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Verstappen right to ignore team orders Toro Rosso

Scuderia Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost says Max Verstappen was right to ignore a late team order call to swap positions with team-mate Carlos Sainz. The Dutchman was in the midst of a charge up the order having recovered from being a lap behind when he stalled on the grid, climbing all the way to eighth to apply pressure to seventh place Sergio Perez late on. Trailed by his team-mate Carlos Sainz, Verstappen was told more than once in the final laps that he must swap position with Sainz as the team felt he had a better chance of getting the better of the Force India driver. Eliciting an angry response from Verstappen, the youngster proceeded to ignore the order and take eighth at...
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