The FIA has lifted the ban on team orders from their rulebook following this year's controversy in Germany.
F1 ruling body deletes rule that cost Ferrari in Germany
The FIA has lifted the ban on team orders from their rulebook following this year's controversy in Germany.
At Friday's meeting of the ruling body's World Motor Sport Council in Monaco, the rule - that resulted in Ferrari being fined £65,000 by race stewards at the German GP - was deleted.
Following coded messages over the team radio, Felipe Massa eventually ceded a potential victory to team-mate Fernando Alonso, a move that sparked outrage at the time.
Ferrari were deemed in breach of article 39.1 of the FIA 2010 sporting regulations that states 'team orders which interfere with a race result are prohibited'.
However, any blatant action 'prejudicial to the interests of any competition
or to the interests of motor sport generally' could still be punished.
"Teams will be reminded any actions liable to bring the sport into disrepute are dealt with under article 151c of the International Sporting Code and any other relevant provisions," read a WMSC statement.
The omission of the team orders regulation headlines a raft of other changes that have been made to the Sporting and Technical Regulations for 2011.
The WMSC has rubber-stamped amendments to the list of penalties stewards are permitted to apply, made revisions to driving and driver conduct, reintroduced intermediate tyres for 2011 and stipulated that gearboxes must be used for five consecutive races rather than the current four.
