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Vettel understands "no-brainer" Mercedes team orders

Mercedes had some very obvious team orders today as Valtteri Bottas was ordered to slow down to let Lewis Hamilton past so he could win, and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel has come out to defend the criticized move from his rivals. Bottas was in the race lead when he got told over the team radio that he had to let Hamilton past for championship reasons, as it would add seven more points to the gap between the Brit and Vettel. Surprisingly, Vettel defended the heavily-criticized move from Mercedes, saying it was a "no-brainer" for the Silver Arrows to do it. "Well done to both of them, they played together as a team very well," Vettel said at the press...
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