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This is what happened the last time he was dicking around:
Vettel Webber crash 2010!!! - YouTube
You can understand why the team are pretty pissed off with him. As far back as I can remember most teams have had the agreement that the drivers race to the last pitstop, then hold position. This is not "team orders" per se, it's common sense. The team generally don't give a shit which way their 1-2, or 3-4 for that matter is. They want both cars home in the points. The constructor's championship is what earns the teams money, the driver's championship is just a nice little bonus. It's perfectly acceptable for the team to tell them to hold position to conserve engine/gearbox life, fuel, or as was most likely in this case, the tyres. Vettel was a spoiled brat and has no doubt lost some trust for his team, even if Helmut Marko still treats him like his precious little kid. Now the rest of the world can see past his sense of humour and personality off track and see what a spoiled little brat he is. Granted we did get some great racing out of it which is always great to see. Here is a great video of the two (the one I was chatting to you about earlier Neil)
Mark Webber Funny Press-Conference Silverstone 2010 - YouTube