Ferrari's decision to exercise its veto was immoral

Nearly a century ago, the German sociologist Max Weber defined politics as the pursuit of power over the state.

In Politics as a Vocation Weber asserts that "[t]he state is seen as the sole grantor of the 'right' to physical force. Therefore, 'politics' in our case would mean the pursuit for a portion of power or for influencing the division of power whether it is between states, or between groups of people which the state encompasses."

Formula One is a world of its own, and it is one in which the pursuit of a portion of power is as important as the pursuit of pace.

Following the publication of a press release in which the FIA confirmed that Ferrari had exercised its veto over the concept of a…