Friday, September 21, 2007

Scuderia Ferrari has won Constructors World Championship

Ferrari say they will focus all their efforts in winning the drivers' championship after being confirmed as constructors' champions on Friday.

Rivals McLaren announced today their decision to not appeal their exclusion from this year's constructors' championship, meaning Ferrari were automatically crowned as champions.

The Maranello squad acknowledged McLaren's decision and said they will concentrate on the drivers' title now.

"Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro has won the 2007 Formula One Constructors' World Championship, taking its tally in this competition to fifteen, seven of them in the last nine years," the Italian squad said in a statement.

"Vodafone McLaren Mercedes has actually chosen not to appeal against the decision of the FIA World Council taken on 13th September last, thus accepting the sentence handed out for violation of article 151c of the International Sporting Code.

"Ferrari will now invest all its efforts over the final three races of this championship in trying to also win the Drivers' world title."

Source - www.autosport.com