Korea 2010 - Red Bulls low point

Do you remember the first F1 race in Korea? It was surely the toughest one there at all.
After heavy rain the race was suspended only after three laps behind the Safety Car. The visibility was simply too bad.
Fernando Alonso told in team radio: "That was the worst condition I ever drove a car."
After a break of an hour the race was started again - but still behind the Safety Car.
While many drivers were still complaining about the visibility, Lewis Hamilton told via team  many times that wanted to race. Then, after a few laps the Safety Car finally came in after 17 laps of deployment.
But only after two corners Hamilton was overtaken by Nico Rosberg who started to close the gap to Alonso.
Unfortunately only one lap later the championship leader Mark Webber at second place lost the control of his car and crashed into the wall and Nico Rosberg couldn't avoid the collision with the Red Bull.
Both drivers had to retire and the Safety Car was deployed.
Rosberg later claimed that he would have been able to win that race - but we will never know.
So Vettel kept his lead for many laps. After another Safety Car deployment because of a crash with two backmarkers Vitali Petrow crashed out of the final corner.
The crash of Russian driver didn't cause a Safety Car, but at least a yellow flag in that corner.
At that time it became gradually darker because of the sunset.
Vettel started to complain that he could not see the braking point anymore while Hamilton told the team that the "visibility is fine". Red Bull obviously tried to force a red flag to save the victory.
But that didn't work and shortly after that Vettel got passed by Alonso and then the German had to retire with an engine failure at the long straight.
Fernando Alonso inherited the victory and took the lead of the championship.
Red Bull Racing were at their low point,but - as we now know - that couldn't stop them...

Will Barrichello return to Formula One?

Many rumours about a return of the Brazilian racing driver Rubens Barrichello occured in the last few days. Obviously the ex-Ferrari driver is interested to race for Sauber next season which would make him a big contender for his compatriot Felipe Massa.
Massa is also seeking seeking a cockpit after it was announced that his former team-mate Kimi Raikkönen will replace him to join Fernando Alonso next season. The vacant place at Lotus could be an option, but Nico Hülkenberg seems to have a better chance of getting the seat.

So Sauber would be the second choice for the current Ferrari driver.
Brazilian media reports that Barrichello would bring a two-digit-million dollar amount to Sauber.
Another rumour is that he could even drive at the Brazilian Grand Prix this season for the Swiss team.

He sometimes mentioned that he wants to have "a last race" where he will know if it's the last one.
Williams didn't give him that chance in 2011...

Half season review - Part 2 - Testgate and Punctures

After the Monaco Grand Prix followed a big discussion if this tyre test in Barcelona was legal or not. Red Bull and Ferrari protested these topic before the race and FIA had to investigate what is going to happen. It also was THE TOPIC at the following Canadian Grand Prix...

Beside the politics the teams and drivers had to face the race in the Montreal. In the rainy qualifying Valtteri Bottas surprisingly managed it to be 3rd. Vettel took the pole ahead of Hamilton.

The German was also able to win a superior race for the first time - even with a few mistakes like missing the braking point into Turn 1. Alonso came from behind and beat Hamilton with a nice overtaking move at the start-finish straight and finally finished second.

Unfortunately a marshal died while recovering a crashed Sauber car.

Ahead of the next Grand Prix Mercedes and Pirelli had to go to court. In the end Mercedes and Pirelli were reprimanded and the German team was suspended from the Young Driver Test (YDT) in July.

The following British Grand Prix showed us that they should argue if a tyre test is legal, more that such a test is necessary.

Hamilton was leading the first couple of laps and than suddenly his left rear tyre was destroyed. He lost his lead, returned into the pit lane to get a new tyre and found himself back at the end of the field.

Massa who had another strong start and gained a lot of positions also became a victim. He lost control in the middle of a corner and spun.

After another tyre failure of Jean-Eric Vergne Charlie Whiting decided to deploy the Safety Car.

All drivers were ordered to avoid using the kerbs to prevent further tyre problems.

At this time Vettel was leading the race ahead of Nico Rosberg. But the German had to stop because of a gearbox failure and caused the next Safety Car deployment. Most of the cars made another pit stop for the final laps at that time.
Shortly after the Safety Car came in Perez got a tyre failure and the parts of the rubber almost hit Fernando Alonsos head who was attacking him.
Mark Webber came closer and closer to Rosberg but he would have needed a few more laps.
The German driver won his second race of the season.

Apart from all these tyre issues announced Mark Webber before the British Grand Prix his retirement at the end of the season. That was the start of the Silly Season....

Half season review - Part 1 - From Multi21 to "Testgate"

We have seen a first half of a season with many twist and turns - but still with Red Bull and current world champion Sebastian Vettel in the lead. Let's take a look back what has happened so far.

The season began as usual in Melbourne, Australia and we saw Red Bull, Ferrari and Lotus very strong, also Mercedes and Force India seemed competitive. McLaren hadn't only lost Lewis Hamilton, also their competitiveness. Also Sauber wasn't as strong as in 2012.

The race itself ended with a winner who didn't need to overtake someone on the track to win. 
Kimi Raikkönen simply won with one stop less than Alonso and Vettel.

In the second race in Malaysia we have had the first controversy of the season. After the last pit stops of the race we saw both Red Bulls very close together, but Mark Webber in front.
Because of uncertainty about the stability of the tyres both drivers were ordered to keep their positions with the now famous command Multi21.
Webber turned the engine down, but Vettel continued trying to pass Webber. He ignored the order and passed Webber in a battle through the first sector. Vettel later excused for disobeying the team order, but weeks later he turned back that he Webber hadn't really helped him in the past.

Also Mercedes had a similar issue in the race, but Rosberg obeyed the order and didn't pass Hamilton ahead and stayed at the fourth position.

In the following we saw Mercedes very strong in the qualifying in China. Lewis Hamilton took his first Pole Position for his new team. Later in the race he saved the third position and Fernando Alonso won his first race of the season.

We came to Bahrain and we saw another Pole Position for Mercedes - this time it was Rosberg. But that was the only highlight for Mercedes that weekend. In the race the German lost many positions in the first stint - he struggled with the tyres in the heat. Vettel eventually won the race ahead of both Lotus which came from bad grid positions from behind.


Then we came back to Europe and Nico Rosberg achieved another Pole Position. Lewis Hamilton completed the silver first row with the second place. But in the race it looked like in Bahrain. Both Mercedes lost positions, Hamilton don't even got any points. Nico Rosberg was able to lead longer than in Bahrain but still just scored a few points. Fernando Alonso finally won his home race ahead of Kimi Raikkönen.

Two weeks later the legendary Monaco Grand Prix took place. Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton filled the first row once again. 
The race had some moments: First, Felipe Massa made the same crash into Turn 1 as the day before in the qualifying. It followed the first Safety Car deployment of the year.
Lewis Hamilton let a too big gap between him and the leading Rosberg and lost his second place at the pits. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber overtook him this way.
Some laps later a crash between Max Chilton and Pastor Maldonado caused a red flag, because there pushed a barrier at the track.
Sergio Perez who gained a position from Fernando Alonso before the restart because the Spaniard cut the chicane had later an intense fight with Raikkönen. 
The Mexican tried several times to pass the Finn at the chicane, Raikkönen always covered his position until one optimistic move from Perez where both clashed. 
Raikkönen got a puncture, dropped back out of the points. Perez had to give up because he destroyed his brakes.
But the Finn came back, overtook in the last laps both Sauber and his compatriot Bottas and at least scored one point for 10th place.

Rosberg eventually won the Monaco Grand Prix, 30 years after his father Keke.

But the victory had negative connotation because the information that Mercedes conducted a Pirelli tyre test with 2013 cars after the Barcelona race became public...

Hungarian Grand Prix memories

The Hungarian Grand Prix is the infamous race where it is hard to win from a bad grid position because of the less passing opportunities. But that doesn't mean it's impossible. Especially after the new rules since 2011 with the usage of DRS and KERS and the new tyre supplier Pirelli with its unpredictable compounds the races have become more exciting.

But let's take a look back at some historical races and incidents happened in Budapest.

If you think about races at the Hungaroring you surely remember the rarely rainy races like in 2006 and 2011 both won by Jenson Button.

In 2006 the championship contenders both Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso received penalties in form of seconds added to their lap time. They had to start from bad positions in the grid.

Alonso was in a good position to win this race with the superior car and Michelin tyres, he gained a lot positions. But finally he had to retire after he lost his wheel because of a unfixed wheel nut after a pit stop.
Raikkönen, also in a great position, crashed into a car he was about to lap because he looked in his mirrors at that time.

Michael Schumacher struggled with his Bridgestone tyres, stayed out on the Intermediate compound in the final stint where the track was already almost dry. He had to defend against Pedro de la Rosa and Nick Heidfeld coming faster from behind. Schumacher damaged his suspension and had to retire after a collision with his German compatriot. Button won his first ever race.

Five years later, at his 200th Grand Prix, Button won another Formula One race in the rain. Hamiltons spun and following drive-through-penalty helped him.

Massa at his last race before his crash in 2009

Felipe Massa has two really bad memories about Hungary. In 2008 he took the lead after a fantastic start into the first corner. Later he had retire because of an engine failure a few laps before the end of the race.
The win in Budapest took Heikki Kovalainen which was his first and only Formula One victory.

One year later in the 2009 qualifying of the Hungarian GP Massas head was hit by a part of Rubens Barrichellos car. He became unconscious and ended up in the tyre wall. The Brazilian driver was seriously hurt, almost lost his eye. But he had luck and could recover for a comeback in the following season.

The race in 2010 also had interesting topics. After the Safety Car was deployed a lot of cars went into the pits. But there was chaos: Rosberg lost a wheel after joining the fast lane (looked like the Webber incident last race in Germany) and Kubica and Sutil crashed into each other.

Later, when the Safety Car came in, Vettel missed the restart and let a too big gap between him and his team-mate Webber who hadn't pitted. The German got a drive-through-penalty which couldn't understand in the heat of the moment. He complained with his hands during the drive through the pit lane.

In the final moments of the race we saw a really hard fight between two former team-mates:
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) and Rubens Barrichello (Williams). The Brazilian, on fresher tyres faster than his old Ferrari mate, was closing in and began his move at the start-finish-straight.
Both cars went to right side close to the pit wall, Barrichello almost hit it. In the last moment Schumacher moved back on the other side, else it would have been a heavy crash.
Barrichello said that was 'horrible" and urged a 'black flag' for the Mercedes driver. But it was too late for that, so Schumacher received a 10-place-grid-penalty for the following Grand Prix.

Also dramatic the 'almost-victory' of Damon Hill in 1997 where he had a big gap until the last laps but a gearbox problem let his former team-mate Jacques Villeneuve close in. The Canadian took in the lead in the final lap, Arrows driver Hill could at least finish second.

The most successful driver has been Michael Schumacher with four victories,  most remarkable was his drive in 1998 where he made a lot of qualifying laps in a row on a different strategy.

Let's see if this weekend can give us another memorable race.

The Silly Season 2013

Every year there are questions marks about some seats for the following season and rumours spread around.
Mark Webber made the first step and decided to leave Formula One for another category...

Vettels new team-mate and Raikkönen's decision 

After everyone knew that the second seat at Red Bull Racing is available almost everyone thought about Raikkönen. Red Bull officially confirmed interest. The other two candidates were the two Toro

Where will Kimi sign?

Rosso drivers Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo, the latter was even suggested by his Australian compatriot Mark Webber and got a chance to drive the tyre test for Red Bull Racing at the Young Driver Test last week. It looks like Vergne won't get the chance and it will be a decision between Raikkönen and Ricciardo. Lotus definitely wants to keep the Finn but at the end of the day it's Raikkönen's decision. It is expected that we will know more in August, maybe before the Belgium Grand Prix..

Sauber struggled financially and is now finally saved - But what will Hülkenberg do?

Nico Hülkenberg expected different things than he saw this year. The team struggled financially and wasn't as competitive as the year before where the Swiss achieved four podium positions. The German driver was obviously failed to be payed by the team in the last months and he canceled his contract. He can leave whenever he wants. Lotus is an option if Raikkönen really leaves the team for Red Bull Racing. Ferrari could only be an option if they will no longer support their Brazilian driver Felipe Massa. A comeback to Force India would be weird but not impossibile. Sutil also hopes for chances at a team like Ferrari or Lotus. At least Sauber was financially saved by mid-July through a Russian partnership. For 2014 Sauber will try to let a now 17-year-old Russian racing driver driving for them. The only thing he need is the license.. 

Another chance for Massa?

Since Alonso joined Ferrari and Massas comeback in 2010 the things weren't the same as before. Especially after the race of the 'team order' in Germany where Massa lost a possible win for his team-mate, he somehow lost the pace.
But at the end of 2012 it seems that Massa could gradually return to his old form where he constantly scored points and sometimes even beated his Spanish team-mate in qualiying.

It has looked like a sequel at the begin of this season where he had a good start with points and podium finishes, despite having some punctures in Bahrain, Felipe Massa qualified ahead of Fernando Alonso a few times.

His problems began in Monaco, where he had both in qualifying and race a same-looking crash. It was later confirmed that only in the qualifying it had been his own mistake.
Problems continued in Montreal: In the wet qualifying he threw his car in the wall and got a bad grid position for the race where he at least got some points.

In Silverstone Massa was also victim of the cars having a puncture. Until then he had a brilliant start, gained many positions, including his team-mate, from 11 to 5. The puncture threw him at the end of the field.
At the last race - the German Grand Prix - the Brazilian made in the first couple of laps an embarrassing mistake and spun while braking into the first corner. Unfortunately the gearbox failed and he couldn't shift back to the first gear following he had to switch off the engine.

But Massa currently has the pace to be competitive and helpful for Ferrari in the Constructors championship.
He just have to be more consistent and his seat won't be in danger.
I think we can expect Ferrari will confirm Massa in October when he found back his consistency, else Hulkenberg and Sutil are possible options for a replacement.

Finally Raikkönen's decision will be the start of the domino effect, the other decisions will be a consequence of this. Let's see what will happen.

F1 German GP 2013 race report

Sebastian Vettel has finally achieved his first home victory in Germany and has defeated his Juli curse because he also had never won a Grand Prix in this month.

After Lewis Hamilton took the Pole Position on Saturday, Vettel managed it to qualify on second place. His team-mate Mark Webber started from third place ahead of both Lotus. Ricciardo achieved another good Top Ten position in front of both Ferraris. Rosberg failed to get into Q3 because of a strategy error of the team.

Today both Red Bulls had a fantastic start and were able to pass Hamilton before turning into the first corner. Vettel leaded the race ahead of Webber.

After a few laps Massa suddenly spun in Turn 1. He kept stuck in the 5th gear and was unable to downshift which forced him to retire. Such a shame after he already passed Ricciardo and being ahead of his team-mate.

The first pit stops came and also Webber went to the pits. Accidently the right rear wheel wasn't fit properly and the Australian driver was released too early. He lost the wheel a few metres after he continued driving - the wheel hit a cameraman. As it was later confirmed, the FOM worker has 'only' some broken bones and a concussion.

Webber stopped at the end of the pitlane and the team pushed him backwards to the pits where he got another wheel. He lost more than one lap because of this incident.

Meanwhile, both Lotus showed a strong pace closing in on Vettel. Obviously the hot temperatures helped the Lotus again to show their potential. By this time Vettel led ahead of Grosjean and Raikkönen.
A few laps later the Marussia of Jules Bianchi had a massive engine failure before the NGK chicane. He stopped on the grass and yellow flags were waved.

 While the marshals were saving the car it rolled backwards over the other side of the track. Luckily the leaders just came a few seconds later to this corner. Too dangerous for the race control - Safety Car was deployed. The most of the drivers decided to make a pit stop.
This was a lucky situation for Mark Webber, because he was allowed to 'unlap'.
After the restart he could easily gain some positions.

In the front Vettel kept leading the race until Grosjean made another pit stop forcing the German to cover him, which let Raikkönen alone in front.

It first looked like the Finn tried to stay out until the end but he decided to pit around 10 laps before the finish with another set of soft tyres. Alonso, who started with a different strategy, took his first set of soft tyres. They both were approaching Vettel and Grosjean.

Lotus ordered Grosjean to let Raikkönen pass because he was on better tyres. Raikkönen closed in to Vettel down to one second and Alonso was also very close to Grosjean.
But the positions remained the same through the finish but it was close.

Mercedes had another race to forget - comparable to Bahrain or Barcelona. Hamilton dropped down the positions, had awesome battles with his former team-mates Alonso and Button and finally crossed the line as 5th. Rosberg finished 9th ahead of Nico Hulkenberg who took the last point. Mark Webber recovered after his failed first pit stop and scored as 7th six additional points.

Williams has failed another time to finish in the points this season although Maldonado was in a good position until his last pit stop - it took long to fit a tyre. Force India was also unable to score points, they were obviously struggling with the new tyres, tyre rules or the temperatures.

But luckily this time - no punctures! Looks like the new tyre rules has helped so far.

F1 Canadian GP 2013 Race Report

F1 Canadian GP 2013 Race Report

After unsuccessful races in the last few years, especially the close one in 2011, Vettel finally won the Canadian Grand Prix. It all began with his Pole Position on Saturday under rainy conditions.

At the start Rosberg and Webber easily overtook Bottas, who was the surprise of Saturday on 3rd place. Alonso also managed it to take his position at the beginning, but Adrian Sutils following attempt to pass Bottas failed because he spun after accelerating in Turn 3.

He luckily didn't hit the following cars and was able to continue the race, but some laps later he was hit by Pastor Maldonado and he got a damaged rear wing. The Venezuelan driver received a drive-through penalty for causing a collision. Giedo van der Garde also caused a collision while Webber was lapping him at the hairpin. He had to do a 10-seconds-stop-and-go penalty.

Meanwhile, Alonso continued his way to the front passing Webber and Rosberg in some awesome battles. Vettel had a huge gap, mostly 15-20 seconds between him and the second place.

Alonso closed in to Hamilton and was able to pass him in the second DRS zone in at the start-finish straight. Sutil received a drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags while Hamilton and Alonso were going to lap him.

Massa also had many manouvers after his crash in qualifying the day before. He recovered from 16th to 8th after finally passing Raikkonen in the penultimate lap in the first DRS zone.

In the end Vettel won ahead of Alonso, Hamilton, Webber and Rosberg, all other cars behind were lapped.

Testgate - Was droht Mercedes?

Der private Reifentest von Mercedes schlägt auch im Rahmen des Großen Preises von Kanada noch hohe Wellen. Nachdem am Abend nach dem Qualifying in Monaco das ganze Thema überhaupt erst in die Öffentlichkeit gelangt ist, haben Red Bull und Ferrari Protest eingelegt.

Die in Monaco zuständigen Kommissare gaben das Thema direkt an die FIA weiter, die wiederum entschied, die Problematik vor dem FIA Tribunal zu klären. Als Datum hat man am Kanada-Wochenende den 20. Juni bekanntgegeben. 

Ross Brawn, der preisgab, der Test sei seine Entscheidung gewesen, freut sich darauf der FIA alle ihm vorliegenden Fakten zu präsentieren, da er sich regeltechnisch im Recht fühlt.

Die anderen Teams, aber insbesondere Red Bull, sehen einen ganz klaren Regelbruch der Sporting Regulations, worin steht, dass Testfahrten zwischen dem ersten Saisonrennen und dem 31. Dezember des gleichen Jahres verboten sind, als Ausnahmen sind nur Werbeaufnahmen und Aerodynamiktests zugelassen. Allerdings hat Pirelli wiederum einen Vertrag mit der FIA, der einen 1000-Kilometer Reifentest mit einem aktuellen Auto zulässt, sofern der Reifenhersteller alle Teams befragt und diese dem zustimmen, was aber beim Mercedes-Test nicht zugetroffen hat.

Es wirkt sogar so, als ob man offenbar versuchte den Test geheim zu halten:

Die Tests wurden von Mittwoch bis Freitag nach dem Spanien-Grand Prix in Barcelona durchgeführt, wo man sicher war, dass auch wirklich alle Trucks der anderen Teams weg waren. Desweiteren verwendeten die Fahrer schwarze Helme anstatt der üblichen. 

Toto Wolff begründete gegenüber RTL, dass das personenschutztechnische Gründe hatte, da keine Securities vor Ort waren und die Strecke und Tribünen frei zugänglich waren.

Aber das der ganze Test über eine Woche geheimbleiben konnte, ist in der heutigen Welt mit Twitter und Facebook schon fast ein Wunder.

Dass Mercedes einen Vorteil hatte, ist unbestritten - jeder Kilometer, ob man nun weiß welcher Reifen drauf war oder nicht, hilft. Die Konkurrenz fühlt sich in jedem Fall benachteiligt und will, wenn es erlaubt war, ziemlich zügig auch einen Reifentest und wenn nicht eine harte Bestrafung für die Silberpfeile.

Wie solche Strafen aussehen können, konnte man in der Vergangenheit sehen:

Ferrari erhielt beispielsweise für das indirekte Anwenden einer nicht erlaubten Teamorder eine Geldstrafe von 100.000 Dollar. Wenn hier ähnlich vorgegangen wird, ist es wahrscheinlich, dass sich Red Bull einen solchen Test erkaufen würde.

Es kann aber auch schlimmer kommen: Die Spionageaffäre 'Spygate' kostete McLaren 2007 alle Konstrukteurspunkte und eine Rekordgeldstrafe von 100 Millionen Dollar.

Da aber selbst Experten im Unklaren sind, wie das unabhängige Gericht entscheiden wird, heißt es für alle Abwarten und hoffen, dass das Thema dann für alle klar wird.

Sollten Teamorders in der Formel 1 wieder verboten werden?

Spätestens seit dem Großen Preis von Malaysia in diesem Jahr wird über die Teamorder, einem Befehl, der den Teamchefs erlaubt, die Positionen ihrer Fahrer untereinander zu steuern, nach ihrer Wiedereinführung vor zwei Jahren wieder kontrovers diskutiert. Im Folgenden werde ich auf die Vor- und Nachteile eines möglichen Verbots eingehen.

Zunächst hätte ein Verbot der Teamorder die Folge, dass es für die Fans vor dem Fernseher und an der Strecke bis zum Rennende mehr Spannung versprechen würde, weil sich auch Teamkollegen auf der Strecke duellieren dürften, anstatt nach Forderung der Teamleitung die Positionen zu halten, wie es beispielsweise in Malaysia bei Mercedes der Fall war, als der schnellere Nico Rosberg den auf dem dritten Platz liegenden Lewis Hamilton nicht überholen durfte.

Desweiteren wäre ein Verbot der Teamorder mehr im Sinne des Sports, wo eben der schnellere Fahrer gewinnen sollte und keine Manipulation seitens des Teams möglich wäre. Das Team Red Bull Racing sprach sich nach dem Großen Preis von Malaysia zum Beispiel dafür aus, die Teamorder intern abzuschaffen, da Teamorders von den Fahrern dort und auch in der Vergangenheit des Öfteren ignoriert wurden.

Auf der anderen Seite gibt es auch ganz klar Punkte, die für den Verbleib der Teamorder sprechen.

Es ist durchaus sinnvoll, dass der punktetechnisch weiter zurückliegende Fahrer am Saisonende den um den WM-Titel kämpfenden anderen Fahrer unterstützt, sofern der zurückliegende Fahrer keine rechnerische Chance mehr hat die Meisterschaft zu gewinnen. So hat es Ferrari im vergangenen Jahr gemacht, als Felipe Massa Fernando Alonso gegen Rennende nicht mehr angegriffen hatte oder sogar kampflos überholen ließ.

Ein weiterer Aspekt gegen einen Verbot ist die Tatsache, dass es eben schwer zu kontrollieren ist, was auch Ende 2010 dafür sorgte, die Teamorder wieder offiziell zu erlauben.

Ferrari kassierte für die nicht erlaubte Teamorder in Hockenheim eine sechsstellige Geldstrafe, sportliche Strafen im Sinne von Punktabzügen oder Sperren blieben aus, da die Telemetrieauswertungen und der Funkverkehr nicht zur Feststellung einer eindeutigen Teamorder reichte, auch wenn es von außen offensichtlich erschien.

Aber der wichtigste Punkt zu diesem Thema ist dennoch, dass es sich hier um eine Menge Geld dreht, was die Teams investieren, weshalb es schon in ihrem Recht sein sollte, selbst entscheiden zu dürfen, welche Anweisungen sie ihren Fahrern geben und welche nicht. Würden beispielsweise beide Teamkollegen kollidieren, wie es in der Türkei 2010 bei Red Bull Racing der Fall war, kommen dem Team unnötigerweise Siegprämieren abhanden und es könnten zusätzliche Kosten durch Schäden an den Fahrzeugen entstehen.

Letztens Endes komme ich zu der Meinung, dass es zwar im Sinne der Fans und dem Image des Sports besser wäre, die Teamorder zu verbieten, allerdings sollte man auch bedenken was für ein hoher Aufwand hinter dem ganzen Thema Formel 1 steckt, den man nicht für einen unnötigen Zweikampf und möglichen sowohl finanziellen als auch sportlichen Verlusten aufs Spiel setzen sollte.