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Will Mercedes use team order? 'It's a necessary evil'

Looking ahead to the sprint race at the Autodromo Internazionale Monza, many eyes will be on the two Mercedes cars on the front row of the grid, and a possible team order against Valtteri Bottas. Amid the criticism, Formula One journalist Edd Straw argues that the dreaded strategy decision is a 'necessary evil'. "To instruct one driver to assist the other is derided by many as anti-sport, unethical and plain wrong. But they are a necessary evil, one Mercedes, and Red Bull for that matter must deploy when appropriate", Straw argues in his most recent contribution to The Race. Read more Wolff hints at team order during sprint again: 'Presumably' Not good enough "Some argue it...
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