Quote Originally Posted by rjbetty View Post
Yeah it's a tough call whether he did the right thing, but things have been so uneven against Lewis this season, part of me can't blame him. He had to think of his own strategy too.
No he hasn't. He is an employee of Mercedes. First and foremost he has to serve their interests. Putting his own ambitions over those of the team is a clear breach of contract. If any of my employees put his own ambitions over what I have in mind for the company, he would be gone.

What you can question, is the wisdom of Mercedes even asking something like that - just as my employees have the right to question my motives if I'm obstructing their ambitions, but first they have to carry out what I'm telling them, unless my request is unlawful.

I had the same reflex last year, with Vettel in Malaysia, thinking he was right to disobey. But it was the same case. Vettel disobeying the order was essentially wrong. And it was complete stupidity from RB to ask him to stay put. But he still put his own interests over those of the team and that's essentially wrong.