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Wolff: Ferrari team orders would have been 'brutal'

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is glad that Ferrari did not implement team orders during the final stages of the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday to allow Sebastian Vettel to surpass his team-mate, Kimi Raikkonen, into second place, as the decision would have been 'brutal'. Due to a number of high-profile retirements including Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, and Daniel Ricciardo, Ferrari found themselves with an easy P2 and P3 towards the end of the race. With Vettel battling Hamilton for the world championship, there was speculation that Ferrari would order a swap between him and Raikkonen in order for the German to get more points. However, the decision never came, and Wolff thinks that was the...
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