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Mercedes should allow drivers to determine own strategies, says Coulthard

David Coulthard has called on the Mercedes Formula 1 team to allow Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to determine their own race strategies for the season finale in Abu Dhabi. After a less than thrilling race last weekend at Interlagos, Mercedes came under fire for its policy of giving the lead car strategic priority and not allowing the chasing driver to deviate from the planned strategy in case it risked the team's one-two finish. In the aftermath of the race, Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff ruled out the possibility of offering Hamilton and Rosberg more strategic freedom, later adding that the team's existing policy was preferable for fans to having a number one driver. But Coulthard...
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