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Mercedes open to using team orders in US Grand Prix

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that Mercedes could opt to use team orders during the United States Grand Prix, citing that the priority for the team is to secure both championships as soon as possible. Although it is impossible for the Silver Arrows to lock up the constructor's championship this weekend, the driver's title race could come to an end if Lewis Hamilton outscores his title rival Sebastian Vettel by eight points. Having controversially employed team orders during the Russian Grand Prix to deny Valtteri Bottas an almost certain win, Wolff claimed: "I’d rather be the baddie today and not the idiot at the end of the year." It seems that team orders...
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