While Mercedes has elected to drop its appeal into the FIA’s handling of the late-race safety car restart in the F1 season finale, the German car manufacturer remains deeply unhappy about the way the events were handled. Mercedes had already elected not to send its championship-winning F1 and Formula E cars to Paris for pre-gala photographs, and it has now been confirmed that neither Hamilton nor Wolff will attend. Speaking to media on Thursday, Wolff said that the squad would be represented to pick up its constructors’ championship trophy by its chief technical officer James Allison. “Both of us won’t be there,” explained Wolff, when asked if he or Hamilton would be travelling to Paris for the end of season event. “I won’t be there because of my loyalty to Lewis and because of my own personal integrity. …