Mercedes holding off team orders now

Mercedes are set to hold off using team orders in favour of Lewis Hamilton's title charge for now anyway...

The team originally said that they'd have the talk regarding team orders following the Monza race, but with Hamilton's dramatic win it Italy; it has given the Silver Arrows a little bit of comfort in the title race.

In the Italian Grand Prix, Hamilton used his team-mate Valtteri Bottas to hold the then-leading Kimi Raikkonen up, so the world champion could overtake him - a plan which worked perfectly for Mercedes.

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel could only manage fourth place in Monza, following a first-lap collision with his title rival Hamilton which caused the German to drop way down the grid.

Hamilton now leads his rival by 30 points as both drivers search for their fifth world championship.

"I don't really like team orders, they are not cool and not good for the sport, and they are not good for either driver," Toto Wolff said to Motorsport.com. "Lewis doesn't want to go to have anything afraid and Valtteri doesn't want to give anything up. We are looking at it from race to race.