Italian Luca Badoer has blamed the media for Ferrari's decision to replace him with compatriot Giancarlo Fisichella for the last five races of the Formula One season.
The reserve driver, who replaced injured Brazilian Felipe Massa after Michael Schumacher had to abandon comeback plans because of neck trouble, qualified and crossed the line last in his two races for the champions.
With the English-speaking media dubbing Badoer "Look How Bad You Are", Ferrari moved to replace him before their home Italian Grand Prix at Monza next weekend.
A ban on testing during the season did not help Badoer, who had not started a grand prix for nearly a decade before making his comeback in Valencia last month.
Badoer says he wants to stay at Ferrari as a test driver despite Fisichella being named as the Italian team's reserve next year.
Badoer also heaped praise on his replacement believing Fisichella will have more success than him as he has been racing for years in Formula 1 and knows the 2009 cars well.
