FIA president Jean Todt insists “my conscience is clear” regarding the settlement reached with Ferrari over their 2019 engine.
The private agreement, which was announced back in February, came at the end of an inconclusive technical investigation into whether the Italian team was breaching the 100kg per hour fuel flow limit by tricking the FIA sensor.
Rival teams were quick to come together in opposition to the settlement, insisting full details should be released and possible further action should be taken.
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As a former Ferrari team boss, it’s perhaps expected that some also questioned if Todt went easy in his action against the Scuderia.
The Frenchman though maintains everything was done fairly and by the book.
“The truth is that when I accepted this assignment I knew I had to take the positive and negative sides,” Todt told Italy’s Corriere dello Sport.
“My conscience is clear, for me it is important only to be transparent with the members of the FIA, ethics. The rest is part of my role, including the unpleasant rumours.”
When asked if other teams would be treated the same should they face a similar investigation, Todt added: “Yes. It was managed with professionalism and transparency following the rules.”
As part of the agreement, it is known Ferrari is helping the FIA in policing the engine regulations and the first results of that cooperation were seen last month when several technical directives were issued.
Red Bull and Renault have already indicated the matter will be brought up again when F1 returns to normal after the coronavirus, however, though Mercedes, who initially led the action against the FIA, have since left the group of teams demanding answers.