Ferrari react to rivals objections

Ferrari vented their frustration at rivals Williams and Red Bull on Tuesday after the teams said they were opposed to Michael Schumacher testing injured Brazilian Felipe Massas F60 car. Seven-time world champion Schumacher,who retired in 2006,is set to fill in for Ferrari while Massa recovers.

Formula One regulations do not allow track testing during the season,although Ferrari had hoped other teams would allow an exception after Massa fractured his skull in an accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix last month. Guess who opposed the test with the F60? read a statement on Ferraris website. A team that hasnt won anything for years and yet didnt pass over the opportunity to demonstrate once more a lack of spirit of fair play.

Williams last won the constructors championship in 1997,when Canadas Jacques Villeneuve topped the drivers standings for them too. Ferrari also hit back at Williams and Red Bulls argument that Schumacher should be treated no differently than Spanish teenager Jaime Alguersuari,who was unable to track test his car before his F1 debut for Toro Rosso in Hungary.

Just for the record,the Scuderia Ferrari had given its approval to let Alguersuari test,but it seems even in this instance someone decided to stick to the precise wording of the regulations, it said. Seven-time world champion Schumacher completed 70 laps in a 2007 version Ferrari at Mugello near Florence last Friday.