26/07/2010
NEWS STORY
Following his team's controversial 1-2 at Hockenheim, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has his out at the hypocrisy of the Maranello outfit's critics emphasising that the team comes first.
"The result is down to the efforts of all our people, who never give up," he told the Ferrari website. "Now we have to continue working like this, to improve the car so that is competitive at all the circuits we will encounter.
"Alonso and Massa also did very well, giving their all throughout the weekend," he continued. "The polemics are of no interest to me. I simply reaffirm what I have always maintained, which is that our drivers are very well aware, and it is something they have to stick to, that if one races for Ferrari, then the interests of the team come before those of the individual.
"In any case, these things have happened since the days of Nuvolari and I experienced it myself when I was Sporting Director, in the days of Niki Lauda and not just then...
"Therefore enough of this hypocrisy, even if I can well believe that some people might well have liked to see our two drivers eliminate one another, but that is definitely not the case for me or indeed for our fans."