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Hamilton: Team orders are always a very odd thing
The issue of team orders within Mercedes came to the fore at the recent Bahrain Grand Prix, when Valtteri Bottas was ordered to allow Lewis Hamilton through on two occasions during the race, but the triple F1 World Champion is adamant that he is against the concept. Speaking to media ahead of the Russian Grand Prix, in Sochi, Hamilton was asked if he supported team orders to which he responded, 'I do not, and never have. Team orders I think are always a very odd thing and a difficult thing to judge, and are something never to be liked. But it is in our rules and our approach is that the team need to win, so we do have to try and work as a team. But I think only in special circumstances.'...
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