Felipe Massa has hinted that he too is angry that Ferrari’s championship rival escaped the sanctioning powers of the World Council last week.
The Brazilian driver’s bosses Jean Todt and Luca di Montezemolo fervently slammed the decision in Paris to let McLaren off with a warning, after the Woking based team’s chief designer Mike Coughlan was caught in possession of 780 pages of Ferrari secrets.
25-year-old Massa, who swore and argued with McLaren’s Fernando Alonso after their wheel-banging scrap at the Nurburgring, offered a more reserved appraisal of the espionage verdict but made it clear that he is not happy.
“It’s certainly not a nice moment for the sport,” Massa, who is third in the drivers’ championship behind the McLarens, is quoted as saying by the Daily Express.
He added: “It’s not up to us drivers to judge, but we can have our opinions.”
Massa also said he does not regret reacting angrily to Alonso’s provocation after their European grand prix tussle, despite the Italian press branding him a bad loser.
“Something happened that I wish won’t happen again,” he admitted, “but I don’t regret what I did.
“We are fighting for positions, fighting for the championship, and sometimes you can’t just control your nerves so easily,” said Massa.
