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The last 2 races will be very exciting. With Alonso imploding and his team probably not caring about his Championship anymore and Ferrari's Jean Todt giving this interview.... yeah, I am looking foward to the battle.

Ferrari intend using Renault's own tactics against them

Tuesday October 03 2006


Jean Todt has warned Renault that Ferrari will use the same tactics in the final two races of the season that Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella used against Michael Schumacher in China.

During the middle stint of Sunday's Chinese GP, a fast-paced Schumi struggled to get passed an ailing Alonso as Fisi was stationed between the two Championship contenders on the track.

And at any stage when it looked as if Schumi was about to attack, Fisi would slide up alongside his team-mate as if to pass him but instead they would run two abreast before Fisi would fall back in line behind Alonso when the danger was over.

This tactic meant that Schumi was unable to find a way through and was trapped behind the two Renaults for several laps before Fisichella finally did pass Alonso and moments later, the Ferrari driver followed suit.

And although Todt didn't go as far as to criticise the somewhat dubious tactics, he did imply that Renault could get away with doing that, Ferrari would do the same in the remaining two races of the season.

"It has been a good learning (experience) for us," he said.

"We have learned what we can do. We learn what we can do inside and we learn from what the others do, so it is always interesting."

Todt, though, would not be drawn on whether or not the tactics used by Renault could be considered unusual. "It is up to you to judge if they are usual or unusual," he said.

"We are just taking it into consideration. I don't have any more comment to make."

Article:
http://www.planet-f1.com/News/Story_Page/0,15909,3210_3213_1566149,00.html