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Vettel move stirs up team orders controversy

The 2013 Formula One season may be only two races old, but it has already conjured up a new 'team orders' controversy that has divided opinion and prompted tragic memories. Sebastian Vettel's ill-planned decision, taken in the heat of the moment, to ignore his Red Bull team's order to stay second behind Mark Webber in last Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix has stirred up the eternal debate about the sport's true identity - is it racing between teams or individual drivers? Does it matter that German Vettel, 25, has visited Milton Keynes and apologised to team members after saying sorry to Webber and, reportedly, shaking his hand during the team's traditional de-brief following the race at...
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