F1 drops rule banning team orders

Formula One bosses yesterday deleted the controversial rule banning team orders from the sport, the World Motor Sport Council announced

Formula One bosses yesterday deleted the controversial rule banning team orders from the sport, the World Motor Sport Council announced.
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Last season, Ferrari were fined 100,000 dollars after Felipe Massa was told to cede the lead of the German Grand Prix to teammate Fernando Alonso 18 laps from the end.

The rule, article 151.c, was introduced in 2002 after Rubens Barrichello gifted a win to then-Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher at the Austrian Grand Prix. Elsewhere, the WMSC also approved the introduction of a new specification engine from 2013.

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