Sebastian Vettel Wrong to Ignore Team Orders at 2014 Chinese Grand Prix

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Published: April 22, 2014

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When Red Bull’s appeal against Daniel Ricciardo’s disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix was rejected exactly a week ago, we put it down to the team’s success in recent years.

Because Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel had enjoyed such staggering levels of domination in winning four consecutive world championships since 2010, we argued that a no-compromise culture had grown within the team.

That unwillingness to give an inch cost the team dearly in Melbourne when Red Bull decided to run Ricciardo’s car with the fuel flow information provided by the team’s own sensors rather than those of the FIA to which each of their rivals adhered.

In deciding to take the second place and fight about it afterwards rather than following the governing body’s advice and settling for a decent points finish, Red Bull bit off more than they could chew and ended up choking.

The punishment that followed and the subsequent loss of the appeal, we said, would guarantee that Red Bull would never again display such self-defeating arrogance.

Well, we were wrong. Completely and utterly wrong.

In fact, we were proven wrong within five days of the result of Red Bull’s appeal becoming public knowledge.

Vettel’s refusal to move aside for Ricciardo in the Chinese Grand Prix was the second time in 12 months that the German has consciously disobeyed the orders of his employers.

And although this was a far less controversial and high-profile incident than the Multi-21 fiasco of the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix, it was arguably more costly for Red Bull.

Ricciardo’s typically relaxed post-race reaction to Sky Sports immediately diffused the situation, but the Australian was potentially denied his second podium in four races by his own team.



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