Alonso title could devalue F1 says Mosley

Former FIA President Max Mosley has shared his opinion over Ferrari’s German Grand Prix team orders by saying that, should Fernando Alonso pick up this year’s driver’s title by seven points or less, the sport as a whole could be undervalued.

Alonso moved from 18 points scoring position to 25 at Hockenheim in July when team-mate Felipe Massa allowed the Spaniard through to the lead.

“I did feel at the very least that the extra points that Alonso got by overtaking Massa under team orders should have been taken away," Mosley, who retired in October last year, told BBC Radio 5 live.

“That's the absolute minimum because, if by any chance Alonso were to win the championship with a margin less than the seven points that he picked up – I would say illegitimately – at Hockenheim, it would devalue the championship, but that's just a personal view."