[Mothy]

To me team orders that make one guy move over to let the other team member pass is not acceptable - and FIA got their knickers in a knot on that front in the past.

However, where cars are running in adjacent slots, are not under threat from behind or threatening the next cars in front, I think the team owners are quite within their rights to ask their drivers to back of and not risk taking each other out or blowing up or otherwise damaging VERY expensive machinery.

The drivers might not like it but it's up to the guy who pays the bill. Rosberg didn't like it but Hamilton was under orders to preserve the car and Rosberg reluctantly accepted that. Webber was in the same position - under orders to preserve the car and ease off. Vettel ignored the orders and without letting his team know his intentions - no mistake, he knew exactly what he was doing. You don't get to be at his level by being substandard in the thinking department.

The real test now is if the Red Bull team management have the strength of character to to do something about it. They need to decide who is in charge and if they are running the team. If they roll over and show they have no spine, they might just lose a driver and then their whole year for the Manufacturers Championship is down the drain.