Well, they are good friends based on social media posts, so maybe thats why he's only warning him.
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Well, they are good friends based on social media posts, so maybe thats why he's only warning him.
I don't get all the fuss about possible team orders to hold the positions between Tanak and Ogier.
Do you really think Malcom ora any other team boss would risk both championships because team orders are bad? What was the point NOT TO give team orders in that occasion?
No one is doing a fuss mate, just mentioning the fact that one title contender told in a press conference he was ordered to ease up. Why should we (and the press, btw) ignore it? Especially when the order came from the same team boss that a couple of days before publicly announced there would not be any orders at all?
'Team orders' in rallying has a bad connotation, as it usually implies an inferior driver being told to slow to let a better one pass.
But in this case the driver in front was the No.1. The No.2 driver was behind and with a car with an issue (gravel gearbox).
There is no big fuss being made in this case, as no-one thinks telling the No.2 driver to hold station is in any way a bad thing. Ogier & Tanak were not neck-and-neck for the title - Ogier had a clear lead.
M-Sport were about to virtually ensure the Manufacturer's championship AND have a 1-2 in the Driver's. No sane person would put that at risk by fighting among themselves.
There is nothing wrong with team orders, as long as both drivers are OK with it. Was Tanak happy? I don't know, hope he was.
Well, i think he was ok, because they were allowed to compete pretty much from the 2. half of 2. day till the 2. half of 3. day. Ogier was raising his advantage, there wasn`t much point and if there would have been a mistake from Ogier, then probably he would`ve beaten him.