Team orders at Ferrari

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25th July 2010, 16:35
harsha

after austria 2002 and singapore 2008 , this has to be the biggest farce that i've seen
25th July 2010, 16:35
Rodster

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Originally Posted by DazzlaF1

BBC: Alonso leaves the stewards room with a big smile on his face, Felipe leaves alone looking glum

Shameful because they all decided on what to say to the stewards so their stories matched. Total BS.
25th July 2010, 16:35
christophulus

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Originally Posted by ioan

Back then it wasn't illegal.
Worst part today is that they did this openly with everything in the air so that we could all hear it and they take us for idiots afterward saying it wasn't team orders.

Doesn't matter, as a fan that's what first made me dislike Ferrari back in 2002. This is a sport, run for the fans, and the vast majority are furious with what Ferrari have done. Whether they manage to wriggle out of this or not, they've lost a lot more support today.
25th July 2010, 16:37
ioan

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Indeed. Conserve fuel, look after your brakes, change your engine mapping... any of those would have at least disguised the order. Ferrari added insult to injury by treating everybody like idiots.

I have to say that Smedley did save a bit of his integrity in my eyes by making things so obvious in his radio messages.
25th July 2010, 16:40
donKey jote

I have to say he deserves a good spanking from Luca :p
25th July 2010, 16:42
Dave B

Press conference...

Q: Why did Rob Smedley apologise to Massa?

Domenicalli: It was not an apology like that, he was giving the information to Massa. We didn't make so clearly, we just gave the information to the driver.

I paraphrase, but you get the idea. He's covering.
25th July 2010, 16:42
DazzlaF1

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Originally Posted by ioan

I have to say that Smedley did save a bit of his integrity in my eyes by making things so obvious in his radio messages.

Smedley is arguably the man in the most difficult position, he gave the "coded" messages to Massa and in his conversations with him he seemed genuinely upset. Could it have been Domenicali (or even di Montezemolo) giving orders to Smedley to pass on to Massa, taking advantage of this special relationship they have.
25th July 2010, 16:42
markabilly

Prediction:
In Meeting,
Massa falls on sword.
Ferrari cleared.
Massa and Smedley keep their jobs, for a while longer

BTW-I think that Mac has been playing games on Button all year long, but none of the time, could you actually have much if any evidence that it was a team order rule violation....ferrari is so stupid
25th July 2010, 16:44
Koz

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Originally Posted by ioan

I have to say that Smedley did save a bit of his integrity in my eyes by making things so obvious in his radio messages.

Agreed; his days are numbered.
25th July 2010, 16:44
christophulus

Quote:

Originally Posted by markabilly

Prediction:
In Meeting,
Massa falls on sword.
Ferrari cleared.
Massa and Smedley keep their jobs, for a while longer

Absolutely.

Further prediction: F1 fan ratings plummet overnight.

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