Does everything in life have to be scripted?
When I spend good money to watch a race I expect every driver to try to win. It is bad enough in series like NASCAR to have to sit through 90% of the race then hope there is some real racing at the end. F1 has it’s own problems but holding drivers back should not be one of them.
Vettel may not be the most likable driver in the world but in the Malaysian race he and his car we the fastest on the track and if there were “team” orders then shame on the team. At least he did not pull into the wrong pit stall.
Such team orders render racing no better than fixed boxing matches or any other sport where the outcome has been predetermined. Again, shame on Red Bull Racing and F1 for allowing such team orders to take place.
I’ll take the side of “team orders.”
The cars are in one-two. It is near the end. The team wants to hold that, because they ALREADY have the win, from the team standpoint.
In issuing the order to hold places, conserve the cars and the win, they are fully justified.
What is NOT justified is Vettel blowing by him, when Webber slows, following team orders to hold places. Vettel has as much as admitted he was in the wrong.
Webber has every right to be pissed, with Vettel, not his team.