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Montezemolo: Our drivers race for the team

27 July 2010

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is showing no regrets in the team's decision to let Fernando Alonso pass Felipe Massa for the race win at Hockenheim on Sunday. The Italian has said that any driver racing at Ferari is very well aware of the fact that the interest of the team comes before those of the driver itself.

The Ferrari team was fined $ 100,000.- for handing out team orders at last weekend's German Grand Prix. Ferrari team president Luca di Montezemolo does not regret his team's decision at Hockenheim and said: “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 for our fans.”

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