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Sebastion Vettel recently celebrated his third
Formula One title by driving his Red Bull Racing car through the streets of Graz, Austria, but
Ferrari is still caught up in the controversy it stirred up by asserting that Vettel made an illegal pass under yellow at the
Brazilian Grand Prix. After Ferrari asked for clarification on the pass,
Bernie Ecclestone called the whole issue a "complete joke," and now
Luca di Montezemolo, president of Ferrari (shown above), has responded to Ecclestone's comments with some scathing words of his own.
According to
ESPN F1, Montezemolo sarcastically said "you have to show respect for your elders, especially when they get to that stage in which they are no longer in control of what they say" in regards to Ecclestone. Seemingly putting the whole controversy to rest, though, Montezemolo went on to congratulate Vettel and Red Bull for the win in what he refers to as a difficult season.
The pass in question came on the fourth lap of the rainy race when Vettel seemed to have passed Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne under a local yellow. In the final standings, the resulting
20-second penalty would have knocked Vettel from sixth to eighth position, which would have been enough for Ferrari driver
Fernando Alonso to win the Driver's Championship by a single point. Despite flashing yellow lights, the
FIA said that a green flag was waving making the pass legal.
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