YAS MARINA, Abu Dhabi -- Toto Wolff says he is split over how to react to Lewis Hamiltons race tactics at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after his driver ignored a direct order from fellow team boss Paddy Lowe.In one last attempt to force the championship back in his favour, Hamilton backed teammate Nico Rosberg into the chasing pack at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. If Rosberg dropped from second to fourth Hamilton would have been back in line for the title, but ultimately Rosberg finished second to take the championship.As it was a highly probable scenario [Hamiltons tactics], there was lots of discussion around it [ahead of the race], Wolff said. Not only this morning, but it was clear that it was one of the possible ways for Lewis to win the championship, if Nico came under threat from behind and thats exactly what happened. It didnt come as a surprise.Towards the end of the race, Mercedes technical boss Lowe came over the radio to tell Hamilton to speed up in the fear Sebastian Vettel, on the faster super-soft tyre, would close in and overtake both drivers.Our number one principle in three years -- it doesnt matter whether its the first race or the last -- is to ensure the win, Wolff added. Now you can question that, whether its the right principle going forward, but thats exactly what we did on the pit wall, there was two moments and this is why we asked him to increase the pace and it wasnt for any other reason.Mercedes has rules of engagement to cover sensitive scenarios such as Sundays race, including an order of command from the pit wall. Ordinarily only the drivers race engineer communicates over the pit-to-car radio, and Lowe is only brought in when the message is of the highest order.Yes, Paddy with the instruction is the highest escalation we have in our rules of engagement, Wolff confirmed. We have invented those rules of engagement together, a while ago, on a table in Melbourne.By disobeying the order and putting a one-two victory at risk, Hamilton was in breach of the teams internal rules. Wolff said he had not yet decided how to deal with his drivers disobedience.Once again, Im in two minds. The one half of me says we have 1,500 people in the team, 300,000 in Daimler that create values. They respect those values and undermining the structure in public means you are putting yourself before the team. Its very simple, it is like it is. And anarchy doesnt work within any team or any company.The other half of me says it was Lewis only chance of winning the championship at that stage and maybe you cannot demand a racing driver that is, one of the best, if not the best out there -- a real guard dog in the car -- to comply in a situation where his instincts cannot make him comply.Its about finding a solution how to solve that in the future because a precedent has been set. So let me sleep overnight and come up with a solution tomorrow.Previously there has been talk of a significant financial penalty -- and possibly a race suspension -- if Rosberg or Hamilton breach the rules of engagement. Asked if such measures were possible after Sundays race, Wolff said he was not ruling anything out.I think we need to look at the overall situation and say what does it mean? Everything is possible from lets change the rules for next year because it doesnt work in those critical races and maybe we want to give them even more freedom in racing each other -- we will consult with them -- to the more harsh side that we feel the values were not respected. This is 180 degrees and Im not sure yet where the needle is going to go. Pittsburgh Penguins Shirts . The 15th-ranked Canadian men lost the opening two games of their European tour: 19-15 to No. 17 Georgia and 21-20 to No. Penguins Jerseys 2019 . 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NEW YORK -- Noah Syndergaard knows he needs to speed up.Not his fastball; he throws harder than most anyone. His delivery, thats whats still way too slow.Bryce Harper hit two doubles and became the latest player to swipe a base against Syndergaard as the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 4-1 Friday night.Washington won its fourth in a row and leads the NL East by 10 1/2 games over the wild card-contending Mets. Like a lot of teams, the Nationals came out running on Syndergaard, stealing four bases in the early innings.In the next five days, going to work on getting quicker again, he said.Tall and slow to the plate, Syndergaard has had 45 runners steal with him on the mound -- the most against any pitcher since Hideo Nomo in 2001, ESPN Stats & Info said. Only six runners have been caught with Syndergaard pitching.Trea Turner led off the game with a single, stole two bases and scored on Harpers sacrifice fly.Yeah, hes real fast, very aggressive, and Noahs going to have trouble with those kind of guys, Mets manager Terry Collins said.Harper doubled with one out in the fourth, stole his 19th base with two outs and came home on a single by Wilson Ramos.Its all around the league that he doesnt hold runners yet, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said.Baker said the strategy does more than set up runs. It also seems to rankle Syndergaard.Hes prideful, Baker said. After a steal, he added, he looks at the runner and doesnt like it very much.Syndergaard (12-8) gave up just three hits in seven innings and retired his final 10 batters.Along with shutting down the Nationals in the middle innings, Syndergaard might have shut down the crowd, too. 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Thats one behind the club record for the position set by current teammate Jose Reyes in 2006.COVER CHARGEReyes struck out twice in going 0 for 4, but he still managed to knock the cover off the ball. Literally, he did. In the first inning, Reyes hit a foul that kept spinning quickly in the batters box, with a flap of the ball coming loose. Reyes and Ramos watched it spin into the dirt for several seconds.TRAINERS ROOMNationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (sore elbow) threw a bullpen and was feeling good, Baker said. There was no timetable for his return to the rotation, but Baker figured probably pretty soon.Mets: Collins said LHP Steven Matz (shoulder tightness) will head to the teams spring training complex in Florida after this weekend and start throwing again Monday. Matz is on the disabled list and hasnt pitched since Aug. 14.UP NEXTNationals: RHP Tanner Roark (14-7, 2.87 ERA) is 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA at Citi Field in seven games, four of them starts.Mets: RHP Robert Gsellman (1-1, 3.72) makes his second major league start. Among those in attendance will be Laurie Hernandez, who won a gold medal with the U.S. Olympic womens gymnastics team and will throw out the first ball. ' ' '