McLaren hits back at F1 team orders critics - is it right to do so?

There is a fascinating comparison to be had between the current furore over stage management in Formula 1 and two notorious examples from the past.

Why? Because Andrea Stella is a common denominator in all three. The McLaren team principal was Fernando Alonso’s race engineer in 2010 when Alonso’s Ferrari team-mate, Felipe Massa, was told “Fernando is faster than you”, a (lightly) coded message to move over, in the German Grand Prix.