Team Orders in F1 - Good, Bad or Just Plain Ugly?

John Addison · Sep 30, 2018

The crowd at the GP said it all...or actually didn't. Was the quietest post race crowd ever. I'm a Ferrari fan ...well until last week now Im Sauber fan lol But Toto went too far on this one. Lets face it Ferrari and Seb are done. No reason in hell to have pulled Botas back. Lewis had P2 wrapped up that would have been plenty good enough.

paracletus · Sep 30, 2018

It's bad, should be banned. Nothing new, but still a disservice to motor racing that was - if F1 continues doing this, forget it.
GP2 is sometimes the best to watch these days, can't remember seeing that happen.

farjam · Sep 30, 2018

I definitely don't like this kind of team orders but what i hate the most is the hypocrisy of lots of the fans (well i don't think they are real fans , those kids just like to make every thing like messi vs ronaldo) around it.
half of them bashing team orders only if there is a recent case of mercedes doing it and completely ignoring the fact that ferrari is using team orders , half of them bashing team orders only if there is a recent case of ferrari doing it and completely ignoring the fact that mercedes is using team orders

Stan Marlow · Sep 30, 2018

nothing strange but why Ferrari are afraid of the public opinion and did not pull the same in Monza, why Toto was playing all moral in the past and now pulled the same trick. Hypocrisy.

svenvangent · Sep 30, 2018

What would he have lost 5 point or something if he was second sad sad sad .

Peter Koslowski · Sep 30, 2018

I don´t like this, it has to be forbidden. Mathematically Bottas

still

has a chance, so what!
So I like simracing, mostly no teams, like PUGB!

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Bruce Banner · Sep 30, 2018

Just watched the post race after switching it off earlier . And to be honest I think it was a stupid dec ision for just a handful of points that will pretty much make no difference now . Valterri was just left demoralised , Lewis was left embarrassed and Toto has some completely unnecessary fence mending to do . Just greed for a handful of points at the expense of everything else . Look at the podium . The biggest smiles were from Vettel and his championship has pretty much just gone up in smoke today so that says it all about todays events . Was it really worth it ?

Nestoche · Sep 30, 2018

I'm sure the outcome would have been different if Botas was close to Hamilton in driver points. But sure this was a no brainer to let the driver that leads the "Team" in championship points jump to first. Especially with another team rival like Ferrari. Come on now, we've all seen it before. That's Formula 1!....Remember the Shumi days!. I'm sure Shumi fans had no issues with team orders then eh?

gamer19 · Sep 30, 2018

I wasn't surprised actually by that Merc tactic but I really feel it was too early for stuff like that, Hamilton and Toto aren't satisfied with Hamilton finishing IN FRONT of Vettel now ? Wt* ? He HAS to win at all cost ?
They should just return Bottas his spot, he deserve it.
Just like they did it last year in Hungary. Sometimes it's better to be a man than winner at all costs. Who knows... maybe Bottas would be grateful and help him in some situations in which now he won't do it usually, risk more you know...
Maybe think about that next time Lewis and Toto Cutugno.

RaceWasGood · Sep 30, 2018

"Red crew", that's gotta be the channel that's tuned in to listen to Ferrari's teamradio

Teamorders are understandable, but they smell like

especially as the teams and the drivers themselves are totally embarrassed and uncomfortable using them. No true sportsman wants to win like that.

Thomas Gunderson · Sep 30, 2018

Don't watch it anymore (only the 6 min recap on YouTube once in awhile) jumped over to IMSA instead. Formula 1 is dead to me.. like the gp2 though..

rubaru · Sep 30, 2018

Everyone is going to look back on this race at the end of the season, ESPECIALLY if Seb finishes at Abu Dhabi 6 points behind Lewis.

Minardi10 · Sep 30, 2018

Ironically Mercedes !!! What else did they say about Ferrari, these hypocrites.

Omer Said · Sep 30, 2018

Ferrari would have done the same. It is just how it is.

ears · Sep 30, 2018

gamer19 said:
I wasn't surprised actually by that Merc tactic but I really feel it was too early for stuff like that,

2002 Austrian Grand Prix was staged on 12 May. It was the sixth round of the championship during a period of total Ferrari dominance.

The precedent was set.

LeSunTzu · Sep 30, 2018

Omer Said said:
Ferrari would have done the same. It is just how it is.

Since the beginning of F1 Ferrari has done a few things that should not be replicated

Stan Marlow · Sep 30, 2018

Omer Said said:
Ferrari would have done the same. It is just how it is.

They had to at Monza but they did not. Probably for PR reasons especially at Monza,
The problem is not the order (no brainer) but all the **** that was said in the past about Ferrari just to do the same later.

Kakusso · Sep 30, 2018

Every Motorsport has team orders. Even when they are forbidden. Team principals will always put strategic goals in front of everything. Have you watched the latest two DTM races? Team orders in both of them. It’s unfortunate but team principals have to put strategy before emotions. The only way to abolish team orders is to have one car per team.