Did anyone else notice yesterday how the commentators were asking themselves in astonishment why red bull didn't use team orders to help webber? Even though vettel has been their number one all year ..........
That came right out and said they were shocked that red bull didn't do it and they commented how the press were going to have a field day second-guessing them for not doing it.
So basically what I hearing is it's wrong when ferrari did it, but it's expected and normal and part of the sport and should be expected.
Maybe that's because red bull has already used team order this year. Playing fair and square my butt.
I don't like team orders either but to pretend that only ferrari did it and red bull is innocent is a tad silly.
Lots of folks think that's why they crashed each other earlier this year, because vettel was pissed that webber didn't want to let him past even though he was supposed to according to "unofficial" team orders so vettel gave him a little swerve and didn't judge it right and hit webber.
Quote:
May 30th, 2010:
During the Post Race Press Conference, some cryptic responses about his pace were given from Webber.
Q : Is there any reason why he had a jump on you on that particular lap?
MW : Hmm. Maybe.
Q : Did you come out of the previous corner a bit slower on that lap?
MW : Hmm. You guys need to dig more, somewhere else.
During this time, Helmut Marko, to guy who brought Vettel into the fold at Red Bull, and who seems to have his hands in all sorts of things in Upper Management, was asked a few very interesting questions with some very interesting replies.
Q : Is it true that the team gave instructions to Mark Webber’s race engineer to let Sebastian Vettel pass because otherwise Lewis (Hamilton)would be able to overtake?
HM : That is not correct, because that would mean a team order. We informed Mark about the situation and it is for the driver to decide. The fact is that if Sebastian hadn’t passed he would have been overtaken by Hamilton.
Q : Why was Sebastian so much quicker than Mark so suddenly?
HM : I think it was in the tires
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