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Giancarlo Fisichella was ordered to 'block' the McLarens in Shanghai, Renault boss Flavio Briatore has admitted. Although race-affecting 'team orders' are strictly forbidden, the Italian principal was not shy in confessing the debatably-legal instruction to aid teammate Fernando Alonso's run to the chequer and the constructors' world championship.
"We weren't playing around," 'Flav' told Autosprint. "What Fisichella did was a normal thing. I asked him to block the two McLarens and he did it in the best possible way."
Briatore also admitted that McLaren counterpart Ron Dennis' image-building of the constructors' crown - after Kimi Raikkonen missed the drivers' title - only made him more determined to do the double. "And we did it by spending less than at least three other teams, which is something I'm proud of," he added.
