Ferrari boss hits out at slow cars

Report by Autosport

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has renewed his attack on Formula 1’s slowest cars – claiming that if outfits are not quick enough they should not even be allowed to take part in grands prix.

After seeing Fernando Alonso’s chances of victory in the Canadian Grand Prix wrecked when, on two separate occasions, he lost time and momentum behind backmarkers, di Montezemolo has again hit out at the backmarkers.

“Cars who perform at GP2-level should not be allowed to participate in F1 races because they are supposed to race on Sunday mornings,” di Montezemolo was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport.

“Our car’s race pace was good enough for victory. Let’s hope that, in the future, there won’t be mistakes in pushing a button nor in lapping cars that put us at a disadvantage, because we’ve already gone though that.”

Di Montezemolo has said on several occasions that F1 would be better off allowing the big teams to run three cars, rather than bringing in new competitors to boost the grid.

In response to what Di Montezemolo has crapped out of his mouth this time…

And that is all that I have to say.

(Does this man EVER stop sputtering such nonsense? I can’t believe I used to support this man and his team.)

“We really, really, reeeeaaaaally want a third car! Pleeease?”

From Autosport:

Ferrari has expressed a keen desire to tie up with an American team in the near future if it can see through its idea to allows teams to provide a third car.

Ferrari is yammering about the whole “we want a third car” thing again! Has any other team ever expressed interest in that? I don’t think so. I think some were actually against it, if I recall correctly.

So what happens if the third car rule never happens? Will Ferrari NOT help any Americans in F1 or what? What a strange group, they are. I’m certainly happy to be on the Mercedes train now, let me tell you! There’s a lot less of this foolishness for sure.

Schumacher’s Penalty

The Monaco Grand Prix finished under the safety car, yet Schumacher decided to pass Alonso for position, finishing 6th rather than 7th. Everyone condemned him for passing when he isn’t supposed to, myself included.

But then…

Around the time that Schumacher is handed a 20 second penalty, dropping him to 12th, word flies across the internet that Schumacher made the pass because a green flag was deployed. That’s right, the flag that indicates that the race is on was waved. Schumacher did exactly what anyone would do. He saw green, so he made a move on Alonso.

Many people are now against the penalty due to the whole green flag aspect of this interesting situation. This same people are criticizing the FIA for penalizing Schumacher while Felipe Massa, who mucked with the rules in both qualifying and the race, was not even spoken to. Massa broke two safety regulations while Schumacher did nothing wrong, due to the green flag being out.

It makes you stop and wonder, doesn’t it? Schumacher was a victim of circumstance it seems, while Ferrari continues to avoid the wrath of the FIA.

I wonder if it has anything to do with the little Frenchman running the show now?