This is one of those 'What if' threads Firstly I just want to say that I still think Fernando's wing breaking off was due to the turbulence from Webber's car...I mean the wing lasted a whole lap and when Webber passed on the main straight, I guess the extra load on the front wing from the turbulence was too much for the damaged wing. Would it have lasted another few laps if Alonso distanced himself from other drivers or driven slower? (which means falling back through the field, another reason they should've pitted).
Anyway moving on...what I want to get to is if Fernando's wing wasn't damaged and he continued on racing and putting pressure on the Redbulls and maybe even the Mercs later on, would RB and Merc have walked out of Malaysia not red faced? I mean Alonso pressuring both teams would have exposed their weakness and forced each of RB/Merc driver to push harder and maybe even cost them an extra stop resulting in no team orders hence no big drama in F1.
Another thing, despite what Lewis and Ross say, team order is team order. Most if not a lot of Mclaren (or other F1) fans dislike/d Fernando due to his alleged No.1 driver request in 2007, what do they have to say after Malaysia?
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