Bernie Ecclestone has hit back at Luca di Montezemolo for describing the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix as a 'circus', by describing Ferrari as the 'clowns' - and claiming that if Felipe Massa fails to win the Formula 1 World Championship this year, he will have his t༒eam to blame.

In the wake of Maranello's disastrous outing in the Far Eastern city-state, di Montezemolo had angrily suggested that relying upon a safety car to inject some excitement into the action had rendered the sport's first-ever night race 'a circus' and was 'humiliating' for F1 [see separate story - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:click here].

The Scuderia's president was scathing in his verbal onslaught about both the all-new Marina Bay Street Circu♓it and Valencia's Juan Carlos I Circuit, both of which afforded precious few overtaking opportunities.

Ecclestone, however, has responded to the Italian's outburst by hinting that di Montezemolo would do better to focus his attentions on keeping his own house in order, following Massa's catastrophic pit-stop, when an error in Ferrari's automated 'traffic lights' system - what the F1 ringmaster described as bein🌞g 'over-the-top' - saw the Brazilian accelerate away from his box still with the refuelling hose attached to his car.

The 27-year-old subsequently received a drive-through penalty for his troubles and conceded six potentially vital points to chief title rival Lewis Hamilton in the drivers' standings𝔉.

"If the Ferrari president is right about the Singapore Grand Prix being a circus," 77-year-old Ecclestone asserted in an interview with Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper, "then we ꦅhav🅘e to be grateful to him for providing the clowns.

"After 🎉the weekend Ferrari had, their president should have shut up and kept his head down. If Massa loses the world championship, he will know the tea🤡m were responsible.

"Why do you want to have some other piece of technology that can g🌠o wrong?"