Felipe Massa Almost Won Germany F1 Gran Prix
Ferrari once again made one of their pilots give up the victory in order to give privileges to the pilot with more points in the championship. The funny part is that in both ocassions the pilot who gave up the victory is from Brazil. Today the pilot Felipe Massa was leading the GP until the lap 49 when Ferrari’s administrators asked him by radio to slow down in order to Fernando Alonso to take the lead and win the race.
In my opinion, this a big shame for a team like Ferrari. They should the pilots compete against themselves to proof who is the best. At least this time the pilot gave up in the middle of the race. In 2002 the same thing happened when the pilot Rubens Barrichelo had to stop the car in the last lap in order for Michael Schumacher to win the race and eventually the championship that year.
After the race, Felipe Massa try to justify saying that he doesn’t consider himself as the second pilot, even though Fernando Alonso is F1 two times champion. He mentioned that he let Fernando win because he isn’t doing a good job this year and it was better for the whole team.
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.
The next Gran Prix will be in Hungaroring, Budapest on August 1st 2010 T 12:00 UTC
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$100,000 isn’t even gas money at this level, just another small advertiser decal behind the front wheel. Be more meaningful to deduct the points gained by the factory directive.
Rules are there for a reason. You break the rules you have cheated. Cheats should not benefit from their actions, therefore in this case the obvious outcome should be disqualification for the team. I am a Ferrari fan, but this is unacceptable.