Mercedes are considering disciplinary action – which could mean a fine or even suspension – against Lewis Hamilton after the three‑times world champion twice flouted instructions as his team-mate, Nico Rosberg, won his maiden Formula One world championship on Sunday. Hamilton won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, his 10th win of the season against Rosberg’s nine and his fourth successive victory. Toto Wolff, the Mercedes head of motorsport, said: “Undermining a structure in public means you are putting yourself before the team. Wolff said the team had calculated the Ferrari driver Vettel, shod with fresher rubber, had a chance of passing Germany’s Rosberg and Hamilton and stealing victory for the Scuderia. Hamilton was supported by Wolff’s opposite number at Red Bull, Christian Horner, who had cheekily suggested a few days earlier that the Mercedes driver should employ the strategy.

Source: The Guardian November 27, 2016 18:13 UTC