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Mercedes ready to rethink team orders approach
Mercedes has admitted that it may need to rethink its approach to team orders, in the wake of Ferrari's latest victory and strong start to the 2017 Formula 1 season. With Sebastian Vettel taking his second win from three races in the Bahrain Grand Prix, Mercedes has faced a reality check that it is in a very different kind of title fight this year. Having based its recent campaign on ensuring equality between its two drivers with a dominant car, the threat of Vettel – and the risk of losing wins because Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are fighting each other – means Mercedes may now face a tough call in terms of needing to favour one of its men. Mercedes knows that if it had...
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