Spanish motorsport federation president Carlos Gracia has criticised Ferrari for their decision to replace Michael Schumacher with Luca Badoer for next weekend’s European Grand Prix in Valencia.
While the Italian’s appointment, which gives him the chance to resurrect his F1 race career after nearly ten years of testing has raised more than a few eyebrows, Gracia has branded the choice ‘absurd’, claiming that Spaniard Marc Gene was much better placed to fill in for the unfit German.
“It is one of the most absurd things that the people in charge of Ferrari have ever decided,” he fumed.
“I consider Gene to be better prepared (to return to F1 at short notice) and would have though that winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in June - the first time that a Spanish driver has shown himself capable of racing for victory in the race - would have been an important factor for Ferrari. Badoer has not driven for three years and Gene is in much better form than he is.”
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