Stefano Domenicali says that managing two competitive drivers it’s not easy – but stresses that Ferrari’s drivers are mature enough to understand that the team comes first.
Ferrari has not been without team order controversies in the past, and with Felipe Massa now back on form, having outqualified Fernando Alonso in the last four races, there could be more to come.
“For sure it’s not easy, you can see what is happening in other teams,” Domenicali said when asked by this writer after the Malaysian GP. “I never speak about the others, you know me. You go and speak with them, it will be fun!
“But it’s something from the general point of view that it’s part of the competition, it’s part of the fact that every driver believes that he’s the strongest, and it’s good to be like that.
“And it’s part of the maturity of the drivers that are working with Ferrari to understand that.”
Adam Cooper F1 
I think he meant to say “Massa understands Alonso comes first”… I will be sure to see if they work out a way to get Massa ahead of Alonso in China since he leads him in the standings…
Leave it to Stefano to say something without actually saying it.
Had they been on their game,We would have had the first 6 places in a race determined by team orders.Is that what we have been brainwashed into accepting?
I apologise in advance for being so cynical, but as a long time F1 spectator & a witness to Ferrari’s Todt/Schumacher history, I find Domenicali ‘s comments just a little too hard to swallow.
In fact if Massa’s current run of form continues, I can see a very angry Spaniard getting on the radio to the Ferrari pit wall in some coming race.
You missed the point. He’s not saying we don’t have team orders, he’s saying at Ferrari drivers know they should follow them…
I think you missed his point,
Ferrari team orders=Alonso 1st THEN who ever is in seat 2.