In a recent blog post on their official website, Ferrari appear to blame the exit of top car manufacturing teams such as Honda, BMW and recently Toyota on the sport’s leaders, rather than the often blamed global economic downturn. Ferrari said,

“The reality is that this gradual defection from the F1 fold has more to do with a war waged against the major car manufacturers by those who managed Formula 1 over the past few years, than the result of any economic crisis.”

Perhaps pointing to the recently departed Max Mosely, and the FIA as the crux of the problem, Ferrari are clearly a little upset at the teams seemingly dropping like flies from the sport. They go on to say that the new teams for 2010 are no replacement for the likes of Honda or BMW, saying they wonder how many will be left at the beginning of the 2010 season, and at the end.

Ferrari are clearly keen to uncover the culprits in this apparent (in their eyes) systematic approach to removing car manufacturing teams from the F1 grid.

“In Christie’s work of fiction, the guilty party was only uncovered when all the other characters died, one after the other. Do we want to wait for this to happen or do we want to pen a different ending to the book on Formula 1?”

An interesting viewpoint without a doubt, we can only wonder why it’s taken them nearly 12 months since the Honda walkout to voice their strong opinions on the matter. Perhaps some action around these words could and should have been done before BMW, Toyota, Bridgestone and even maybe Renault leave the sport. Maybe with Jean Todt at the helm of the FIA, Ferrari now feel a little more comfortable in voicing their opinions?

What is clear is that they definitely do not rate the incoming teams, and appear to question why the Formula One bosses are working hard to get new teams on board, yet let existing long term teams flounder and die.