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Brawn stands by team orders call
Ross Brawn has defended his decision to use team orders at the Malaysian Grand Prix and reasserted that he is in charge on the pit wall. Brawn ordered Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton to hold position at Sepang as both needed to conserve fuel and Mercedes was aiming to secure its first podium of the season. Despite getting his nose ahead at one point, Rosberg heeded Brawn's order and slotted into fourth behind Hamilton. After the race Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda was critical of Brawn's decision, but the team principal has no regrets about the call he made. "I had to make a decision from the pitwall about what we were going to do," he told Sky Sports F1. "Now,...
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