Red Bull consultant and BBC pundit David Coulthard has come out in agreement with Ferrari and Felipe Massa over their strong words against the new teams.
Last month, Ferrari launched a scathing attack on the “small teams”, this was then followed by Massa’s comments that the team’s aren’t “good for the sport”.
“I noted with interest the criticism levelled at Ferrari for the scathing editorial published on their website last month,” Coulthard wrote in Daily Telegraph column.
“Well, I have to admit, I have some sympathy with Ferrari’s point of view.
“Formula One is not a finishing school. Either you come prepared, or prepare to fail.
“Fresh blood is all well and good but I would argue that the carry-on we have seen over the past few months has been a poor advertisement for F1.”
Coulthard also noted the collapse of USF1, along with the team principals reputations.
“Then USF1 collapsed and died, along with the reputations of Ken Anderson and Peter Windsor, who cried wolf so many times.”
In reply to Hispania Racing (HRT) and their total lack of testing, Coulthard branded it irresponsible.
“Has the world gone mad? F1 is a dangerous sport at the best of times but asking teams to just turn up at practice on a Friday before a race is plain irresponsible.”
