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Debating the Red Bull row

Johnny Herbert and David Croft thrash out F1's big controversy

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The rights and wrongs of Sebastian Vettel's disregard of Red Bull team orders to win the Malaysian GP has continued to prove the dominant talking point on F1's arrival in China for the resumption of the season this weekend.

DC: "I'm sorry, that's a ridiculous argument mate. In Turkey in 2010 it was a ridiculous situation, so could it happen again? Well, no, not if the team engineer the result. They were right to do what they did." CS: Bernie Ecclestone said after the end of the race 'you show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser'. Are you saying Sebastian Vettel should have just been a good loser and given way?
DC: "If the team tell him to do something, that's what he's got to do. It's like the start of the race - the team say don't push too hard on your tyres or you won't make the stint last. "Do you do your own thing or do you take your team's advice? You show me a man that goes against the team; I'll show you a man that's not going to win the race." JH: "Again, from a driver's perspective, if the teams are dictating what they can't feel in the car because the drivers can, that's why the drivers could be choosing what they can and can't do. "And what happened in Malaysia was a driver doing what we want them to see doing on a race track."