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[Nickbat]

Well that's my view.

Sheer, blatant, rule breaking.

 

[tunnie]

Ferrari make the rules, so as usual nothing will happen 

Fact is Massa was not slower, they just waned Alonso to get points for championship, and i don't know what that idiot was so happy about when he won! It was gifted to him 

[Varche]

They should have both places stripped from them however the stewards will just fine them.

Hamilton did well finishing fourth. Showed Button a clean pair of heels again!

[Banjax]

I agree with Nick -

blatant cheating - this is the kind of garbage that ruins F1's image, just be open and honest and get rid of the ludicrous rule that says team orders are illegal, as DC says its completely unworkable. every team has team orders at a certain point in the championship so lets not pretend they dont exist. and ferrari - stop lying to us - by treating us like idiots you look like morons.  

good fun watching Alonso and Ferrari squirm tho 

[tunnie]

i hope they get a time penalty, such a tight finish, means they will be all but out of it

[Banjax]

looks like they've covered themselves by getting Massa to say it was his decision and his alone 

[humbucker]

Ferrari have been fined $100,000 for breaching sporting regulations after appearing to implement team orders during the German Prix.

The Italian team has also been referred to the sport's governing body, the FIA, after Felipe Massa slowed down to allow team-mate Fernando Alonso past to win.

However the result of the race, won by Alonso from Massa, is unaffected.

from the BBC Sport website

[TheBoy]

Oh, shame, did I miss another tedious event?

Still, sounds like there was at least one overtaking manuover

[tunnie]

fines utterly pointless, they have bags of money. Should have had points / time penalty 

[Marks DTM Calib]

The FIA do not have the 'dangle berries' to punish Ferrari with point deductions

[Mysteryman]

All the other teams now know it costs $100,000 to break the team orders rule. It may just work against ferrari in the future.

[TheBoy]

All the other teams now know it costs $100,000 to break the team orders rule. It may just work against ferrari in the future.

Except McLaren, who would get a 3 race ban.....

[Mysteryman]

All the other teams now know it costs $100,000 to break the team orders rule. It may just work against ferrari in the future.

Except McLaren, who would get a 3 race ban.....

And Hispana racing who would be bankrupt.

[albitz]

DC is a cock who talks complete 'dangle berries',always has been always will be.Eddie Jordan hit the nail on the head.Everyone who bought a ticket or turned on their TV was cheated of the possibility of seeing Alonso try to pass Massa.
I hoped we had seen the end of this sort of unsporting spectacle in F1 with the end of the Scumacher/Ferrari/Jean Todt dynasty of cheats. Ferrari obviously still know that they can ignore sporting ethics and the rules and get away with a light slap on the wrist.
Imo Alonso should have been excluded from todays results and Ferrari should lose the constructors points they had earned so far this season. As a lifelong fan of motorsport it made me sick to my stomach to watch.
 

[TheBoy]

DC is a cock who talks complete 'dangle berries',always has been always will be.Eddie Jordan hit the nail on the head.Everyone who bought a ticket or turned on their TV was cheated of the possibility of seeing Alonso try to pass Massa.
I hoped we had seen the end of this sort of unsporting spectacle in F1 with the end of the Scumacher/Ferrari/Jean Todt dynasty of cheats. Ferrari obviously still know that they can ignore sporting ethics and the rules and get away with a light slap on the wrist.
Imo Alonso should have been excluded from todays results and Ferrari should lose the constructors points they had earned so far this season. As a lifelong fan of motorsport it made me sick to my stomach to watch.
 

That implies 'competition' (only competition that happens all weekend is the qualifying) and 'sportsmanship' (that too much money in a sport removes).

F1 is not sport IMHO