Ferrari take a swipe at new teams

Ferrari have fired another shot in its battle with the FIA over the controversial proposed budget caps for the 2010 season.


The Maranello-based outfit lost its bid to acquire an injunction against the FIA's plans to introduce a £40 million budget cap on Wednesday in a French court.


The ruling paved the way for several new teams to enter F1 next year, but the Italian outfit, who have threatened to quit the sport over the proposed rules, believe the quality of teams who plan to enter the sport is not up to standard.


A statement on their website read: 'They couldn't almost believe their eyes, the men at women working at Ferrari, when they read the papers this morning and found the names of the teams, declaring that they have the intention to race in Formula 1 in the next year.


'Looking at the list, which leaked yesterday from Paris, you can't find a very famous name, one of those one has to spend 400 Euros per person for a place on the grandstand at a GP (plus the expenses for the journey and the stay).


'Wirth Research, Lola, USF1, Epsilon Euskadi, RML, Formtech, Campos, iSport: these are the names of the teams, which should compete in the two-tier Formula 1 wanted by Mosley.


'Can a World Championship with teams like them - with due respect - can have the same value as today's Formula 1, where Ferrari, the big car manufacturers and teams, who created the history of this sport, compete? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to call it Formula GP3?'