Hakkinen 'Very Upset' by Ferrari's Team Orders

Former World Champion Mika Hakkinen, taking a sabbatical year from racing, believes Ferrari's decision to impose team orders at the Austrian Grand Prix was not good for Formula One.

The Finn two-time champion was happy to give his opinion as an armchair spectator on events so far this season. "I was initially very upset," he said of Ferrari's decision to invoke team orders in Austria in favour of Michael Schumacher.

"When I look at the situation I'm sure it was not anything good for Formula One, for Ferrari or the drivers of Ferrari," he said today in Monaco.

But, as someone who fought the Ferraris all the way to take the title in 1998 and 1999, he added he also understood that every point could be crucial by the end of the year.

"It's still fantastic and super exciting to see the Grands Prix," he said. "It started in quite an exciting way but then Ferrari started dominating the season. They've been very strong and it's taken a little bit of the excitement out of Formula One. But that's motor racing."