Boullier: “Not a fan of instructions”

Ferrari, by favoring the victory of Fernando Alonso Sunday, at Hockenheim, gave rise to a controversy like only Team can trigger it. While the stables with a British temperament, starting with McLaren et Red Bull, choose to let their drivers explain themselves on track, the Latin teams, Ferrari in the lead, often prefer to give the best chances to their number 1 driver.

For Eric Boullier, main team of Renault F1, the course of the German Grand Prix is ​​not shocking, even if he believes that Felipe Massa can legitimately be disappointed. “ I don't find it harmful, confides the boss ofenstone at AUTOhebdo.fr. It's a shame for Felipe. It's frustrating when you're a racer, you want to win. But he is also part of a team, we must not forget that. There are two cars. Certainly, favoring one is not good. But it's a team and Ferrari had to win this race. It remains a team victory, that?s what we have to see. »

Eric Boullier further considers that the regulation prohibiting team instructions is “ like all regulations, it is never all black or white ". But he recognizes that Renault would not have acted in the same way as Ferrari, even if this approach was authorized.

« We, at Renault, are not fans of team instructions. We are not in favor of having a number 1 driver. It?s important to have a certain fairness between the cars. But these are not easy situations to manage because there are two drivers and, therefore, two teams within the same team. There may be different interests. Afterwards, each case is different. At Renault, all this does not exist because we do not have this philosophy. »