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Originally Posted by DaveG28
I assume some of these comments are a joke??
What do you all think Mclaren did in turkey!!??
"Jenson, we need to save fuel"
Jenson then overtakes Lewis and then Lewis gets him back, followed by:
"Jenson, we're fuel critical, please slow down more"..
Seriously, that was team orders too. The difference here is instead of telling the drivers to hold station, they told them to swap...
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I agree that the information about saving fuel was in order for them not to take each other out in a "Red Bull fight"
... It might have been true first of all (didn't also other teams save at the end at that race?). But in my opinion they needed points badly and wanted them to stay cool
BUT - Jenson still
did an overtaking maneuvre, which caught Lewis by surprise. But they had a good fight and Lewis managed to hold his position. And as far as I know there were no issues around this later. I really don't think that qualifies for a team order. It's something else when you most likely have a contract stating you are the 2nd driver (like Rubens had, and maybe Massa now). And you are told to let someone by.
On top of that they speak to them like they are 8 years old!