Quote Originally Posted by The Black Knight View Post
Nico could have just as easily questioned the team orders and said he wanted to stay out. He didn't and chose to come in. Lewis did question it and if he won because of it, it would have been deserving because that is part of racing.

I remember Button refusing a McLaren order to come into the pits in China 2010. People called it a master stroke by Button because it won him the race. I wonder how many of those people are here criticising Hamilton for not refusing but simply questioning orders he was given.

What a spiteful soul Jenson is then
Certainly either driver could have ignored the instructions, and no doubt the debate about that would have been even more heated But that's quite different to saying the instructions themselves were biased or an attempt to change the race result.

I think it's just as well that both drivers did obey the orders. If either had refused, it would have left the Mercedes team in a difficult position. At the very least it would prevent them ever making such a precautionary stop again, with both drivers assuming the other would disobey the instructions.