Ferrari paid dear says F1 supremo

By Lorenzo Gotti
June 26 2002

F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says Ferrari paid dearly for their podium antics in Austria. The team was fined $1million by the FIA World Council after a meeting in Paris today following Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello’s behaviour during the podium ceremony after the Austrian GP.

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"Their behaviour on the podium was a little bit stupid. I think Michael got into a panic, he'd never been booed before so reacted. He didn't think it through because he didn't have time to think it through. So I think in the end what has happened is alright."

"There's team orders in bicycle racing and whatever. That's how it is and I don't think we should change it. It's a team event. In this case it didn't make any difference to the constructors' championship and as you can now see it didn't make any difference to the world championship either!"

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