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    BBC News Jordan wants team orders rule ditched after Ferrari row

    Former team owner Eddie Jordan says the rule banning teams from giving orders to their drivers that affect the outcome of a race should be dropped. Ferrari were fined $100,000 for appearing to give Felipe Massa a coded order to allow Fernando Alonso through to win Sunday's German Grand Prix.
    The rule was introduced in 2002 after Rubens Barrichello gifted a win to then Ferrari team-mate Michael Schumacher.
    "It's a nonsense," said Jordan. "It needs to be repealed."
    Ferrari's actions at Hockenheim have divided opinion in Formula 1 circles, with the Italian team coming in for heavy criticism from the likes of Red Bull chief Christian Horner.
    Seven-time world champion Schumacher, who infamously benefited from Ferrari team orders when he overtook Barrichello metres before the finish line in Austria in 2002, supported his former team's behaviour.


    Former team owner Eddie Jordan says the rule banning teams from giving orders to their drivers that affect the outcome of a race should be dropped. Ferrari were fined $100,000 for appearing to give Felipe Massa a coded order to allow Fernando Alonso through to win Sunday's German Grand Prix.
    The rule was introduced in 2002 after Rubens Barrichello gifted a win to then Ferrari team-mate Michael Schumacher.
    "It's a nonsense," said Jordan. "It needs to be repealed."
    Ferrari's actions at Hockenheim have divided opinion in Formula 1 circles, with the Italian team coming in for heavy criticism from the likes of Red Bull chief Christian Horner.
    Seven-time world champion Schumacher, who infamously benefited from Ferrari team orders when he overtook Barrichello metres before the finish line in Austria in 2002, supported his former team's behaviour.

    "Ferrari believe the best way to win the championship is for Alonso to be the main driver, but it was the way it happened," added Jordan. "It was a nonsense and the way they handled this was appalling."
    Spaniard Alonso's win took him to within 34 points of championship Lewis Hamilton, who has 157 points. Defending champion Jenson Button, Hamilton's McLaren team-mate, is second with 143 points, while Red Bull duo Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel are equal third with 136 points.
    Ferrari's tactics were criticized by other teams, who were quick to flag up perceived foul play.
    Horner told BBC Sport: "That was the clearest team order I've ever seen, especially when we've got a team apologizing to a driver."
    Horner said the furore surrounding the incident was damaging for the sport.
    "It's a great shame for Formula 1 that the race was manipulated to give one driver a victory over the other," he told Autosport. "The only losers today are Formula 1."
    McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh plans to hold private talks with Ferrari to give his views on the incident.

    Declining to comment directly on the rival team's actions, Whitmarsh stated Hamilton and Button would remain free to race against each other.
    "Ferrari were quick and we did what we could - and they raced how they raced. That was not a new approach from Ferrari, was it?" said Whitmarsh.
    Button added that it was alarming to see Ferrari resort to such methods so early in the season.
    "Personally I think team orders in Formula One are wrong, in any motor sport category, although sometimes they are inevitable," the McLaren driver commented.
    "We all want to win, and I know that every team wants to win, both the constructors' and drivers' championships.
    "But they have to give both their drivers the same opportunity to do so. This was very early in the season. How early is it going to start in the future?"
    Lotus Racing chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne said Ferrari should have made more effort to disguise the instructions to Massa.
    "The bottom line is if you are going to do it then do so far more cleverly than they did," said Gascoyne.
    "Obviously it is a team sport and you have to get the best result for the team, in particular when you are at the front and racing for a championship.
    "But it is clear the fans feel cheated by it when you do it like they did, which was just ridiculous."

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    Default Re: Jordan wants team orders rule ditched after Ferrari row

    If they abolish this rule, it could reduce F1 to a three horse race, with the other drivers being subs. It would also blur the distinction between the drivers and constructors championship. The fine seems to be a joke. Alonso should have been either demoted to second place, or disqualified.
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