| Having
finished the Canadian Grand Prix in second position, only to find out
several hours later that he was disqualified BMW WilliamsF1 driver Ralf
Schumacher was far from pleased with the situation. Even an apology from
team boss Frank Williams did little to reduce his feelings of
disappointment.
 Ralf
was disqualified from the race as a result of illegal front brake ducts on
his FW26. team-mate Juan Pablo was also disqualified from fifth place.
Ralf spoke of his disappointment: "Frank rang me up to apologise but that
was small comfort. A breach of the rules is a breach of the rules and you
get punished for that, so we must accept it even though it obviously hurts.
It is a real shame because this spoils the positive overall impression I
have from this race."
Ralf added: "My cellphone rang and it was Sam Michael telling me that our
cars were under investigation because of breaking the rules. I thought 'oh
my God!' And when it became official and I said 'what have I done to deserve
this?'
"But it is no use complaining and I am not killing myself over this. I will
keep on working the same motivation and the up side of it is that in just
one week's time we have the chance to easing this pain. The hotel were very
nice, they had presented me with champagne for second place, but I think I
will drink a couple of bottles with my friends to forget the
disappointment."
Juan Pablo was a bit more pragmatic about the situation. He said: added:
"Unfortunately there was an unintentional mistake from the team. It happens
and there is nothing to do about it now. We will keep working and we hope to
make up for this next week in Indy." |
