 Ferrari have dominated their rivals this season |
Ferrari boss Ross Brawn has vehemently denied suggestions that his team have been bending the rules in qualifying. Rumours have been circulating that Ferrari have been spraying their tyres with a special chemical for added grip.
"Why would we want to do it? We have a fantastic car with great tyres, the best driver, so we are not going to mess around with stuff like that.
"It's not something you could do discreetly, and it's illegal so we just wouldn't do it," said Brawn.
Ferrari use Bridgestone tyres, while most of their rivals run on Michelins.
"I don't know where these stories come from because Michelin say they are not doing it, we are saying we're not doing it, and we're the people who should know, and [ruling body] the FIA are saying we're not doing it," said Brawn.
"We wouldn't do it on principle and we wouldn't do it because of the situation we have here." Michelin motorsport boss Pierre Dupasquier backed Ferrari, saying that the alleged method of improving grip would not work.
"It's not possible. It doesn't make any sense," said Dupasquier.
"I know the people at Ferrari and in their situation to even think about doing something like that is ridiculous.
"These rumours always exist, but it doesn't make sense to me at all. It's certainly not us putting these rumours about."
Michael Schumacher will be chasing his and Ferrari's seventh victory of the season at Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix. And technical director Brawn believes the rumours are designed to discredit his team after its dominant start to the season.
"It used to be traction control. That was the big unprovable that a car going quickest had traction control but that myth was exploded and now the new one is special tyres," he said.
"But I think there are people who look for easy reasons and there are none for the success of Ferrari.
"It has been achieved with a group of people who have put a massive effort into getting there.
"People always want to look for an easy reason and sometimes cover their own backsides because they have to go back to their board of directors and explain why they are not winning races.
"It's an easy thing to say 'we're not winning because they are doing something they shouldn't be doing'. It's a very easy excuse to make.
"It is frustrating, but unfortunately that's the nature of Formula One."
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I know the people at Ferrari and in their situation to even think about doing something like that is ridiculous