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No. Not a chance. Ferrari have genuinely got Mercedes worried.
Suggesting one team actively let another win is totally absurd. This is a highly, highly competitive business.
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In that case, I never, ever seen a team so happy to have been beaten, and keep remarking how fair-and-square it all was.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/formulaone/article4396999.ece
http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/formula-1/mercedes/malaysian-grand-prix/news/lauda-ferrari-were-unbeatable_214140.html
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/217097/1/lauda-now-bernie-cant-complain-about-boring-vettel.html
http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12472/9780705/mercedes-toto-wolff-gracious-in-defeat-to-ferrari-at-sepang
https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/interviews/2015/3/toto-wolff-q-a--ferrari-beat-us-fair-and-square.htmlI've been a Formula 1 fan since the 1970s. Yes, really. And I have not seen this outpouring of happiness in a beaten foe before. Maybe you're right. It can't possibly have anything to do with sandbagging, and hoping the calls for equalization die off. Unthinkable that they have more in hand......
I'm just extremely sceptical. Toto and Niki could be practically working for Ferrari with their comments. Its all so loving isn't it?
GA2G
Is it possible that Mercedes turned their engines down, by even a very small percentage, to allow another team to excel, and possibly win, and thereby killing off any measures towards equalization?
I'm always sceptical about the very unexpected.....and that result was more than a surprise. I'm not saying Ferrari didn't deserve their win, but the margin was a bit suspicious.