FIA steward recants after spicy comments about 'cheating' Ferrari

Mika Salo has caused quite a stir with statements on his Twitch channel. The Finn made salacious statements about Ferrari cheating but is now backing down.

It is an open secret that Ferrari cheated with the engine in 2019. Following cues from Mercedes and Red Bull Racing, the FIA drew up new regulations and Ferrari fell way back. When a statement also came out in early 2020 that there was an agreement between the FIA and Ferrari, everyone knew quite enough.

Salo falls by the wayside

However, the news has long since returned and after a dramatic 2020, Ferrari seem to have been punished enough in principle. The news all came up again though, through a Twitch Livestream in which Mika Salo along with rally driver, Kristian Solberg, spoke about Ferrari's situation. ''Those teams (customers of Ferrari) have suffered because of Ferrari's cheating and could use less fuel,'' Salo revealed.

Salo, an employee of the FIA, caused a lot of reactions with this. On his Instagram account, he now scratches back a bit. ''I have not been completely understood. I want to make it clear that I don't know the details of the agreement between Ferrari and the FIA. We were talking about what was announced by the team and the media on that stream. It was a stupid joke in a normal conversation between two friends. I have no knowledge of that agreement and if I did I certainly wouldn't be talking about it'', concludes the Finn.