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Posted on 03 Sep 2010 by Siby
Formula 1 2010 German GP Highlights Race Edit
Following their controversial one-two result at the German Grand Prix, Ferrari have been fined US$100,000 by the FIA after race stewards deemed they had breached sporting regulations and the case has been referred to the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC).
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, who had been leading the Hockenheim race, moved aside to allow team mate Fernando Alonso past on Lap 49. A few moments before, Massa’s race engineer Rob Smedley had told the Brazilian "Fernando is faster than you. Can you confirm you understood that message?"
Although Ferrari insisted this did not constitute a team order, the stewards decided they contravened Article 39.1 of the sporting regulations, which states that "team orders which interfere with a race result are prohibited", and Article 151 (c) of the International Sporting Code, which outlaws "any fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition or to the interests of motor sport generally".
The stewards then handed Ferrari the maximum fine they are empowered to impose on a competitor and forwarded their decision to the WMSC for its consideration, meaning the team could face further sanction.
Maintaining Ferrari’s innocence, team principal Stefano Domenicali stated: “As for the stewards’ decision, given after the race, in the interests of the sport, we have decided not to go through a procedure of appealing against it, confident that the World Council will know how to evaluate the overall facts correctly.”
For his part, Massa suggested he and not the team had made the decision to surrender the lead to Alonso: “In my opinion this was not a case of team orders: my engineer kept me constantly informed on what was going on behind me, especially when I was struggling a bit on the hard tyres: so I decided to do the best thing for the team, and a one-two finish is the best possible result, isn’t it?”
Lewis Hamilton led a McLaren one-two after an extraordinary clash between Red Bull's Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel at the Turkish Grand Prix.
The incident happened on lap 40 of 58 when Vettel flew off the track after colliding with Webber in an attempt to take the lead from his team-mate.
Hamilton's team-mate Jenson Button briefly passed him on lap 50 only for Hamilton to repass at the next corner.
Webber finished third while Mercedes's Michael Schumacher was fourth.
The Red Bull team, led by team principal Christian Horner, looked at their screens in horror as Vettel careered off the track while Webber, who also flew off, was forced to come into the pits to have his damaged nose-cone replaced.
"I dived down the inside and I had the corner," said Vettel.
"I was just trying to get the braking point and suddenly I lost the car. You can see we touched.
"I'm not the kind of guy who pushes the fault to one guy. We are a team and we have to respect that."
Webber believed that the German had turned right too soon.
"Seb had a big top speed advantage," said championship leader Webber, who is now on 93 points, five ahead of second-placed Button.
"He went down the inside. It looked like he turned pretty quick right and we made contact. Not an ideal day. The McLarens were solid today. Neither of us wanted to make contact with each other but it can happen sometimes."
Horner was left unimpressed with the incident.
"They should never have been where they were," said the Red Bull chief.
Q: Do you regret there are no team orders anymore? HM: Well, we thought that we had two responsible drivers who wouldn’t get into such a situation in the first place.
Q: Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said he didn’t believe it was Vettel’s fault. Is this the official opinion of the team? HM: Well, in the situation Sebastian was in, he had no other choice than to act the way he did.
Q: How will the team respond? HM: We will carefully analyse the situation and sit down with all involved to have a serious word about what happened and how to handle situations like that in the future.
Q: Is it true that the team gave instructions to Mark Webber’s race engineer to let Sebastian Vettel pass because otherwise Lewis (Hamilton)would be able to overtake? HM: That is not correct, because that would mean a team order. We informed Mark about the situation and it is for the driver to decide. The fact is that if Sebastian hadn’t passed he would have been overtaken by Hamilton.
Q: Why was Sebastian so much quicker than Mark so suddenly? HM: I think it was in the tyres.
Q: Have you received a phone call from Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz? HM: Yes. What does the Queen say? We are not amused? That’s what he said…that he was not amused!
Posted on 30 May 2010 by Siby
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