If Renault don't like it they can leaveFerrari team chief Jean Todt said Renault and defending World Champion
Fernando Alonso must accept decisions that go against him without complaining.
Todt hit back at Alonso's claim that he no longer regards Formula One as a sport.
The Spaniard, and his Renault MD Flavio Briatore, said on Sunday that he believed the Italian race weekend was ‘rigged’ in advance when he was penalised for allegedly blocking Brazilian Felipe Massa, of Ferrari, in Saturday's qualifying.
Alonso had his best three lap times taken away and had to start Sunday's race in tenth place, instead of fifth. His race ended when his Renault engine blew after he had climbed to third with nine laps remaining.
"If we go back, it's a lot of times I have been unhappy, not sharing some decisions, not happy about the final result," said Todt. "But we have always said that we do accept it, because as long as you are in this business, you must accept that you have a governing body, that you have people judging, that you have stewards and you have that in all sports."
Todt said he did not want to talk specifically about the row triggered by Alonso and Briatore's comments - Briatore said he believed this year's championship had been decided in advance by people ‘sitting around a table’ - but in general.
"I don't want to get into that because I feel it's so unfair to make these kind of comments," he explained. "I felt bad having Felipe not even able to score one point because he had to start in fourth position, rather than probably on pole, probably.”
"We will never know. We have accepted that, that's racing. In other sports, if you make a replay of football again, you will have a different result so again, we did not complain about Felipe being in such a position.”
"But you can be sure if you will have been more in front during the race. As I said before, the race would have been difficult, maybe Michael would not have won, I don't know.”
"If some people are tired of being in this business, it's your choice, you don't have to be in the business if you aren't happy to do it."
He did not mention Alonso specifically by name, but the inference was clear.
That comment is sure to inflame the already strained relations in the paddock between the top teams after a weekend of high drama.
Source AFP
