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Mercedes now "fine" with Hamilton Abu Dhabi tactics
Mercedes executive director Paddy Lowe says he is totally "fine" with how Lewis Hamilton behaved in backing up Nico Rosberg at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and reveals he was asked at the time to make a second request to speed Hamilton up. The Brit caused controversy in the F1 season finale when he elected to slow Rosberg in to the chasing pack in the hope that other cars would overtake his rival and help his own championship cause. Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff said after the race that Hamilton’s defiance of team orders to speed up was not ideal, as he pondered a possible rethink of racing protocol for 2017. But with the Hamilton issue having now been put on the backburner...
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