Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has 'tweaked the ear' of Fernando Alonso

Luca di Montezemolo has, according to Ferrari, 'tweaked the ear' of Fernando Alonso for comments the double World Champion apparently made during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend.

The statement also said that Montezemolo had attended a meeting with Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali and engineers at their Maranello headquarters on Monday. Montezemolo opened the meeting by saying that, "The Ferrari I saw in yesterday's race doesn't sit well with me". After poor qualifying performances at both the British and German GPs, Alonso was happy to line up fifth on the grid in Hungary. However, he subsequently struggled for race pace. Team-mate Felipe Massa finished eighth, with Domenicali saying Ferrari needed to investigate whether the new tyres Pirelli introduced at the race might be a factor. At the season's halfway stage, Ferrari lie third in the Constructors' Championship, 83 points behind Red Bull while Alonso has slipped to third in the drivers' standings, 39 points behind Vettel.