Mattiacci: “Lauda's phrase exploited”

Marco Mattiacci he didn't take issue with the definition of the F14 T as equal shit recently uttered on Sky microphones by Lauda and indeed when questioned about it by the media in Hungary he downplayed the incident.

“Anyone is free to comment and I'm happy to see that there is someone who can afford to think about our car, unlike me who doesn't have time to look at others – he declared – However, that sentence was extrapolated to make us a big headline and Personally, seeing an icon like Niki, part of the Ferrari family, come to apologize in the pits for something like this and unwanted, created a certain discomfort, so the matter is closed."

On the subject of pure sport, the Maranello boss responded thusly to the question about Hamilton's failure to penalize him for replacing the brake disc under parc fermé in Germany.

“In this period there is a lot of debate about the spectacle offered by F1 and for me seeing a boy capable of recovering from twentieth to third position was great – he commented – I don't think that intervention could have influenced his performance and it would have been unsportsmanlike ruin the race for him."

Chiara Rainis