"Shame. Yesterday we witnessed one of the darkest chapters of modern Formula One," writes Lorenzo.Cloud. Just before, Redman had written: "The decision of the race officials on Hamilton is SHAMEFUL! 'McLadren' (McLaren thieves) up to their usual dirty tricks." BlackMadonna of Germany says: "This race was a smack in the face of all Formula 1 fans, not just those who support Ferrari."

As early as 3pm yesterday the first messages from angry and outraged Ferrari fans (tifosi) from around the world started appearing on the Forum of www.ferrari.com about what was happening on the Valencia circuit. Stelago called for the race to be annulled, stressing: "The FIA at Valencia showed it's not entirely in charge of the events that it's organising." Everrouge agrees with him: "But where's the FIA? Is this the latest version of Jean Todt? Those who order and manipulate are always the same." Envyme also has it in for the FIA, adding: "Federation of clowns! What help is a five-second penalty? Useless and the usual English mafia!"

Naturally the fans don't spare the man who passed the Safety Car. Maranellolover writes: "Enough with the help for Hamilton. How can he lie and cheat and still get away scot-free?"

These are some of the comments on the Ferrari forum at the address:
http://www.ferrari.com/Italian/Community/Forum/Pages/Forum.aspx