The Ferrari thread !

so they screw with Ferrari and Ferrari takes a few years off F1
Who is the loser???
Fans and MopHead and Teams

Like Brawn said "Give It Up"

The only good thing possibly to come of this situation is the abolition of the team orders rule, or the insertion of a 'don't take your paying public for fools and be blatant about it' clause to the rule currently in place.

After all, Ferrari getting back in the hunt adds another dimension to an otherwise excellent season, and banning or suspending them removes that aspect.

They have had the fine, tweak or remove the rule, and move on.

I didn't like the way the swap was made, and the way Massa was dumped on, but this is F1!

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

They have had the fine, tweak or remove the rule, and move on.

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You can't change the rule mid-season, that's unfair on the other teams who have conducted themselves properly.

Let's say the rule didn't exist at the start of the season: what would be to stop (say) Red Bull writing a #2 clause into Webber's contract and racing accordingly. Vettel (in this example) may have had a decent lead in the championship.

Hypothetical of course, but you can't change the rules halfway just becuase they don't happen to suit one team.

Certainly the rule needs looking at, but any changes should be for 2011 and beyond.

You can't change the rules?
OK, clarify them then :)

How is the engine situation in ferrari now. Theres nine races left, Monza and Spa is very demanding on engines.

bad... unless they find some loophole to give Alonso Massa's engines too :p

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

You can't change the rule mid-season, that's unfair on the other teams who have conducted themselves properly.

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No team in F1 conducts itself properly. They all try and screw each other and the rules/system every chance they get. There are no gentlemen in F1, just winners and losers. F1 is big business now, and I know very well how big business works.

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Originally Posted by Saint Devote

Massa to Renault in 2011 as the resentment builds and he is finally booted by the Scuderia along with Rob Smedley?

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Hopefully!

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Originally Posted by wmcot

You forgot to mention a lot of corporate sponsors with billions invested in the team! Money is a magnet in the balance scales of F1 "justice."

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And who wants to be associated with cheaters? Certainly not the corporate sponsors, just look how they left Renault withing a few days.

Ferrari's principal sponsor market cigarettes to children in developing nations, I hardly think this registers on their ethical barometer :s