Ferrari drivers seek consistency in F1 rules

Team Ferrari drivers Massa and Raikkonen express anger over current Formula One 'mess'

Ferrari drivers seek consistency in F1 rules

Team Ferrari drivers Massa and Raikkonen express anger over current Formula One 'mess'

speed demons! Ferrari Formula One drivers Kimi Raikkonen (left) of Finland and Brazilian Felipe Massa at a press conference in Melbourne, Australia yesterday. The first F1 race of the year is set for Sunday.

The recent row over the points system will be followed today by a protest against Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams. The remaining seven teams are unhappy with the diffuser being used by their rival trio, who interpreted the new regulation relating to the rear aerodynamic body part, in a different way.

Protest
From the protest, there is likely to be a Court of Appeal hearing that is unlikely to take place until after the Malaysian Grand Prix next weekend.

If any of the six drivers finish in the points in Melbourne this weekend, or Kuala Lumpur seven days later, there will be confusion as the results will be suspended under appeal.

Throw in Bernie Ecclestone's claim this week the teams threatened a boycott of the Australian Grand Prix in an argument over money, and before a wheel has turned on the new season, the sport finds itself hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Rule changes
Massa, speaking at a press conference in Melbourne, said: "I'm unhappy with the situation currently in Formula One.

"One week we have some news and then the next it changes. We need consistent rules, a consistent way of working, to make things a little more serious."

Echoing the sentiments of his teammate, Raikkonen added: "It's not the best thing for Formula One to start the season with all kinds of different stories. If you change the rules, then they should be changed over the winter and not a few weeks before the start of the season."

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