F1: Montezemolo says Ferrari needs to raise its game. It also needs to review discipline.

Felipe Massa is a lucky man: as he exited the pits after one of his two pit stops in Shanghai, he clearly drove over the white line that separates the pit lane from the racetrack. That is almost a hanging offence - unless one is driving a Ferrari, it seems. In past seasons, crossing that line has led to at least a drive-through penalty for the driver concerned. The race stewards did not even announce that they were investigating Massa's infraction.

If a stop-go had been applied - as it has been on other occasions because the line is a safety line - Massa would have fallen an estimated 35 seconds back from his eventual finishing position.

Had a drive-through penalty been applied with about a 22 seconds delay, Massa would have finished behind Alonso and, possibly, two or three other cars, too.

Except that, if the stewards had been doing their job, Alonso would have been awarded a penalty, too.

The Drag Reduction System (that's the rear-wing flap that can open and close to reduce or increase downforce which equates to drag and therefore, when open, has the effect of increasing the car's straight-line speed) is subject to strict restrictions on when it can be used. In Shanghai, its use was limited to just 750 metres on the long back straight and only when the car is less than one second behind another car at a predetermined spot approaching the corner leading onto that straight.

But, as official F1 footage showed - and then showed a replay to reinforce the message - Alonso's rear-wing was open at the wrong part of the circuit. How often it opened, no one except Ferrari can now say, how long it was open, again will be known only to Ferrari's data collection system. But an advantage was gained: even if Alonso did not complete an overtaking manoeuvre while it was wrongly open, he was able to travel faster at that point than he would ordinarily have been able to do with the same revs and gearing.

But, again, the race stewards took no action, not even to announce an investigation.

Luca di Montezemolo says on the Ferrari team website "this cannot and must not be the team's level...I want Ferrari to be at the level that both we and our fans demand it should be."

Let's start with complying with the rules, shall we?