Herbert slams Michael Schumacher

By Andrew Hooper
May 22 2002

	Herbert criticises Michael Schumacher
	One person who is in a position to comment on Michael Schumacher is Johnny Herbert, with Herbert been Michael's team-mate while at Benetton in 1995. Now Herbert has come out and criticised Michael's victory at the Austrian Grand Prix. In an interview for the London Evening Standard Herbert spoke out about how Ferrari team-mate Rubens Barrichello was ordered to let Michael pass and to win the Austrian Grand Prix. "In Michael's position I would never behave as he does because I would never feel that I had properly won the world title," said Herbert. "At least three of his four world titles have been won with help. I don't remember Ayrton Senna or Alain Prost ever needing anything like that. "It's the absolute worst. I don't know how he can do it. I don't know how he can feel he's really world champion, although I'm sure he will be champion again this year. "The whole point of racing is that the best man wins. But it's naive to believe that nowadays because the best man isn't winning. "Michael has tarnished his reputation and the value of the championship." "I know what it's like to be Michael's team mate," Herbert added. "When I joined Michael at Benetton the team had just won the world title and I thought it was an opportunity for me to do the same. "So I said publicly I wanted to win the world title. But when Michael was asked about that he said I was 'getting political'. That was when the problems began."