APRIL 18, 2002
Minardi confirms Arrows protest
Paul Stoddart, the boss of Minardi, has confirmed a story we reported at the start of the week that an official complaint has been sent to the FIA about the behavior of the Arrows team in Melbourne.
"Whether it was Minardi or another team remains an issue between the FIA and the team involved," Stoddart told ITV-F1.com. "However it must be said that rules are there to be obeyed. There are many precedents of the FIA taking harsh action against teams who cheat those rules. So it remains for me to say that whatever action the FIA take has my total support."
Arrows had denied that any protest had been made.