'I would ask Martin Whitmarsh about the ballant­ team ­ orders in Hockenheim 2008, when Heikki­ Kovalainen let ­ Lewis Hamilton pass in the­ hairpin.
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but at least they tried to make it look­ convincing, this time Ferrari were taking the p1ss

Well Well Bernie Ecclestone, your F1 roadshow spirals­ into chaos and farce yet again, and the people hurt are­ the true fans, not the corporate fat cats you court­ with your publicity machine, its good if the true fans­ go isn't it Bernie ....more space for the­ fatties.....turn this rubbish into a sport again­ please. the days of proper racing F1 cars with the­ likes of mansell and senna are gone forever, health and­ safety, cheating and manipulation. races are won in the­ board room, I for one will turn over to motoGP now and­ quit F1 forever. shambles and a crime. @#$% Turpin­ still is among us and he is short and merciless indeed,­ the FIA are still Bernies Puppetts. and the Puppet­ Master still orchistrates the asylum ....

I'm an American and I've loved F1 since the­ 1970's so don't say that we have no interest in­ F1; a lot of us do. As for this idea of team orders,­ it sucks, no matter who does it. I liked the fact­ that Massa was diplomatic in the post-race interview,­ but we all know what he really felt: sick over having­ to give a win to his teammate. When Massa joined the­ team, he wanted to be to Ferrari the kind of­ driver/winner Schuey was, but that hasn't panned­ out. If anything, I hope he learned something for the­ next race: stay focused, maintain a fast pace and keep­ Alonso from catching up.

I would ask Martin Whitmarsh about the ballant team ­ orders in Hockenheim 2008, when Heikki Kovalainen let ­ Lewis Hamilton pass in the hairpin.
That is the­ youtube video code, enjoy.

Ferrari should have their Manufacturers points­ deducted, Alonso and Massa reversed.
But more to the­ point we want to see RACING! not cars just going fast,­ drag racing has that, not tactics, not cutting corners,­ RACING. We want drivers pitting their skills and­ courage on the track, they should be punished for going­ off the Black bit either by damaging their car or tyres­ or making them turn back to return to the track! and­ change tracks to provide overtaking opportunities.

Alonso has always been a cheat just look at his past­ record to see that, deduct the points from him and give­ the race to Massa..

This is precisely why Americans have no interest in­ Formula 1. They don't care if the technology is­ Stone Age, but whatever the boys are racing, they­ expect them to be RACING.

THEY NEVER STOP DOING THIS THEY DONE IT 7 YEARS GO­ AGIAN AND AGIAN THEY JUST WANT WIN ANYHOW LIKE THEY­ FINE NOT ONLY F1 ALSO IN FOOTBALL SAME THING KEEP DOING­ ............I WAS THERE FAN AND 7 YEARS GO s.m and­ R.B INCIDENT I LOST FAITH ON­ THEM..................PLEASE DONT LET DO THIS AGIAN­ SPORT HAS TO CLEAN AND PURE....................

Nuberu Alonso is not an egoist as translated from­ spanish, alonso is the embodiment of all that is wrong­ with a sport in dire need of reform, he has been­ embroiled in every event that has tarnished formula one­ over the past couple of years, including singapore,­ problems with his co-drivers, and now this. Rather­ describe him for what he is, a cynical individual who­ grew up in protected environments where the value of­ the sponsorship is deemed to be more important than the­ sport itself.

As the rules currently stand, the issuing of 'team­ orders' to manipulate a race result is illegal.­ What really galls me is that the Team Principal -­ Stefano Domenicali, passed the buck by instructing Rob­ Smedley - Massa's race engineer, to inform Massa to­ allow Fernando Alonso to overtake him, and thereby­ trying to distance himself from it. This kind of­ instruction should only be communicated by the Team­ Principal.

The drivers build a close working­ relationship with their race engineer and put complete­ faith in that person to fight their corner. Is it any­ wonder that Felipe Massa and Rob Smedley were fed up.

Well said Thomas in below comment.And as Coultard­ mentioned yesterday this stupid rule that was brought­ in years ago is unworkable.Also all the teams will have­ codes for getting their no. 1 driver to the front over­ their 2nd driver.Anyone who thinks different is­ extremely naive.

It seems emotions are still running high. The­ solution to team orders is simple. It should only be­ allowed in exceptional circumstances when for instance­ it is mathematically impossible for the front running­ driver to win the championship. He can then choose­ (voluntarily) to give way to the driver behind only if­ the rear driver is still in the championship race­ (mathematically that is). What happened yesterday was­ unacceptable, lets not kid ourselves, but we have to­ remember that this is a team sport.

Article 39.1 of the sporting regulations, which states­ that "team orders which interfere with a race­ result are prohibited", and Article 151 (c) of the­ International Sporting Code, which outlaws "any­ fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the­ interests of any competition or to the interests of­ motor sport generally".
Surely anyone who watched­ the race and listened to the radio transmissions­ between Smedly and Massa can be under no illusion that­ what went on was in breach of both these rules...On the­ day the words said and actions done were blatantly­ clear what had happened....TEAM ORDERS but by the time­ this shameful event gets to the Sport councl meeting in­ september the massive properganda machine of Ferrari­ will have walked all over Massa and Smedly putting so­ much pressure on them that the true events and­ meanings of what happened will be lost

Article 39.1 of the sporting regulations, which states­ that "team orders which interfere with a race­ result are prohibited", and Article 151 (c) of the­ International Sporting Code, which outlaws "any­ fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the­ interests of any competition or to the interests of­ motor sport generally".
Surely anyone who watched­ the race and listened to the radio transmissions­ between Smedly and Massa can be under no illusion that­ what went on was in breach of both these rules...On the­ day the words said and actions done were blatantly­ clear what had happened....TEAM ORDERS but by the time­ this shameful event gets to the Sport councl meeting in­ september the massive properganda machine of Ferrari­ will have walked all over Massa and Smedly putting so­ much pressure on them that the true events and­ meanings of what happened will be lost

A proposal: we kidnap Alonso, bring him to­ London and­ hang him with we all wearing medieval­ customs (maybe­ after three days in London bridge­ drinking only tea,­ eating porridge and listenning to an­ endless dvd of­ Lady Di's wedding). We feel very­ good because he­ is very bad and he's from Spain, we­ invite the­ royalty, of course british, and at the end­ we pass­ around a hat to collect some alms for Button,­ just in­ case he's short of gas next races. Monty­ Pyton­ could organize the whole thing.

Wherever there is controversy in F1, the Unscrupulous­ Senor Alonso is sure to be found lurking in the centre.­ He is a Desparado Swindler, who creates Acrimony and­ Disharmony where-ever he goes. He is destructive,­ disingenuous, as well has dishonourable – all the­ characteristics required to be a Ferrari No.1­ Driver.
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PAST EVIDENCE – the record speaks for­ itself:
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(1) McLaren = “Spygate” : he tried to­ Blackmail his own team
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(2) Renault = “Crashgate”: ­ He Gained his ONLY win last year, through his Team Mate­ Crashing in Singapore
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(3) Ferrari = “Cheatgate”:­ Robbing his team mate of his win, through Team Orders­ when he DEMANDED that the Team do something regarding­ Massa
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ALL the above were MAJOR & EXTREME attempts­ of MASS MANIPULATION!
He had the audacity to claim that­ Hamilton’s Drive-Through was a race manipulation, when­ he paid the price. When Webber did the same thing­ earlier in the season, going on to win his race,­ nothing was said!

ellie - it's nice to see someone commenting without­ taking it all too seriously - love what you wrote about­ Benidorm/Benalmádena...... ;)