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Whitmarsh: Not good for the sport

Martin Whitmarsh believes team orders can be detrimental to Formula One especially when they make headlines as they did in Malaysia. Two teams issued orders in Sunday's race at the Sepang circuit, however, only one set was obeyed. While Nico Rosberg listened to his Mercedes bosses when he was hold not to attack Lewis Hamilton for third, Sebastian Vettel ignored Red Bull when hold station behind Mark Webber. Instead the German stormed by, taking the victory and the 25 points from his aggrieved team-mate. And although Whitmarsh doesn't believe the Red Bull saga especially is doing Formula One any good, he concedes that McLaren cannot throw stones. "No, I don't think the team order...
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