Team comes first,says Ferrari boss

Article 39.1 of the International Auto Federation (FIA) 2010 sporting regulations outlaws teams giving orders during a race. Ferrari says that the drivers arrived at the decision independently. “I’m not interested in arguing,” Di Montezemolo was quoted as saying by the ANSA news agency. “I will repeat what I always tell my drivers and that is when they drive for Ferrari the team always comes first.”

Additional sanctions could be imposed by the World Motor Sport Council though Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone,who sits on the body,appeared to back Di Montezemolo’s view that the sport should be team-focused. “All the cars have to be exactly the same,the drivers wear the same overalls,so everybody has to look like a team – a team of people that are racing,” Ecclestone said. “I believe what people do when they are inside the team,and how they run their team is up to them … nobody should interfere as to how they run their team.”