Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo has once again condemned Formula 1's new teams, claiming that the cars in question are both too slow for the sport and can negatively affect the race at the front of the field.
The claims follow Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix, in which Fernando Alonso lost both first and second places to the McLaren drivers after being held up in separate Turn 7 incidents involving the Lotus of Jarno Trulli and Hispania of Karun Chandhok.
"Cars which perform at GP2 levels shouldn't be allowed to take part in Formula 1 races - they usually race on the Sunday mornings," Italian di Montezemolo is quoted as saying by Gazetta dello Sport, adding that Ferrari's raw pace was strong enough for victory on the semi-street Montreal circuit.
"Let us just hope that, in the future, we won't see lapped cars causing us a disadvantage - because we've had enough of that already," he summed up.
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Fernando Alonso drove a Ferrari Formula 1 car at Fiorano for the first time on Thursday as the former double World Champion entertained guests as well as being in the cockpit for the shooting of a promotional video. However, amateur video has revealed that the car was carrying a modified rear end.
Having been at the team's Maranello factory for the first half of the day, working with engineers plus a stint on the F1 simulator, Alonso then made his way to Fiorano to begin on-track activities with a group of Ferrari owners who toured the circuit with advice from the Spaniard.
Filming a promotional video for the Ferrari website, Alonso then drove a short number of kilometres in this year's F10. 'You have to make the most of any opportunity in this era of the testing ban!' a team statement ironically joked.
Post time 21-6-2010 02:55 PM
