Niki Lauda has slammed the “farce” of the Silverstone exhaust blown saga, questioning the motivation of the governing FIA.<\/p>\n
Throughout the British grand prix weekend, the rules about off-throttle engine exhaust blowing changed several times, with many observers wondering if the dominance of the Red Bull team was being directly targeted.<\/p>\n
“If that was so, it would be the greatest insolence.\u00a0 You can not punish someone just because he is better,” triple world champion Lauda told Germany’s N-TV, referring to world championship leader Sebastian Vettel.<\/p>\n
As for the Silverstone scandal, the great Austrian said it was “the biggest farce ever”.<\/p>\n
“Why change the rules in the middle of a season?\u00a0 The crucial thing is that absolutely no one was protesting; the practice (of exhaust blowing) was tacitly accepted by all the teams.<\/p>\n
“Suddenly the FIA and Charlie Whiting had the idea to change the rules in the middle of the season.\u00a0 I personally don’t understand it.”<\/p>\n
Lauda said he was relieved when, late on Sunday, it emerged that the FIA had accepted the teams’ unanimous request to return to the pre-clampdown rules of Valencia.<\/p>\n
“I very much hope that this absurdity stops now and we and the audience know at the Nurburgring in two weeks exactly what the rules are,” he added.<\/p>\n
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