team orders

The FIA Repeals Team Orders Ban for 2011

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In one of the most sensible moves the FIA has made since they mandated the return of slick tires, the F1 sanctioning body has announced that the team orders ban, introduced in 2002, will be repealed for 2011.  Specifically, the announcement said that “article forbidding team orders (39.1) is deleted.”  As a fallback position, however, [...]

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Jarno Trulli and Fellow Drivers Call for End to Team Orders Ban

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In the wake of the FIA’s decision not to impose further penalties on Ferrari for their violation of the team orders bank, and their announcement that the ban would come under review at the end of this season, a number of drivers have begun to offer their opinions on the future direction of this regulation. [...]

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Ferrari Escape Further Punishment for Team Orders, Rule to Be Reviewed

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The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council met today in Paris to decide on whether further punishment would be handed out to Ferrari for violating the team orders ban earlier this season.  At the German Grand Prix, the team ordered Felipe Massa to move over for team mate Fernando Alonso, which ultimately allowed Alonso to win [...]

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Bernie Ecclestone and DC Talk Sense About Team Orders

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After all the brouhaha over Ferrari’s team orders at Hockenheim, which saw a virtually unanimous condemnation of the Scuderia’s ordering Felipe Massa to make way for Fernando Alonso, thus allowing the Spaniard to win the race, we now see in the F1 community a backlash in reaction to the backlash. Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone [...]

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