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Wolff: Ferrari team orders would have been brutal

Aside from it meaning Lewis Hamilton is one point and not four behind Sebastian Vettel, Toto Wolff has applauded Ferrari's decision not to implement team orders in Austria. Racing 2-3 behind Max Verstappen in the closing laps at the Red Bull Ring, there were some suggestions from commentators that Ferrari may use team orders to swap their drivers' positions. That would have put Vettel up to second and dropped Kimi Raikkonen to third thus handing the German three additional points in the championship race at a grand prix in which Hamilton retired. Ferrari refrained and the duo raced to the flag with the Finn ahead. 'We wouldn't have and I'm not surprised that they didn't,' Wolff told...
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