September court hearing arranged for Ferrari - GPUpdate.net


Formula 1 governing body the FIA has confirmed that Wednesday 8 September will be the day Ferrari goes before the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) in Paris following its contravening of the team orders regulation in the German Grand Prix.

With it having been decided by race stewards that Felipe Massa yielded the race lead to team-mate Fernando Alonso at Hockenheim, Ferrari was handed a fine of 100,000 dollars (just under 63,000 pounds) on race day evening – a punishment the team chose not to appeal.

However, with the incident having broken Article 39.1 of the international sporting code, the FIA also announced that the matter would also go before its World Council, with the race result – Ferrari’s second 1-2 finish of the season - standing for the time being.

‘The FIA President (Jean Todt) has decided, in conformity with the new rules of disciplinary procedure adopted at his initiative on 11 March 2010, to submit the case to the judging body of the World Motor Sport Council,’ reads an official Monday statement from the FIA.

 

I'll say it again: good.

Formula 1 would be nothing without the support of the fans. Ferrari would be wise to remember this in the future.

 

Where were you when Lewis was told to slow down so Button could pass him?

 

That really pissed me off too, but at least Lewis still fought for it.

 

Any punishment levied would stink of hipocracy, Ferrari's only crime was making it obvious. I'm definitely not in support of team orders but the FIA has passed up many other opportunities to hand out punishment for this offense. So the lesson to teams here would be "be sneaky about it"

 

 

With the exception of 2008, Massa will never be the spotlight driver. He knows this, Ferrari knows this. And if you look at standings, Fernando is ahead of him. Like Red Bull, they'll give the better equipment to the driver who's higher up.

Do I agree with what Red Bull did to Webber? HELL NO. He's much more skilled and experienced than Vettel. Do I agree with what Ferrari did to Massa? Yes. Fernando has the ability to pull off this championship, Massa doesn't at this time.

 

But Massa was still in contention for the title at the time when Ferrari told him to let Alonso by.

 

no he wasn't....not even close

I don't like that Massa has to be second to Alonso one bit but Felipe was far back in the points before Hockenheim and would still have been behind Alonso even he would have one

Like it or not every viable team seams to run their show the same way

 

Oh, I could've sworn he a bit further up in the standings at the time. Thanks for the clarification and you're absolutely right about every team doing it.

Unfortunately, the only way to stop this is to only allow 1 driver/car per team but that'd just make F1 a bore to watch.