Hmmm..
Two things going on here..
LH playing games to win is fine, no rules broken and its his need to win was paramount.
LH, as an employee of the Merc team, not doing as he is instructed is a different matter. He is, as he has admitted in the past, totally unaware of the overall race picture (perhaps only when it suits him) and so in no position to tell the team to let them race. Its not his team...
If he would like to be in a team where he dictates the race strategy then go to one that will allow him that, Merc doesn't.
The first is good for the racing, the second is bad for him and the team and let's face it LH needs Merc more than the other way round.
One interesting point the seems to get very little air time.. if, as LH mentions the swap of some of his side of the garage to the other side was important he is admitting that he had an team provided advantage for the last two years, and hence NR's results would have been affected, making his last two WDC less of an achievement
The other aspect is that LH appears, to me, to have an unquenchable thirst for always being the fastest...regardless of the needs of that session. In a world where resources are limited (the debate about whether its good or bad is a different one) the ability to use as much as is needed at the time is a skill which is worth track position and results....LH was the only Merc driver to enjoy a number of problems, and the fastest in the car and 'hardest' on his engines. Yet the common view is a deliberate attempt to influence the WDC rather than LH's own approach to driving the car...From previous experience with LH it is well known that he is a very demanding driver of his machinery, which has yielded a fantastic success rate, however on this occasion his great skill has perhaps worked against him sufficiently to alter the results; whilst NR, less gifted with raw speed, has seen the advantages of a less is more approach, one favoured by a certain N. Lauda, A. Prost and J. Stewart....
It will be interesting to see how the team respond and for next year how they match up to the progress that Red Bull should make.