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Wolff: Rather be conservative than an idiot
Toto Wolff insists Mercedes would rather order their drivers to hold station than look "like an idiot" if they crash into each other.
Team orders made headlines in the wake of the Malaysian GP when both Red Bull and Mercedes issued them.
But while Sebastian Vettel chose to ignore his team, Nico Rosberg obeyed, staying put behind Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton went on to complete the podium behind the Bulls, who almost collided when Vettel attacked Mark Webber.
And Wolff reckons it is that near-collision between the Bulls that highlighted the reason why team orders are issued.
"As a racing driver, deep inside him [Rosberg] is not happy about it," the Merc executive...
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