FIA clears McLaren

FIA banned so-called 8220;team orders8221; after Rubens Barrichello was told by

Ferrari to allow teammate Schumacher to pass him to win the 2002 Austrian GP.

McLaren team principal Ron Dennis said after Sunday8217;s race he asked Hamilton to slow down because of the tight street circuit in Monte Carlo. FIA ruled today that the team and drivers did nothing wrong. 8220;It8217;s standard procedure for a team to tell its drivers to slow down when they have a substantial lead,8221; the statement said.

8220;This is in order to minimise the risk of technical or other problems. team strategy because they had a substantial advantage.They did nothing which could be described as interfering with the race result.8221;