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'Ferrari duo summoned to hearing'

Sunday 5th September 2010

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'Ferrari duo summoned to hearing'

'Ferrari duo summoned to hearing'

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will both be present at Wednesday's World Motor Sport Council hearing after reportedly being summoned by the FIA.

Ferrari will face the WMSC in Paris on September 8th to answer charges relating to the use of team orders in July's German Grand Prix.

With Massa leading Alonso in the race, although the latter ahead in the Drivers' Championship, Ferrari ordered Massa to move aside for his team-mate with his race engineer Rob Smedley saying in a coded message: "So Fernando is faster than you? Can you confirm you understand that message?"

A few short laps later, Massa handed the position and the victory to Alonso.

In the immediate aftermath of the race, Ferrari were called in by the German race stewards, who fined the Italian marque a $100,000 for using team orders, which are banned from Formula One.

The Scuderia were also informed that they would face the World Motor Sport Council ahead of their home race in Italy, where they could yet be handed a race ban or docked their German GP points for bringing the sport into disrepute.

And although it was initially thought that Smedley as well as team boss Stefano Domenicali would attend the hearing, Spanish daily newspaper AS claims that both Alonso and Massa will also attend after the two Ferrari drivers were summoned by the FIA.

Ferrari's hearing will take place on Wednesday at the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

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