Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he and teammate Nico Rosberg cannot afford to crash again and continue to stave off the imposition of team orders.
The reigning triple world champion said that it is "cool" that even after taking each other out in Barcelona, Mercedes has left the silver-clad duo free to keep racing wheel-to-wheel.
Asked if another crash might change the bosses' minds, however, Hamilton said in Monaco: "It it was to happen again, for sure.
"Ultimately we are hired to race. I don't think they can tell us not to race. They'd be in a tricky position.
"We are not out there to crash. You want to avoid that at all costs, but we are going to go racing and shit happens."
