Reuters: Sports News: Ferrari fly flag for Italian sailors held in India

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Ferrari fly flag for Italian sailors held in India Oct 24th 2012, 19:21 NEW DELHI | Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:21pm EDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Ferrari will race with the flag of the Italian navy on their cars at this weekend's Indian Formula One Grand Prix in a gesture of support for two Italian sailors charged with killing Indian fishermen. The Italian team said on their website (www.ferrari.com) on Wednesday they would be paying tribute to the navy as "one of the outstanding entities of our country". The statement added the gesture was "also in the hope the Indian and Italian authorities will soon find a solution to the situation currently involving two sailors from the Italian navy". The sailors were part of a military security team protecting a cargo ship from pirate attacks when they fired on the boat of the two fishermen off the Indian coast in February. Italian officials say the sailors, who were released on bail in June in the western state of Kerala to await trial, mistook the fishermen for pirates. The case has caused outrage in India and soured relations with Italy, which says the detained sailors are military personnel who should be tried at home. Italy recalled its envoy from New Delhi in May to signal the country's "strong displeasure" with the Indian government's handling of the incident. Ferrari's Spanish driver Fernando Alonso is fighting for the Formula One championship with Red Bull's German Sebastian Vettel who has a six-point lead with four races to go.

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