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‘Team orders go against your core values'

Lewis Hamilton says he feels for Charles Leclerc as while being asked to play number two is a 'privileged position', it 'goes against your core values.' Like Leclerc, Hamilton entered Formula 1 as a team-mate to a multiple World Champion. Racing for McLaren in 2007, the Brit and Fernando Alonso butted heads as Hamilton was not prepared to play second fiddle to his team-mate, he wanted to win. 'My philosophy as a racing driver has always been that I want equal opportunity with whoever I'm racing, so I can truly show my ability,' he told reporters in Baku. 'I got to Formula One and you have a couple of scenarios, where you've had multiple World Champions, who demand number one positions and...
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