Five angry F1 drivers after five controversial team orders!
Austria 2002 - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher & 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari were at the centre of contro𒊎versy (not the only time they’ll make our list) at the 2002 Austria♕n Grand Prix.
Michael Schumacher had dominated the opening part of the season, winning four of the opening five races ahead of F1’s visit to Austria.
2002 ended up being one of Schumacher’s most dominant campaigns so it was no surpriᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𝔉ᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚse Ferrari were heavily criticised for their use of team orders on the final lap.
Rubens Barrichello dom🌄inated the race from pole position but was ordered to move out of the way for his teammate, which he did on the run to the start-finish line on the fi🔜nal lap.
Schumacher won ꦿby just under 0.2s,🌺 making it one of the closest finishers to an F1 grand prix ever.
This led to an awkward podium ceremony where Schumacher insisted that Barrichello sho♍uld stand on the top step of the podium even though the Brazilian didn’t win the race.
A✅s a result of Austria 2002, team orders were banned from 2003.
Singapore 2008 - Nelson Piquet Jr.
Nelson Piquet Jr. was ordered by Renault to crash deliberately at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix in order to benefit teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso.
Alonso benefitted from the timing of the Safety Car caused by Piquet 𒊎on Lap 14 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, allowing him to jump the rest of the field through the pit stop phase.
The Spaniard went onto win the race - his and Renault🦹’s f🌠irst of the season.
The crash arguably cost 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Felipe Massa the 2008 title as a fuel hose issue during the pit stop phase under the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Safety Car cost him a comfortable victory.
However, it wasn’t until Piquet’s departure from Renault midway through 2009 that ♑allegations had surfaced.
The Brazilian thus made statements to the FIA that it was deliberate and he had been asked by♏ Renault team boss Flavio Briatore and engineer Pat Symonds to stage the crash.
Briatore and Symonds were forced to leave the team ahead of the 2009 Singapore GP, and we🐻re charged with conspiracy 📖and race rigging.
The team were handed a disqualification from F1, which was suspended for two years 🌠pending any further rule infringements.
Briatore was banned from all FIA-sanctioned events for life, while 𓃲Symonds was banned for five years.
Germany 2010 - Fernando Alonso & Felipe Massa
Ferrari were fined $100,000 for using team orders at 😼the 2010 German Grand Prix.
Massa took the lead on the opening l𝄹ap at the Hockenheimring, overtaking Sebas🦹tian Vettel and teammate Alonso.
The Brazilian resisted on-track pressure from 🍰Alonso before opening up a small lead.
But, with Vettel lurking a few seconds behind, and Alonso bei🎶ng Ferrari’s best hope of getting back into the title race, the team ordered Ma﷽ssa to move out of the way on Lap 47.
Massa’s race engineer at the time, Rob Smedley, deliv🦋ered one of F1’s most ico🍰nic soundbites as a result of the team order.
“So, Fernando 🎃is faster than🌠 you, can you confirm you’ve understood this message?,” Smedley said.
Massa🦹 ultimately followed the team ord꧙er, handing Alonso his second win of the year.
The FIA lifted the team orders ban for 2011.
Malaysia 2013 - Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber
Vettel ignored team orders at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix to beat Red Bull teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Mark Webber to the victory.
Webber was leading the race after the final🐟 round of pit stops, with Vettel running behind.
Vettel was told over team radi🃏o: “Multi 21” - a code telling Vettel (car number one) to remain behind Webber (car number two).
The German ignored it and over💙took Webber on trac♑k.
Webber was understandably frustrated after the race, even questioning his own immediate fu🌠ture in the sport: "After the last stop the team told me the race was over and we turned the engines down and go to the end. The team made their decision. Seb𓄧 made his own decision and he will have protection as usual."
Vettel initially apologised for his actions but at the next race in China, he appeared to track back o𒅌n them.
"I don't l✤ike to talk ill of other people. It's not my style. I think I said enough. The bottom line is that I was racing, I was faster, I pa♉ssed him, I won,” Vettel said.
Hungary 2014 - Lewis Hamilton &168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Nico Rosberg
Hamilton defied Mercedes’ team order 🥀to let teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg pa༒st at the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix.
The pair were running third and fourtജh behind Alonso and Daniel Ricciardo at the time.
Hamilton had started from the pit lane, recovering up to third on a🐼 two-stop strategy, while Rosberg was on a three-stop strategy, meaning he was on fresher tyres.
Due to the ꦗdifferences in💞 strategy, Hamilton was ordered to let his teammate through.
"I'm not slowing down for Nico. If he gets close enough to overtake, he can overtake,” Ham🔯ilton said over t🔥eam radio in reply to Mercedes’ instruction.
Ha🧜milton would𝓡 go on to finish the race in third ahead of Rosberg.
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