Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo believes Formula One drivers, including his world champion teammate Sebastian Vettel, should respect team orders unless they are “completely out of order”.
Vettel made his dissatisfaction clear at the Chinese Grand Prix last month after being told for the second race in a row to let Ricciardo overtake because the Australian was faster.
The German initially said “tough luck” on the team radio before Ricciardo made it through three laps later to take fourth place ahead of Vettel in fifth.
Ricciardo has out-qualified the quadruple world champion at three of the four races this season and team orders could again come into play if Vettel gets in front of him at this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.