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Mercedes orders 'work both ways' - Brawn

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says the team would have asked Lewis Hamilton to stay behind Nico Rosberg if the roles had been reversed in the Malaysian Grand Prix. Hamilton was running in third place with Rosberg fourth and quicker than his team-mate during the closing stages. Rosberg asked numerous times over the radio to be allowed to pass but Brawn consistently denied the requests and said the team would have made the same decision regardless of the running order. "It works both ways, the drivers know that," Brawn told Sky Sports. "We discussed these things before the race so, of course [Rosberg's] very competitive and he'll be a bit frustrated but it works both...
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