Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso have denied that they feel any kind of animosity towards each other following Alonso's audacious overtaking maneuver in the Chinese Grand Prix.
While the duo were making their pit stops during Sunday's race, Alonso managed to leapfrog his team-mate with daring move inside the pit entrance.
It was initially reported that Massa was unhappy with Alonso's move, causing a rift between the two, something that initially Ferrari denied, but that now the drivers themselves have spoken out against.
"As it happens quite often, there's always someone who wants to create some confusion," Massa told Ferrari's official website.
"The situation between me and Fernando is the one it always has been and an overtaking maneuver won't change it for sure.
"I already explained after the race what happened and I think it's useless doing it again, but obviously there's someone who doesn't want to understand.
"If I've spoken to Fernando? Sure, just like we talk to each other every day when we're on the track. We both know very well what Ferrari wants from us drivers and what we have to do on the track," added the 28-year-old.
Alonso echoed the sentiments of his Brazilian, insisting the matter was not even worth talking about.
"I'm surprised by what I've been told. I already said it in Shanghai: this episode is creating a stir just because it happened between two team-mates," he said.
"If the other car would have been green or grey, we'd all be celebrating this maneuver, but instead we're just losing time with polemics, where there is nothing to say.
"Felipe and I are racing and we know that the team's interest is the most important thing. We know how to behave and we've shown it on other occasions during these first races.
"It's definitely not the duels on the track, creating problems inside the team and I know this by experience. If someone wants to make a fuss, it definitely won't ruin the spirit of Ferrari," added the Spaniard.
