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Team orders Mercedes criticized: "Maybe this was a staged show"
It was Max Verstappen who dominated last weekend, and in fact throughout the triple header. Lewis Hamilton certainly wasn't fast enough last weekend and was even given team orders by Mercedes during the race to let teammate Valtteri Bottas past. The Finn was faster at that moment and was therefore let past Hamilton. Norris came closer per lap and could have overtaken Bottas behind a less fast Hamilton. Despite that it remains a remarkable move of Mercedes according to Jolyon Palmer. This he says in the BBC F1 podcast. Read more Verstappen warned: 'Coming up are a lot of circuits that are made for Mercedes' "He had damage at the floor, but the team order from Mercedes to let Bottas...
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