Quote Originally Posted by jparker View Post
Unless Malcolm's sixth chakra has changed, I'm afraid Ott will be "asked" to play the "points insurance" game, something young drivers like him don't like.
Don't be afraid, it's not that scary. Of course there will be times when they play the team game, to imply that's a M-Sport specific thing either shows that you have an axe to grind or that you don't know much about the sport. I don't think that game will be "stay in fourth" unless Ott renews his old habit of crashing on too many occasions. It's more likely to be "you're second behind Seb, 30 seconds back, stop pushing so hard".

Team orders make sense a lot of times though, Citroen understand it, Hyundai understand it (although don't really have to apply it much) and it won't take many more balls ups by Hanninen before Tommi has to have a word in his ear about getting to the end of an event on the first try. Teams can't afford to keep repairing cars to enter under Rally 2 or whatever it's called these days.