There would never have been a single mention of team orders at Red Bull had Sebastian Vettel enjoyed a run of technical reliability in 2010.<\/p>\n
That is the claim of Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s ever-controversial driver manager and motor racing right-hand man to team owner Dietrich Mateschitz.<\/p>\n
Vettel, the new reigning champion, and his teammate butted heads last year when Webber led the championship and pundits pushed the wisdom of a team strategy in the Australian’s favour.<\/p>\n
There were claims of team favouritism in Vettel’s favour but Red Bull clung to its stated policy of equality and the young German ultimately won the battle.<\/p>\n
But speaking to Sport Bild, Austrian Marko hinted that Vettel’s dominance last year was muted only by technical setbacks.<\/p>\n
“Without the 66 points he (Vettel) lost due to technical defects, the standoff with Mark Webber would never have occurred,” he said.<\/p>\n
Team orders have been legalised for 2011 but Marko is adamant that Red Bull’s policy will not change.<\/p>\n
“We don’t use them (team orders) because the sporting aspect should be the primary focus of formula one,” he insisted.<\/p>\n
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