Paddock unites to slam Ferrari

"We are trying to deliver motor sport but what Ferrari showed today (Sunday) was disgusting," said Williams' technical director Patrick Head. "We have an obligation to motor sport and the public and it was ignored today. That obligation is against anything they might have in a contract with Michael Schumacher."

Juan Pablo Montoya: "Michael has more than a 20-point lead and a car a second a lap faster than the rest, so what's he scared of?"

Flavio Briatore: "It was absolutely disgraceful. I've never seen anything like it in 14 years in this business. Formula 1 is much bigger than Ferrari and they should remember it. I shall wait with interest to see whether the FIA does anything about this."

Gerhard Berger: "There was no need for this so early in the season and the FIA should look into it. If you were a betting man, you wouldn't be happy."

Sir Stirling Moss: "The Ferrari is a tainted vehicle and Formula 1 is no longer a sport. If they had instructed me to do the same I would have told them to stuff it. It is an endorsement of why I'm glad I'm not in F1 today. I cannot think of anything more harmful to the image of the sport or Ferrari. The magnitude of the disaster in terms of Ferrari's PR could be incalculable. I feel sorry for Rubens and for Michael, who clearly did not want any part of it.

Ian Phillips (commercial director, Jordan): "It was disgraceful. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It makes a farce of the sporting regulations."



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