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Alonso title could devalue F1, says Mosley
Fri, 29 Oct 00:21:00 2010
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will devalue the Formula One championship if he wins it by less than seven points, the governing body's former president Max Mosley said on Thursday.
Spaniard Alonso, who leads Red Bull's Mark Webber by 11 points with two races remaining, won controversially in Germany in July after Ferrari ordered Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa to let him pass while leading.
Ferrari were subsequently fined $100,000 for the use of banned 'team orders' but suffered no loss of points.
"I did feel at the very least that the extra points that Alonso got by overtaking Massa under team orders should have been taken away," Mosley told BBC radio.
"That's the absolute minimum, because if by any chance Alonso were to win the championship with a margin less than the seven points that he picked up, I would say illegitimately in Hockenheim, it would devalue the championship.
"But that's just a personal view."
The Briton also poured cold water on speculation that he was considering a comeback.
"I think my Formula One days are finished and I've moved on to other things now," he said. "Obviously I'm watching it with interest but one should never go back."
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28102010/2/alonso-title-devalue-f1-says-mosley.html
Fri, 29 Oct 00:21:00 2010
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will devalue the Formula One championship if he wins it by less than seven points, the governing body's former president Max Mosley said on Thursday.
Spaniard Alonso, who leads Red Bull's Mark Webber by 11 points with two races remaining, won controversially in Germany in July after Ferrari ordered Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa to let him pass while leading.
Ferrari were subsequently fined $100,000 for the use of banned 'team orders' but suffered no loss of points.
"I did feel at the very least that the extra points that Alonso got by overtaking Massa under team orders should have been taken away," Mosley told BBC radio.
"That's the absolute minimum, because if by any chance Alonso were to win the championship with a margin less than the seven points that he picked up, I would say illegitimately in Hockenheim, it would devalue the championship.
"But that's just a personal view."
The Briton also poured cold water on speculation that he was considering a comeback.
"I think my Formula One days are finished and I've moved on to other things now," he said. "Obviously I'm watching it with interest but one should never go back."
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28102010/2/alonso-title-devalue-f1-says-mosley.html
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