Well it's still a team sport so not purely for individual performance only. That's why team order is not banned, especially since it cannot be really controlled/policed properly anyway. Team orders have been applied countless times in any other motorsport forms too, not just F1. It's just a matter of how or when it's done.

Team sport when it is for Constructors points and they already had the 1-2 positions and maximum points sewn up. I dont buy that argument for switching the drivers around.
History will look back on this Drivers trophy, and if Ham wins it, it was a diminished one because he was gifted this win.

already leading 40 points before the race.. & lewis consistently collects more points than seb.. dont think mercedes really need to do that

ooh.. they will do the same again to give bottas win when the title already sealed? still not the same as a true win on merit..

yes, based on rules, they can do that.. but, in F1 situation right now, an exciting race is hard to come by.. & this make it even harder.. sigh

Qualifying anyone?

Ferrari is desperate and making all the wrong calls

LOL strategic for ferrari team

great qualy for torro rosso after engine update..

Ferrari lost the championship at Monza already anyway.

Vettel is unhappy with Ferrari strategy... Questioning the inter... Maybe Ferrari nowadays treats driver only as employees and don't let them weight in into the decision.

Great results for Honda. They improved a lot. Meanwhile alonso....

Now we can fight..

*cough* shit team management *cough*

lol... wrong qualifying strategy AGAIN for Ferrari.

Actually Seb partly at fault too. Not only Ferrari for their strategy call. He screwed up his lap at Spoon curve like Kimi did but only worse. Without that mistake, he would have started row 2 probably.

He's pushing it too hard. But imo, unless he can get in front of Hamilton, it doesn't matter much where his end up. because it is impossible to catch the Mercedes pair, and with Hyper, overcut is impossible too.

Again another set of costly mistake by BOTH Ferrari as a team and Seb the driver. I don't think I can recall any top team and driver making so many mistakes in one season!

Looks like nobody bother to watch anymore lol

Watched. Nothing at the front was entertaining. Only Seb providing some entertainment. Thanks to his own mistake also anyway. Lol

SEB5 gotta go for kem bina semangat already...he cant overcome his own shadow,plus with team not doing a supportive role..

Wdc and wcc is over liao, merc sapu all... lol

Merc deserves it as they worked well as a team and sensational wingman plays his role well. Lewis calm and collected during majority of the races and extracted the car performances well.

Ferrari too itallinese maybe the downfall. Seb like to take higher risk in his racing. The team strategist not up to merc level. Raikkonen doesn't like to play wingman role. All imperfection in the above area pulls the team down imo.

Just too many mistakes from both Ferrari & Seb through out the season, while Mercs always able to capitalize big time on those mistakes.

Missed most of the race, Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP was too exciting to be missed