Nick Heidfeld on Thursday said it would be a shame if the team orders saga is seen to have influenced the outcome of the drivers’ world championship.<\/p>\n
With two races to go, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso is 11 points ahead of Red Bull’s Mark Webber in the points standings.<\/p>\n
7 of those points were earned in Hockenheim, where Alonso’s teammate Felipe Massa was controversially moved aside despite team orders being banned in F1.<\/p>\n
Ferrari was fined $100,000 for the move but Alonso kept his points.<\/p>\n
“If Alonso wins the championship with a margin less than the 7 points, it would devalue the championship — that’s a personal view,” said former FIA president Max Mosley.<\/p>\n
Red Bull’s team boss Christian Horner agrees, stating that seeing Alonso win because of the extra points would be “frustrating”.<\/p>\n
Sauber driver Heidfeld said in Brazil on Thursday: “From a team’s perspective, it (team orders) is perhaps understandable.<\/p>\n
“But it would be a shame if the championship is decided by the fact that Red Bull has followed the rules while others see it maybe differently.<\/p>\n
“If that happens, I would really hope that Red Bull’s behaviour is seen in a positive way,” the German is quoted by the news agency SID.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, McLaren team boss and FOTA chairman Martin Whitmarsh refused to say a title win for Alonso would reflect badly on the sport.<\/p>\n
“I think we’ve had a very good championship and that’s what we should think about, full stop,” he said.<\/p>\n
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