Ferrari want change on safety car rules

Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has suggested that the International Automobile Federation change the safety car rules after they affected his team's result in a controversial European Grand Prix in Valencia on Sunday.

Domenicali believes that the safety car rules must be changed so that in future teams can avoid a repeat of the incidents that affected his team at the Valencia street circuit.

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso lost valuable time being held up behind the safety car, while McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton overtook and drove off into the distance.

This meant that by the time the race restarted the Englishman was out of reach despite being given a drive-through penalty and wound up in second position while Alonso initially finished ninth.

However, after nine other drivers were penalised by five seconds after the race for breaking the safety car rules, the Spaniard moved past Sebastien Buemi of Toro Rosso to eighth.

"Hamilton was basically not respecting the yellow light on the safety car," said Domenicali.

"Of course, we are very angry because we didn't get the points that we should have got from this race considering our performance."

Domenicali said that the FIA must consider changing the rules before drivers begin to break them on a regular basis.