Huge accusations made by Adrian Newey against Ferrari and the FIA in his autobiography “How I designed my dream”, published in 2017 and translated into Italian in recent months.
The British engineer believes that the Maranello team has enjoyed unconditional support from the Federation in the past and in recent years. According to Adrian Newey, Ferrari and the governing body were even linked by a secret contract, which allowed the Italian team to veto any regulation change. Words and accusations that today seem light-years away from what is actually happening in the paddock these days:
The site “The shield of sports” has published an excerpt from Adrian Newey’s autobiography relating to the accusations made by the British engineer against Ferrari and FIA.
“The Ferrari protests would become a recurring theme over the years. If something didn’t suit them, the protests would come; I don’t know if they had any agreement, but for sure Mosley and Ecclestone would have vigorously denied. In the F1 pits it began to be said that FIA was actually an acronym for ‘Ferrari International Aid’. “
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More from his autobiography:
“In 2015 it turned out that Ferrari had a secret contract with the FIA that allowed them to veto any regulation change; it was confirmation that the suspicions were well founded between the Federation and the team.”
Adrian Newey also hit out at Ferrari for what he believes was support from the FIA more than two decades ago:
“It all happened when the active suspension was introduced; Williams and McLaren managed to make it work well, Ferrari did not. It led to Gerhard Berger almost losing his life in Barcelona. Max Mosley, who clearly wanted to favor Ferrari at the expense of the competition, invoked Article 3.15 of the regulation and the suspensions were banned; this was the reality in the 1990s.”.
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