Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche insists there will be “no team orders” to settle the outcome of the title battle between warring Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. His comments, ...
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Mercedes drivers told to obey team orders in future
Mercedes’ title-warring drivers have been told they must follow team orders over the remaining eight races of 2014. The Brackley based team moved to play down Lewis Hamilton’s defiance in ...
Read More »Villeneuve makes comments ‘for the headlines’
Jacques Villeneuve makes comments designed deliberately to trigger sensational headlines. That is the claim of Oskari Saari, a commentator for the Finnish broadcaster MTV3 who says he knows the 1997 ...
Read More »Wolff denies Mercedes will punish Hamilton
Toto Wolff has dismissed suggestions Mercedes will sanction Lewis Hamilton for ignoring team orders in Hungary. Although it was potentially explosive, the German team closed ranks after the incident but ...
Read More »‘Hired to race’ not obey team orders – Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has hit back at suggestions he was wrong to ignore team orders during Sunday’s Hungarian grand prix. Niki Lauda, who after Hamilton’s qualifying fire had cheered the Briton ...
Read More »Cool Rosberg admits Hamilton cost him Hungary win
Mercedes chiefs are heading into the month-long summer break scratching their heads at how to deal with an escalating driver battle. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo may have won in Hungary, ...
Read More »Mercedes to rethink team orders after Hamilton defiance
Mercedes has moved to put the intensifying battle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg behind closed doors. “Corporate answer,” boss Toto Wolff smiled late on Sunday, when the extent of ...
Read More »Title battle sizzles in Hungary thriller
A thriller at the Hungaroring has thrown fresh fuel on the simmering relations between Mercedes’ championship rivals and teammates. On Saturday, his charred W05 in the background, Lewis Hamilton had ...
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