Yeah that has happened for years now though. All drivers go through a fuel saving mode during the race.
It is daft, in a sport where you are supposed to be going as fast as you can that you have to drive well within your own abilities due to being low on fuel. Mercedes took the gamble of it being wetter at the start of the race so have obviously fuelled Lewis a bit light. Team orders was the right call for the team. Rosberg was out of line for disputing it so heavily.
Vettel was out of line but the Red Bull team should have issued team orders to let him through. I don't like Vettel and I'm sick of him doing the 1 finger but from a teams point of view the correct course of action would have been to issue a team order for Webber to move over. With Alonso having a DNF it was a perfect opportunity to get a gap in the Championship and Vettel was the best placed driver in the Championship to pull out the biggest points gap.
Teams orders are allowed, are used all the time, sometimes they make it obvious, other times less so obvious (oh no another wheel gun failure...)
Remember this, even squeaky clean Button was gifted a win by Brawn
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12433_5309927,00.html
So team orders are nothing new, some hidden, some not, it surprises me everyone gets so upset about it.
I'd rather hear the truth then see them lose a wheel in the pitstops any day.
Chris.
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