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28 July 2010 à 10:05
F1 - FIA dither, Ferrari unrepentant, fans outraged


Formule 1 : FIA dither, Ferrari unrepentant, fans outraged
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Following the British Grand Prix the Ferrari team were keen to pick up on Italian reports claiming that because decisions are taken so slowly by the FIA, the series should be renamed 'Formula Lullaby'.

This week, Ferrari are probably most grateful that the sport's governing body moves at the speed of treacle as they have yet to set a date for the hearing about the Ferrari team orders affair.

It has been reported this week that the team's one-two finish at Hockenheim will be considered during the regular World Motor Sport Council meeting in Como, Italy, on September 10.

However that date clashes with Friday free practice at Monza. 

"The relevant committees are consulting about it," a spokesman for the Paris based federation is quoted in the German press.

Meanwhile, in their blogs on the official Ferrari website, Felipe Massa said Hockenheim had been a ‘great team result’, while Fernando Alonso said victory was a ‘great feeling’.

They did not even mention the team order issue, lying to the public or being found guilty of breaking the rules by the race stewards. 

Headlines in Brazil's Globo summed up the attitude as 'no remorse', while the Jornal do Brasil published a cartoon of Paulista Massa as a puppet.

Former champion turned pundit Niki Lauda believes that the team should receive a bigger penalty for swapping the order of its cars at the recent German Grand Prix.

70% of MadeInMotorsport.com readers believe that Ferrari should be excluded from the results. 

A survey by Autoblog showed that 95% of respondents want the World Motor Sport Council to inflict more than just the $100,000 fine imposed by the Hockenheim stewards. 27% said the Italian team should be disqualified.

"With the budgets these teams have, $100,000 is nothing at all," Lauda said in an interview with RTL. "If you imagine they have bought themselves a world championship for that, it's the biggest joke of all."

On Austrian 'Servus TV', former driver Marc Surer agrees that the World Motor Sport Council must act. "If a team knows that a team order costs $100,000, they will take the cheque to the next race," he said.


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