Head not happy with Ferrari - 27th June 17:56pm GMT

Patrick Head has hit out at Ferrari over their racing at the US GP last week. Head finds it suspicious how Rubens was much faster than Michael through the weekend and come race day Michael was able to fend of Rubens quite easily.

“I don’t respect them, because they’ve put themselves in a position of dominance, but their sole motivation appears to be self-interest, rather than the interests of F1,” he says.

“When Williams or McLaren have been in that position in the past, the seasons retained their interest because you knew the drivers wouldn’t give each other an inch. Ferrari say they let their drivers race, but it clearly looks a bit of a sham. It’s only supposition, but Rubens (Barrichello) appeared to have a clear performance advantage over Michael (Schumacher) at Indy — and all of a sudden in the race it disappeared.

“It does make me angry, but I’m not going to waste energy over it, because clearly the FIA accepts it and clearly it is a positive-active decision by Ferrari to operate in that way. It sounds rather ‘holier than thou’, but I happen to believe we have an obligation to race.”