Ferrari has hit back at Niki Lauda’s prediction that the famous Italian team will “get a pasting” at the FIA’s disciplinary council next month.<\/p>\n
In an interview with F1’s official website, former champion Lauda – who won two of his three titles with Ferrari – slammed the Maranello based team for allegedly using team orders at Hockenheim recently.<\/p>\n
“What they’ve done is wrong and they got an immediate punishment — and they will get a pasting from the World (Motor Sport) Council, that is for sure,” said the Austrian great.<\/p>\n
“And that has nothing to do with Alonso.\u00a0 He’s no Schumacher,” added Lauda, when asked if Fernando Alonso was taking a tight grip on Ferrari.<\/p>\n
In response, a disparaging column posted on the official Ferrari website depicted the 61-year-old as someone who “has never missed out on a chance to dispense opinions left and right”.<\/p>\n
“This time, good old Niki has missed out on a fine opportunity to keep his mouth shut, given that, when he was a Scuderia driver, the supposed Ferrari driver management policy suited him perfectly,” read the Ferrari column.<\/p>\n
Also upset about Lauda’s recent interview might be the struggling new teams, who are all receiving an extra contribution to their budgets this year from Bernie Ecclestone.<\/p>\n
“I am strictly against having them on life support.\u00a0 Either they are able to stay alive on their own or ‘bye bye’,” said Lauda.<\/p>\n
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