Team orders ban dropped from next season...

[pino]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88645

[Zico]

Overdue Imo, it was an unrealistic and unenforcable rule.

[MrMetro]

Overdue Imo, it was an unrealistic and unenforcable rule.

Indeed

[ArrowsFA1]

Mmmmmm...

Why do the FIA feel the need to add this:

The FIA said, however, that there would still be a rule to allow it to punish teams if it considers they had brought the sport into disrepute with their actions.

Team orders are now allowed. The article forbidding team orders (39.1) has been deleted from the rule book.

If a team use team orders now, how can that be seen as bringing the sport into disrepute

[maximilian]

Mmmmmm...

Why do the FIA feel the need to add this:

Team orders are now allowed. The article forbidding team orders (39.1) has been deleted from the rule book.

If a team use team orders now, how can that be seen as bringing the sport into disrepute

That's just a catch-all allowing them to penalize teams other than Ferrari, if needed.

The rule WAS enforceable, the FIA just chose not to really enforce it :

[I am evil Homer]

To avoid scenes like Austria i'd imagine where one car is obviously much faster and far ahead and lets the team mate through. Though how they draw the line on that is, as ever with the FIA, as clear as mud.

[Tazio]

Why do the FIA feel the need to add this:

Team orders are now allowed. The article forbidding team orders (39.1) has been deleted from the rule book.

If a team use team orders now, how can that be seen as bringing the sport into disrepute

Because the FIA seem to have a problem with disambigous rules?

[steveaki13]

I think its about time they scrapped the rule. be interesting to see if much changes.

[Bagwan]

Well , holey cow , they did it !

Thank you for revoking this silly rule , Mr. Todt . Thank you .

[ioan]

Well, Todt isn't just invisible as FIA president, he's downright in-existent.

Hate him or not Max had enough spine to dish out penalties to those who broke the rules, Todt will rather remove the rules than enforce them. :\

I guess this is because the cheaters lost even though they used team orders, now they can use them each and every race, let's see if RedBull can still beat them by playing fairly.