Ferrari had protested in the first place to the FIA about Mercedes’s test. HOTO: AFP /FILE
LONDON:
Formula One’s governing body put Ferrari, the sport’s most successful team, in the spotlight along with Mercedes in an investigation into alleged breaches of the testing regulations.
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that it had asked the teams to reply to an enquiry ‘in persuance of the judicial and disciplinary rules’.
Both were identified as having taken part in tyre tests for sole supplier Pirelli this season, despite a ban on teams testing.
The development was an ironic twist to a controversy that has gripped Formula One since last weekend’s showcase Monaco Grand Prix, given that Ferrari had protested in the first place to the FIA about Mercedes’s test.
A spokesman for the governing body said the two teams had been asked to reply to a list of questions and had not yet been summoned to any formal hearing or tribunal, which could ultimately impose heavy sanctions.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 2nd, 2013.
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