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Originally Posted by sherer
it should be up the team to decide what they want to do. The same as late in the season in football if someone was going for the golden boot and a team mate passed to him so he could get another goal it would be hailed as a really sporting act.
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Not the best analogy. In football it is all about the team's successes, not the individuals. In Formula One, the first objective is the Driver's Championship.
By the way, the Golden Boot is never assisted by deferred passes. If a player has a chance at taking the shot, they take it. It is too risky to pass it to someone else, who may or may not be in the best position to score.
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Originally Posted by Hom3r
£100,000 fine to ferrari is like me getting a 1p fine.
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Especially when you take the one hundred million pound fine, levelled against McLaren for Ferrarigate (another scandal that involved, some say caused by, Alonso).
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Originally Posted by sherer
we've seen it before. Basically what happened was the team told Massa that Alsono was quicker then he slowed and let im passed. As such everyone will say it was a driver decision and not a team order.
You and I and everyone else with an IQ greater than 1 realises this was a team order and not a driver decision but this is what they always say and this is how they get away with it.
it has been referred to the WMSC but I expect all they will do is tidy up the rule and so this is allowed.
I remember back in 97 or 98 the FIA said team orders were banned. At one race Irvine had "brake problems" and had to slow near the end and let Schuey through, think this may even have been in Austria again. After the race he was interview and even winked when talking about the "brake problems" and nothing was done.
Team orders are part of the sport, if they want them banned then open the sport up to single car teams
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I think you might be referring to Austria, in two thousand and two. Barrichello, who was destined to win, was force to relinquish his position on the final lap, allowing Schumacher to take first place. On the podium, Schumacher gave Barrichello the number one step and the winner's trophy. Unbelievably, this act of defiance (not the giving of the order), attracted a one million dollar fine. A long long way from the paltry one hundred thousand dollar fine for yesterday.
It was this incident that prompted the rule change to disallow team orders.