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From GrandPrix 247 Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso says thatdrivers are ‘obliged’ to follow team orders when they are given from the pit gantry. Alonso was asked by a young journalist if “you have ever received a team order you did not responded to?” Alonso replied, “No. Normally when the team says something you must obey, because they have all the information and [they] know what’s going on.” “You can ask them on… Read More
Well it didn’t take too long did it? I thought it was going to be more towards the end of the season. Then again, the Safety Car was the perfect opportunity. What am I referring to, you ask? The Payback of course. Payback for what? The payback to Nico Rosberg for holding station and not racing Lewis Hamilton for the final step at the Malaysian GP. This allowed Hamilton to record his… Read More
All this talk of team orders has got me thinking about another issue and that is the issue of having #1 and #2 drivers within a team. Not because of the Vettel and Webber affair from the Malaysian GP; clearly Sebastian Vettel is Red Bull’s #1, just as Fernando Alonso is Ferrari’s #1. No, this is in response to the problem with the Mercedes boys. While Red Bull politics were causing all… Read More
Team orders, do they suck? Yes. Are they going away? No. To give you an idea of the emotion that Vettel’s action stirred up, on JamesallenonF1.com (one of my favorite sites) there were over 1100 comments by the time the sounding off was done. Wow. I am a long-time F1 fan and I can’t remember a time when something has caused such uproar. I don’t even think there was this much hoopla… Read More
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