> ... team orders are a part of the sport rather than a form of cheating. As much as the fans like to complain about it, there’s only really a few controversial cases...

Actually, if a team order changes a ranking, and it can be proved, then the team is automatically issued a fine. Just because the team orders happen, does not actually mean that they're _allowed_ to happen. The fines are generally in the order of $100k-$250k.

Team orders have been banned in F1 since 2008 [0]:

> 152. Team orders which interfere with a race result are prohibited.

There's a reason that Smedley's quote is infamous:

> Fernando is faster than you. Can you confirm you understand that message?

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20081206120227/https://paddockta...