Mosley responded to a question of one of the readers of F1 Racing who wanted to know if the FIA favored Ferrari. He said: "We never did favor Ferrari, although there was this perception that we did. You could go to Ferrari and they would be completely honest and open with you; most of the other teams wouldn't do that."

After that, Mosley said: "Luca (di Montezemolo) is very, very good with people and he's certainly a very personable, pleasant person, but, in my opinion, he's also a very weak character so he's easily led."

Mosley continued his exposé by stating that: Ferrari was "not prepared to take on the other teams on an equal basis."

"Between January and May in 2008, we had a series of meetings and everyone was agreed on the cost-cap and the methodology - but Ferrari were always against it. I think it's because they know that if they had the same amount of money to spend as the other teams, they would fail."