Will Mercedes now use team orders?

[henners88]

Sorry , henners , but you need to cut Nico some slack on that one .
If he had held Lewis up any longer , you would have flayed him for being selfish and not playing the team game , and you know it .
He let him by because it was the right thing to do .

He let him by because he knew he would wreck his tyres trying to defend. It was the right thing to do for him, Hamilton and the team. If the order had come when Nico believed he had a chance to win, I am not convinced he would have moved over. I don't think either of these guys would move over in that situation, nor should they.

If he had held Hamilton up and cost either of them a win, of course I would have criticised him.