I guess iīll have to stand for the profesionalism and honour of both french and spanish ATCOs (unless Ibiza has become french during last summer).
Lord Spandex, letīs see if i got the picture right:
The guy sitting at the scope already knew he was going to ruin your day when you had still 80 track miles to go. Thatīs quite a while, he had to be really pissed off at you. At least, enough to take the extra workload of vectoring you away and make you slow down so the Air Nostrum (i guess) could overtake your hardly won space in the sequence. Maybe his mother in law was in that plane? That would be the only reason i can imagine for taking such ridiculous actions just to put you behind the slow-moving guy.
Can you think of any other reason? iīm really eager to find out.
Best regards.