Niki Lauda thinks Ferrari should receive a bigger penalty for swapping the order of its cars at the recent German grand prix.<\/p>\n
A survey by Autoblog showed that 95 per cent of 15,000 respondents want the World Motor Sport Council to inflict more than just the $100,000 fine imposed by the Hockenheim stewards.<\/p>\n
27 per cent said the Italian team should be disqualified.<\/p>\n
“With the budgets these teams have, $100,000 is nothing at all,” Austrian Lauda said in an interview with RTL.<\/p>\n
“If you imagine they have bought themselves a world championship for that, it’s the biggest joke of all.”<\/p>\n
On Austrian ‘Servus TV’, former driver Marc Surer agrees that the World Motor Sport Council must act.<\/p>\n
“If a team knows that a team order costs $100,000, they will take the cheque to the next race,” he said.<\/p>\n
But Spanish motor racing chief Carlos Gracia told AS newspaper that even though Massa’s order was “obvious”, Ferrari has already been punished.<\/p>\n
“Nothing will happen (at the World Motor Sport Council),” he said.\u00a0 “The violation has already been sanctioned, Ferrari declined to appeal, so it’s an issue that has been settled.<\/p>\n
“You can’t be punished twice for one wrongdoing,” added Gracia, who said he will push for the FIA to legalise team orders.<\/p>\n
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