Seems like there's not much point in having teams otherwise. It's not favouritism, he was just faster.
No, I hate them, but there's a clear, clear case for having used them today (and not in the way they did - ie, don't pass Massa). Here comes rain though.
Because initially he was told not to, and there wasn't quite the pace in the turbulence to do it. Would have had to be a dan dare move which you can't do in that situation. He'd have been half a second quicker a lap had they done it though, and leading now.