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'Pointless' to ban team orders - Tost

April 4th .- After the 'Multi-21' affair re-fired the old debate about team orders, Franz Tost insists it is "pointless" to reintroduce a ban. In Malaysia recently, Sebastian Vettel ignored Red Bull's order to stay behind his teammate Mark Webber. And behind them, in third and fourth positions, Nico Rosberg grudgingly followed the sister Mercedes to the line, having been told by Mercedes to resist the urge to pass. The legality of team orders was reintroduced by current FIA president Jean Todt a few years ago, but the 'Multi-21' affair has intensified the calls for a new ban. Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost told Speed Week: "Generally I am not a great fan of team orders,...
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