It seems that the Scuderia still thinks that FIA stands for 'Ferrari's Internal Agency', Why else would it have so blatantly broken the rule about team orders. It was an act of arrogance which showed contempt for the rules, the sport and the fans.

In retrospect, some people are bleating that banning team orders is a bad rule. If it was a bad rule in Germany, it was a bad rule, period. There have been plenty of opportunities to make that point, and to lobby against the rule. I do not recall criticism of the rule until after Ferrari flouted it. It was not a hot topic on Internet fora.

Maybe Alonso was faster, but he didn't prove it. You show that you are faster by ov-er-ta-king. It needs spelling out. The point of motor racing is to be the fastest with a given car on a given track and if there is a slower car ahead, your job is to overtake. It is why Ferrari pays you millions.

At the end of the German GP, we were treated to a load of bullshit about the result being for the good of the team. If Felipe had led a Ferrari 1-2, the team would have still taken 43 points in the Constructors' Championship and, correct me if I am wrong, that is the title that teams contest.

All the talk about the team, the good of the team, motor racing being a team sport, etc., is hog wash. Ferrari set out to manipulate the Drivers' Championship. Alonso would have been higher up the standings had he not acted like a big girl's blouse in the previous two races.

I hope that the meeting of the WMSC in September excludes both cars from the results. Alonso complained about Massa over the radio because he could not pass and if you cannot pass at Hockenheim, you should be in another line of work, like flower arranging.

Massa could have refused to allow Alonso to pass on the grounds that it contravened the rules. He would have been on firm ground. He also would not have dragged the name of Ferrari into the mud and the vast crowd in Germany would not have been short-changed as were we watching at home. There was supposed to be a race, not a cynical demonstration.

Rob Smedley, Felipe's engineer, was forced to put a spin on what he said over the radio and one can see the work of a spin doctor. I knew motor racing had changed when I went to interview Harvey Postlethwaite at Tyrrell for an article about working with Jean Alesi and there was a PR guy in the room. It was a retrospective piece, so no state secrets, but there was a PR guy present.

Given only the transcript of what Smedley said, it would be possible to believe, just, with some imagination, that a team order was not being issued, but we heard Smedley and heard the inflection in his voice. No Anglophone could have mistaken the message. There are times when inflection is everything and this was one.

Stefano Domenicali, a personable man who makes himself available to the BBC and whose understanding of English is excellent, made all manner of statements. Were I ever in need of a fake alibi, I would value him.

It puts me in mind of a team owner who sacked an employee. When asked why, the owner said, 'I know what I pay you. I know what house you live in, the car your wife drives and where you go on holiday. You live way above your salary. The heated swimming pool is just taking the piss.'