Former FIA president Max Mosley believes that Ferrari should be heavily punished for imposing team orders at the German Grand Prix.
Mosley believes that the Italian team should lose points for its actions and that F1’s ban on team orders should remain.
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Ferrari will face FIA's World Motor Sport Council next month over the debacle and may be penalised more than the initial $100,000 fine issued by the German GP stewards.
Mosley, speaking to German newspaper Welt Am Sonntag, said, “Both cars and both drivers should lose the points they achieved in the German Grand Prix.
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“I will not make any recommendation, but on the facts at the moment there should have been some sporting sanction and not only a fine.”
He added that retaining the ban on team orders was necessary for the sake of fans.
“Most teams are in favour of the ban being lifted,” said Mosley. “But if one wants to fulfil the needs of the audience, then one must maintain the ban. In the event that it is brought into play by a team, we have to impose a severe punishment.”See all the latest F1 reviews, news and video
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F1 is a team sport. This stupid rule must be abolished.
Re: 'Ferrari must be punished'
but it was, it was the teams hard work to get massa in such a good position that he could let alonso past to get more points. that was good team work.massa had to work for it, ferrari had to work for it, and alonso had to work for it to get near enough to massa to make it work.
lots of hard work. but wether its fair on individuals as in the interes of the majorirty of f1 fans is another matter.
for me i dont like it, i wish there was no incentive to switch drivers. what could be done to remove the incentive?