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Wolff: Mercedes made wrong call with Abu Dhabi GP team orders
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has admitted that his team was wrong to have tried to impose team orders on Lewis Hamilton at the Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi. As Hamilton aimed to back up teammate Nico Rosberg into the chasing pack in a bid to boost his hopes of winning the title, Mercedes chiefs came on the radio to urge him to speed up. With Mercedes clearly worried that Sebastian Vettel, on fresher tyres, would come through for the win, executive director Paddy Lowe even got involved to instruct Hamilton to pick up his pace. In the end, Hamilton ignored the requests – claiming he had the race under control – and there were suggestions afterwards that Mercedes may have to rethink...
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