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Lauda questions Brawn's team orders

Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has criticised team principal Ross Brawn's decision not to let the team's two drivers race at the end of the Malaysian Grand Prix. Nico Rosberg was told to hold station behind Lewis Hamilton in the closing laps of Sunday's race, despite being quicker than his team-mate and able to challenge him for a podium. Hamilton admitted Rosberg "drove a smarter and more controlled race" and deserved to finish in third instead of him, while Brawn defended his decision by saying he would have made the same call if Rosberg had been leading. However, Lauda, who is a shareholder in the Mercedes team and one part of the uneasy triumvirate of power...
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