Stefano Domenicali has welcomed the FIA’s abolition of the rule prohibiting team orders.
The governing body, now headed by president Jean Todt, revisited the controversial rule after Ferrari’s place-swapping during this year’s German grand prix at Hockenheim.
The Maranello based team never admitted to ordering Felipe Massa to move aside for Fernando Alonso, but at the same time has always maintained that F1 is a team sport in which team strategies are commonplace.
"Finally, we have said goodbye to this pointless hypocrisy," said team boss Domenicali after Friday’s announcement that article 39.1 has been "deleted" for 2011.
"For us, formula one is a team sport and we have always maintained that viewpoint and it should be treated as such," he told reporters at the Bologna motor show. "The regulations already include points that prevent certain situations being managed in an extreme manner. The decision taken yesterday is very important."