testing" strategy.(Lets see what happens to your lap times if we leave you out longer than optimal.)

It was pretty clear, and the few times Alonso DNF-ed, suddenly the pit strategy for the remaining car went to the "A" strategy, the lesser driver would get a substantially better finish then when Alonso didn't DNF.

There are definitely shenanigans with Ferrari.

From the outside, Mercedes seems to favor Hamilton(I haven't watched this season.)

What happened when Nico won did not seem Mercedes favoring Nico, but rather Mercedes putting them on closer to equal footing. Nico was allowed to come and take it, if he could.

From a team perspective, two cars trying to both finish 1st results in attempted super imposed juxtaposition - IE Crashing. Teams do seem to hamper a driver if the driver doesn't back down when asked.

in the rare situations they did not it generally ends with one of the drivers exiting the team.