Controversial 'team orders' remain an option for Mercedes despite the storm caused by their use in Malaysia last month, principal Ross Brawn and executive director Toto Wolff said on Saturday. The clarification came after Niki Lauda, the Formula One team's non-executive chairman and stakeholder who has appeared at odds with Brawn since his appointment, told reporters they would no longer be used. Mercedes used them at Sepang to keep Nico Rosberg behind third-placed Lewis Hamilton, who qualified on pole for Sunday's race in China, and ensure neither driver ran out of fuel with so many points at stake. Red Bull also tried to apply them in Malaysia but world champion Sebastian Vettel ignored...
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