Formula 1 president Bernie Ecclestone has hit out at Red Bull for their team orders towards Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber during the the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday.
The two have fallen out in the past, but Vettel further damaged their relationship on his way to obtaining victory in Sepang after he refused to obey team orders and proceeded to attack and overtake his race-leading teammate in order to gain the win.
Ecclestone believes that the team are to blame for the controversy and admits that it could come back to haunt them.
"At this stage of the championship, I do not believe there should be any team orders. It does not matter who it is," Ecclestone told The Telegraph.
"Let's assume that these two guys are in a position to win the championship at the end of the year, then there is no way that Mark is going to help Sebastian. So Sebastian has to think about that. Maybe there will be a stage when he would like Mark to help him, but I don't think Mark is going to come up front and do it.
"Imagine a situation where Sebastian was fighting against Alonso for the championship, and those points made a difference. If I was running the team I would say to Mark, 'Look, this is the position. You can't win the championship but Sebastian can, and it would be nice for the team if we had a world champion again'. But the problem is that conversation wouldn't go down too well with Mark. He would say, 'Well, remember what happened'."
Vettel has since apologised for the incident.
Matt Cotton
