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Ferrari forced to explain team orders logic again

BARCELONA, Spain -- Not for the first time this season, Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto was forced to explain the logic behind some confusing calls from the pit wall at the Spanish Grand Prix, after dithering on what appeared to be a simple strategy decision.

Ferrari endured a disappointing weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya, where it failed to score a podium despite arriving in Spain with an earlier-than-planned engine upgrade. Compounding the team's lack of race performance was another messy set of team orders to dictate the running order of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc during the race.