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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Fine if the driver makes the choice and also the fact that it's not against the rules in touring cars but this wasn't the driver it was the team and it is against the rules. If they made team orders acceptable then in my honest opinion there's no point in watching the racing anymore.
For Massa it must have been heartbreaking especially with his injury last year and the need to prove himself in a team in which he doesn't have priority. You could hear it in Rob's voice and see it in in Massa's face once he got out of the car, but what does he do, disobey and suddenly find himself persona non grata within the team..
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this is the grey area in the rules. All the team did is tell the driver that Alonso was quicker. After that Massa who drivers for Ferrari and has a contract with them then chose to slow down and let Alonso through. You and I know this is team orders but at no point was he instructed to do so. All they will say is that it was a driver decision. We, and everyone else with an IQ that isn't less an 1 knows that is a load of rubbish but that is the loophole they use. All the championships that ban team orders use the same approach and i've seen it loads of times, even in F1, and they get away with it.