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Ferrari responds to Dennis' accusations
Ferrari has responded to McLaren team principal Ron Dennis' claims that Ferrari ran an illegal car at the Australian Grand Prix and, of course, denied the accusations. Dennis commented at length on the ongoing saga in a letter to Italian Automobile ...
Edited: Aug 7, 2007, 4:06 AM
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Ferrari has responded to McLaren team principal Ron Dennis' claims that Ferrari ran an illegal car at the Australian Grand Prix and, of course, denied the accusations. Dennis commented at length on the ongoing saga in a letter to Italian Automobile Club President Luigi Macaluso after Macaluso wrote to FIA President Max Mosley and requested that the case be sent to appeal. Mosley agreed and so the letters and statements continue.
"With regard to the points made by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes concerning the 2007 Australian Grand Prix in a letter to the President of the ACI-CSAI, Gino Macaluso on 1 August last, Ferrari wishes to state very strongly that its letter contains accusations that are both serious and false," the Scuderia said.
"Contrary to the statement put forward by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, Ferrari never illegally gained any advantage. The two F2007 cars used in the Australian Grand Prix were deemed by the Stewards to be in conformity with the technical regulations, before, during and at the end of the event. If there had been any illegalities, they would have been disqualified."
"In fact, what the FIA did next is commonplace. The FIA took the opportunity to issue a clarification on the interpretation of the regulation and then asked the teams concerned to make the necessary modifications. There are actually numerous examples of this in both the recent and distant past which have also involved other teams."
"At the next sitting of the FIA International Court of Appeal, Ferrari will fully explain its position on the entire matter."
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