Ferrari escapes penalty, FIA to review team order ban

Lol. Once again Ferrari escapes a penalty. And they're even going to change the rules?? It seems that F1 is pretty much run by Ferrari instead of the FIA.

of course they did

Why I am not surprised? All the penalities and especially the big ones goes to Mclaren. All others are following the rules 100%. What a joke... It is not nice to upset Ferrari, F1 will not be the same without them :-)

I'm more concerned about the idea of team orders being reinstated. It undermines the drivers and makes the racing more predictable as well as less exciting. It would be a bad decision.

Me too but the dark turth is there is team orders any way. They just do it in codes so no one can understand. Remeber turkey Mclaren said your fuel is low yellow G4 . So it cost Ferrari 100,000 fine to learn to use codes. I don't like these team orders i like the idea the drivers have to race and get what they want.

Can't see how team orders could do for less exiting races. As if Massa or Alonso could fight each other, as if Button being asked to slow down for fuel reasons in Turkey wasn't a team order right after a huge and dangerous crash just happened between the Redbulls for lack of team orders. Please not that accidents are not part of an "exiting" race. I'm not surprised as well, a further penalty would have put Ferrari out of the fight for the title, which is a bad move for as regards the interest of the sports and the followers, something the FIA seems to care more than everything else. Personally I couldn't see any problem with team orders in first place, Ferrari just applied them the worst way possible, but that doesn't mean others don't use them. Come on, as if that can be remotedly possible. There was a time when drivers had to handle their cars to the main driver for the sake of it. Lauda himself should consider keeping his mouth shouted when criticizing things he took advantage of when he was a driver.

Ferrari=Cheat

Note to self. If you have an extra 100grand laying and its worth it to get your driver the win use teams orders and take the win

Ferrari did not come out of this without a punishment. They were fined $100,000.00. End of. Team orders NEVER LEFT. Moaning on about team orders being reinstated will ruin the show is a non issue since team orders have been a continued practise since the offical ban. The difference being, they're aren't as public about it. They have pre-race meetings discussing scenarios to allow drivers to pass one another. They use buzz words during the race and as we've seen in Turkey this year sometimes the driver's don't listen. Look where that leaves the team. The bottom line is this: This is a team sport. As a team sport a team should be able to strategically place it's team members for maximum results. That said, It only becomes a problem when it gets out of hand and/or endangers people. Perfect example of that ugly side is Alonso and Piquet Jr. in Singapore. A modified reinstatement of the team orders should come with guide lines to prevent things like Singapore to happen and allow things like Ferrari's clumsily executed incident to happen without consequence. Then we as spectators and fans - who understand the sport we watch - can stop being placated from the obvious deceit of "no team orders" like we're stupid.