"Quite to the contrary, Adrian Zaugg received only a minor penalty that does not even affect the points score. I am not the only one who cannot help getting the impression that the decisions involve a double standard. The reactions by German media are interesting, to put it mildly.”
Ammermuller insisted that, despite his previous record of incidents since being taken into the A1GP fold, his accident with Bleekemolen should have been considered a racing accident.
"We presented our data logging to the stewards and analysed the video data three times," the former GP2 race winner explained, "The data indicated that I hadn't braked any later than normal. Jeroen left the door open, I took the chance and then we collided when he cut across my line. He escaped without a penalty and we were disqualified.”
Weber, however, admitted that the weekend had probably cost Germany any chance of retaining the title it won so impressively with Nico Hulkenberg in 2006-07 and hinted that he was not about to let the matter rest.
"We were forced to swallow several bitter pills during the weekend, and return from South Africa without a single point, losing touch in the table as a result," he fumed.
"It is not understandable why the penalties imposed differ so greatly, considering the seriousness of the incidents. It cannot be in the best interest of sport that sporting penalties are primarily characterised by unpredictability. That this happened in the midst of a title fight is particularly unfortunate. It is a mystery to me how something like this is possible.
"Before our team will take any further steps, I will try to discuss the issue with the people in charge. But one thing is certain: I expect to receive clear answers, and I will not let up on this."
