true...but massa have all the advantage, he already use to ferrari n bridgestone...while kimi have to learn everything the car n the tyres,same as alonso...give him more time,he will be stronger than massa

Team order controversy returned to the Formula One paddock on Sunday evening when Ron Dennis was accused by the British media of illegally preventing former championship leader Lewis Hamilton from challenging his McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso in Monaco.

The most memorable such hullabaloo was in 2002, when Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello pulled over for Michael Schumacher within sight of the Austrian GP chequer.

Dennis, though, was at the centre of a similar storm in 1998, when David Coulthard deferred to Mika Hakkinen in Melbourne.

In Monaco, the F1 circus was unhappy to learn that Hamilton had to follow the lead of his world champion teammate after the first pit stop, having qualified on a heavier fuel load than pole sitter Alonso - and the saga was spurred on by the 22-year-old's visible disappointment on the podium and in the post-race press conference.

"I've got number two on my car. I am the number two driver," Hamilton said bluntly.

Team orders that manipulate the result of a race are forbidden by the FIA, but mere team strategies are less frowned-upon.

Dennis, the Woking based team's chairman and principal, made no apologies for protecting the McLaren one-two despite admitting to some disappointment.

"I don't like to slow drivers down, I don't like them to be frustrated but it is the way you have to win the Monaco Grand Prix," he said.

Dennis insisted to reporters that the situation was a 'one off', created by the unforgiving Monaco barriers and also McLaren's performance advantage over their nearest competitor here.

He said: "We don't have team orders - we had a strategy to win this race.

"There will be places where they will be absolutely free to race, but this isn't one of them."

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you did say alonso also have to learn back everything like kimi
but why izzit alonso still can stand head to head with the best there is
I wonder if the pre-season testing have to do with it :

Sometimes, sad to say, it was quite obvious that team orders existed within McLarens. No one in the team will admit it. It did look suspicious sometimes.

Ron Dennis has admitted to telling Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso to hold station in the final stint of Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.
During stages of the grand prix, Hamilton was pushing Alonso hard as he tried to chase down his first ever Formula One victory.
The McLaren duo traded fastest lap for fastest lap as they fought for supremacy although some times barely missing in the barriers as the team-mates battled it out.
However, in the end a voice came over the team radio telling them to hold station before one of them took themself or both McLaren drivers out of the grand prix.
As it was Alonso was leading at that stage and went on to claim his second successive Monaoc win while Hamilton had to settle for second place.
And even though the McLaren rookie's disappointment was evident at the end of the grand prix, team boss Dennis says he did what was best for the team.
"I make no excuses for instructing the racing drivers to slow their pace after the first stop," he told The Sun.
"We are scrupulously fair at all times in how we run this grand prix team.
"If we'd had a pile-up everyone would have said what an idiot the team principal of McLaren is that he allowed the drivers to compete to a level where they both end up in the barrier.
"I don't like to slow drivers down, I don't like them to be frustrated, I don't like to see these things happen because I am an absolute racer but it is the way you have to win the Monaco Grand Prix."
Dennis was also quick to deny that the Monaco result was a sign that McLaren are favouring double World champion Alonso.
"Everybody feels, I'm sure, that there is some favouritism or some penalisation that is given to Lewis or Fernando, but we are scrupulously fair at all times in how we run this grand prix team," he said.
Ron Dennis also sympathised with Lewis Hamilton after the Briton showed his disappointment at second place in the Monaco GP.
Hamilton finished second for the fourth successive time as he followed home team-mate Fernando Alonso, and the duo are now level on 38 points.
But it was a contrived one-two in many respects as McLaren organised a race strategy that effectively handed the win on a plate to Alonso.
Dennis conceded as much when he said: "We had to cope with the potential deployment of the safety car.
"So consequently you virtually have to decide in advance which one of the team's drivers will claim the victory."
Alonso - who tops the standings by virtue of his two race wins - started on a lighter fuel load and a two-stop plan, while Hamilton was initially fuelled for a one-stopper.
That catered for a possible safety car incident as had happened in four of the previous five races.
If the safety car had been deployed then 22-year-old Hamilton would have celebrated his maiden win.
As it was, he was left bemoaning playing second fiddle to Alonso, although he did just about appreciate the reasons why.
"The goal of the team is to score as many points as we can to pull away from the Ferraris, and the way to do that is to finish first and second, or ahead of them," said Hamilton.
"It would have been easy for me to push a little harder, but then maybe touch the barrier, crash, or push Fernando into a mistake.
"That would have been a negative for the team, so it was best to finish one-two.
"At the end of the day I'm a rookie, and finishing second in what is my first Monaco Grand Prix, I really can't complain.
"It is something I have to live with. I've number two on my car and I am the number two driver. Coming into the season I expected to be number two driver.
"I'm just pleased to be here. I'm still living the dream. I've been on the podium in my first five grands prix, and I hope to continue with that."
That was said with a forced smile and Hamilton was clearly not entirely happy, a situation Dennis fully appreciates.
"He is disappointed and frustrated, and I can understand that," he said.
"But he would not have been any of those things if the safety car had been deployed. He would have won the race.
"To be honest, I'm not happy not letting our drivers race, but the simple fact is it's my job, which is a difficult one at times, and this was one of those times.
"The drivers are members of this team, and they have to behave and perform as members of the team. That's the way it is."
Dennis insists the Monaco Grand Prix is a one-off, and that the two are now free to go head-to-head in the battle for the title.
"Lewis has an equal opportunity to win the World Championship," Dennis added.
"I have been monstrously criticised in the past for not favouring a driver and frittering away the opportunity of a world title.
"But we will never favour one driver over another, no matter who it is. We never have and we never will.
"Time will tell that we do not favour anybody."

aih, they should be happy with the position already...why make so much noise in a track like this...

linkin : up to you when ready.

i have a sneaky feeling that massa is the one who will take the fight to alonso, but he got to be consistent lar...

lol how idiot can they be

Let your team mate pass = team order

Remain as their position also team order?

It's about the team interest, having both car finish and bring the gap further more and they get punish for this?

Rubbish

       

whenever a driver win a race...we can said they did 0% mistake...so during spain GP, massa d best wit 0% mistake....

n alonso......can describe as what?? 

juz becoz yesterday he did sum mistake...n u accuse him of being like a barri...