Ferrari boss slams critics
Published:Tuesday | July 27, 2010 | 3:24 PM
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has slammed those who have criticised Fernando Alonso's victory in Sunday's German Grand Prix.
Ferrari was fined $100,000 for appearing to give Felipe Massa a coded order to allow Alonso through to win and referred to Formula One’s governing body.
However, Montezemolo says enough of the hypocrisy, this has always happened.
He further says if one races for Ferrari, then the interests of the team come before those of the individual.
The result at Hockenheim put Alonso firmly back in what looks a five-way fight for the drivers' championship, with McLaren pair Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, and Red Bull duo Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber the others in with a realistic chance of battling for the title.
The controversial incident occurred when Massa, marking the first anniversary of his near-fatal crash in Hungary was given a veiled radio message on lap 47 indicating that the Spaniard was the faster of the two drivers and, two laps later, the Brazilian slowed to let Alonso past.
It prompted heavy criticism from outside the Ferrari camp, though, with the likes of Button, Red Bull boss Christian Horner and BBC Formula One pundit Eddie Jordan questioning the Italian team's race strategy.