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"You can't put a leash on" – how the Mercedes drivers see their F1 championship fight
Motorsport.comJune 4, 2026
Curated for Torqlytics readers — aggregated from trusted F1 publishers, not original reporting.
Formula 1 drivers and team orders have a long and disagreeable history, especially when those drivers are in the heat of the world championship battle.You have to go back to the 1950s to find a properly gentlemanly resolution to a title fight involving two teammates. And even then the famous example of Peter Collins handing his Ferrari over to Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1956 Italian Grand Prix ...