Ferrari has today ad💙mitted that they ar✱e responsible for the current tyre row, after they complained to the sport's governing body, the FIA.

Ross Brawn, technical director at Ferrari, told Italian newspaper, Gazzetta dello Sport: "It all started in Budapest when🅰 Bridgeston🅠e got hold of some photos taken in the paddock by a Japanese photographer.

"They showed in an unequivocal way that the front Michelin tyres had an excessively large tread at the end of the race or after being🌠 used.

"W🐎e turned to [race director] Charlie Whiting who, on the basis of his measurements anꦛd the photos, then sent the famous letter.

"We could have pretended to have seen nothing, to not let the FIA know and then lodge a complaint at the following rac🐲e, but that didn't seem like the right thing to do.

"I hope Michelin realise that they have enjoyed an illegal advantage for so long, too long, andඣ that they conform to what the FIA sets out."

Since Whiting's letter, Mi🌄chelin have responded angrily, and yesterday's Pascal Vasselon told the sam♌e paper: "If the FIA want to disqualify 10 cars from the final results, then go ahead.

, Michelin boss Pierre Dupasquier commented: "The new interpretation of the rules by the FIA has forced us to react. You don't think for one moment that Michelin would not respond to the challenge? Our people have been working 24 hours a day since l𝐆ast Wednesday and new tyres are being tested in Monza as we speak.

"For anyone that knows anything about the tyre world, to do what we've just managed is a huge achievement and this is only possible thanks to the hard work and fast reaction time of our teams her🐭e in Clermont-Ferrand."

Wꦍhether Michelin will be forced to use t🐟hese 'new' tyres next weekend remains to be seen, although the FIA's position seems clear.

Max Mosley, president of the FIA, told British newspaper The Guardian: "Charlie Whiting has already made it clear in Hungary that in future we would be looking at real tread width. We 𒐪realised that our previous method of measurement might need to be reviewed."