Ferrari boss: Brawn 'behaves like Moses'

Ferrari chief Sergio Marchionne has continued his current war of words with Formula One sporting director Ross Brawn, insisting that he 'behaves like Moses with the ten commandments' in reference to the changes currently being proposed by the new owners of the sport, Liberty Media.

The American organisation has been in charge of F1 for nearly a year now, and are going to be implementing controversial new changes, with an alteration to engines the polarising topic.

Ferrari have been the main critics of the proposed changes, with Marchionne even threatening to pull the Prancing Horse out of the sport altogether if compromises could not be made. He insisted that Brawn is "looking at ways that are against the DNA" of F1.

Marchionne went on to reveal the good relationship he has with CEO of F1 Group, Chase Carey, compared to Brawn, and even compared the latter to biblical figure Moses due to the amount of changes that have been proposed.

"I have a good relationship with Chase Carey. We saw each other 10 days ago and we had a very open dialogue. What I do not care for is when Ross Brawn comes along and announces that grid girls have to go. And how the engines and chassis should be," he told Speed Week.

"He behaves like Moses reading the Ten Commandments. And when I call Moses' boss, he tells me that it was just his personal opinion. So I don't want to participate in such a discourse. I want to sit down and talk to those involved. It's not helpful to involve the media.

"When I hear Ross Brawn say engines are too complicated, I ask 'What does he want for 15 million?'" Marchionne continued.

"Liberty Media is right when they say we need to improve the show. I was not excited with what was offered at the last race, where virtually nothing happened for 50 laps."

"But that's not the fault of the engines. In an ideal world I would throw all the rules out of the window. Instead, we get suggestions that would lead to all the cars differing only in colour. If this is the formula one of the future, then Ferrari will only need three seconds to decide about leaving."