Ferrari are fuming after a safety car period ruined their race.
Fernando Alonso was running in third before a safety car, the result of Mark Webber’s coming together with Heikki Kovalainen, caught the Italian team out.
A statement on the teams website has condemned the ‘badly managed’ safety car period.
“The race was completely ruined for the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro duo because of a badly managed Safety Car period.”
The statement then went onto attack the ‘meagre’ penalties handed out to the nine drivers which breached the SC regulations.
“There was further chaos after the race, with no less than 9 drivers brought before the Stewards for an infringement during the neutralised part of the race: meagre compensation, their penalties moved Fernando and Felipe up to eighth and eleventh respectively: meagre indeed, when the podium had beckoned from the start.”
Ferrari’s vice-president, Piero Ferrari, also took the time to condemn the FIA, calling the race ‘false’.
“I am incredulous and bitter, not just for Ferrari, but for the sport as a whole, as this is not the sort of thing one expects from professionals,” said Ferrari.
“For a long time now, I have also followed races in championships in the United States, where the appearance of the Safety Car is a frequent occurrence, but I have never seen anything similar to what happened today at the Valencia circuit. If it raises some doubts over the actions that led to a false race, to me that would seem more than reasonable.”
