News Details

Hamilton: 'I'm just doing my job, I'm hired to race'

The team orders saga at Mercedes was reignited during the Hungarian Grand Prix when Lewis Hamilton was told to move over for team-mate Nico Rosberg. The question of whether Hamilton was right to refuse to move over or not is down to personal preference. He has the backing of Niki Lauda who said he'd do the same and even referred to an earlier claim that Mercedes wouldn't employ team orders this year. "Lewis ignored it because he remembered before the season that we said they could fight freely against each other," noted the Austrian. "That's why he did the right thing." - Mercedes insist they won't ever use team orders Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff and Rosberg -...
Full Story »
10y ago from TheF1Times.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton expects contract talks within 2014

Hamilton expects contract talks within 2014Posted On 25 Jul 2014By :...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Hamilton 'shocked' by team orders

  BUDAPEST, July 27, 2014 (AFP) - Lewis Hamilton said he was...
10y ago from F1Plus.com

‘Mercedes team order came from panic’

Mercedes panicked in asking Lewis Hamilton to move over for Nico Rosberg...
10y ago from SuperSport.com

Hamilton shocked by Mercedes instructions

Lewis Hamilton said he was "very, very shocked" to be asked by...
10y ago from SuperSport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez fights back to take victory in Mugello...

Marc Marquez was forced to fight back from fifth off the starting grid to...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Christian Lundgaard tackles the heat best in second...

Saturday morning was reserved for a second IndyCar practice session on...
40m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Kyle Kirkwood blasts to top in IndyCar practice from...

After finishing the season’s first short oval under the lights on...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Michael Cannon already strengthening DCR team –...

Rinus VeeKay is already noticing the impact engineer Michael Cannon is...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“At one point we almost had no players” - Jurrien...

Jurrien Timber is expecting a busy transfer window for Arsenal, with the...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Real Madrid ready to put Rodrygo and 3 other first...

Real Madrid are ready to offload Rodrygo Goes, Fran Garcia, Dani Ceballos,...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal initiate move to sign playmaker regarded as a...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal could launch surprise move for 31-year-old...

Arsenal could reportedly launch a move for Brentford midfielder Christian...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.