Part of me feels sorry for Masi as I expect he would have got battered if the "greatest season ever" finished with the field trundling behind the safety car. That said, it doesn't mean you can just make it up as you go along, this is a major cock up, including the reaction afterwards, they have basically admitted to making it up.
I'm sure Verstappen and Horner have both convinced themselves that the title was down to their amazing skills. This is literally the worst title ever, it would be more satisfactory if Verstappen had piled into Hamilton at turn one on lap one. Imagine being the guy who won the title that nobody beyond those around you and the uneducated think that you won.