McLaren’s
Whitmarsh stressed that he was “not criticising” Ferrari, but added
that it was not the way he believed race teams should be run. “I don’t think
so,” he said. “I think it was quite a tough thing to do personally. I’m not
criticising anyone for what they do. Team principals have to decide how they
run their teams and it’s very clear that Ferrari are very focused on
Fernando.
“In fairness it works for Fernando because, lest we forget, when Fernando was
with us it was not doing those things that meant that Fernando left us.
“You all have to go racing the way you see fit. I think the toughest thing is
that it put a number of people on to the slower side of the grid. Sadly, it
didn’t impact on us at all. We were on the slow side of the grid and we
stayed there.
“But I think if I had qualified on the fast side of the grid and then been
moved to the slow side I would have been very p—– off. But it didn’t so I
will just enjoy [Lewis Hamilton’s] win today. It was an epic race and Lewis
drove beautifully.”