Nico Rosberg submits McLaren request as ‘silver rules’ revisited

Back in 2016, as Nico Rosberg raced Lewis Hamilton for the F1 World title, the German obeyed team orders in Monaco in much the same manner as Oscar Piastri ceded second place to Lando Norris in Monza.

However, in Abu Dhabi, in what could yet be a situation that McLaren finds itself in, Lewis Hamilton tried to throw Rosberg to the wolves – or in that case Sebastian Vettel, close behind the Mercedes pair in third – with the championship at stake.

Nico Rosberg weighs in on McLaren’s Monza team orders

Having found itself in the midst of an intra-team title fight, McLaren’s racing ethos was put to the test at the Italian Grand Prix when the team issued team orders in Norris’ favour.

The teammates had been running first and second, although Max Verstappen in third who had already stopped was