Mercedes drivers told to obey team orders in future

[Firstgear]

One thing we seem to disagree on , henners , is that Lewis could have won , had he not held Nico up .
I think he would have had a really good chance to keep Nico behind him at the end .
But , you don't seem to have much faith in that idea .

You're assuming Lewis held Nico up, but did he? Before the team order, Nico was catching Lewis quite rapidly. After Nico got relatively close, Lewis was either holding Nico up, or he sped up to match Nico's pace - and was therefore not holding him up. Their lap times should tell the story.

- If Nico's lap times increase after he gets close to Lewis, he was being held up and maybe Lewis should've let him past.
- If Lewis's lap times decrease, that tells us he made the decision to take the risk of ruining his tyres to avoid having to let Nico past.

I haven't looked at lap times, but Lewis's reply on the radio to the team orders tell me it's probably the second scenario I've listed.