well, if they see a problem in the rules, why wait
to fix them? going by the same token to wait til the end of the season, then the qualifying format should not be changed until next year, not at silverstone or hockenheim where it is supposed to be altered.
i think you have failed to remember when schumacher was stripped of his 2nd place finish in the championship in 1997 after a collision with jacques villeneuve who won the world championship. i dont think that the fia was "cheating" for schumacher there.
it's a demo. so guess what the details are.