‘Mercedes deserve credit for letting drivers race’

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Rather than criticising Mercedes for interfering in the title showdown, Toto Wolff says the team “deserves credit” for letting the drivers race for the past three seasons.

Mercedes drew the ire of Lewis Hamilton when they tried to intervene in Sunday’s title-decider in Abu Dhabi.

With the Drivers’ Championship at stake Hamilton needed to push Rosberg off the podium and began to back up his team-mate in the closing laps of the grand prix.

Mercedes initially asked him to up the pace before tech chief Paddy Lowe made it clear that it was an “instruction” and not a request.

Despite Hamilton refusing to obey and continuing to back up Rosberg, the German …

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