Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff insists the team are comfortable with Lewis Hamilton's decision to ignore team orders on his way to third place in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Having started from the pit lane following an engine fire in qualifying, Hamilton stormed through to finish one place ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg.
The German, who leads the drivers' championship by 11 points, had been on pole but found himself behind Hamilton after a split in strategies.
With Rosberg on fresher rubber Mercedes asked Hamilton to let his team-mate pass in order to make his three-stop strategy work - but the 2008 world champion kept his track position.
Wolff said: "Lewis was asked to let Nico pass because we believed they both still had a chance to win. But Nico never got close enough to Lewis to make the move - and we were ultimately comfortable with Lewis' decision to hold position."
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