23/11/2014
NEWS STORY
Force India boss Vijay Mallya has publicly blasted Red Bull following its exclusion from qualifying for a technical irregularity.
Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo will start today's race from the pitlane after Stewards in Abu Dhabi deemed their front wings illegal, it having been found that they were flexing.
Though it accepted the decision, Red Bull was quick to react to the exclusion, saying: "We are disappointed that we have been singled out for a front wing deflection test when it is clear that other teams are interpreting the rules in a similar fashion."
However, an angry Mallya, whose team is one of three embroiled in a bitter row with Red Bull and the other big teams over the distribution of F1 prize money, took to Twitter.
"A big F1 team that says we small outfits should not come with bananas to a gun fight, grabs maximum money and cheats on the regulations," he wrote. "Arrogance and a superiority complex on the part of those who are paid to be in F1 should not dilute or colour those who pay to be in F1. Have holders of purse strings and decision makers in F1 become slaves to the whims of the big boys and the contracts ? What about F1 sport?"
Touche!