| Ralf
Schumacher has publicly spoken of his belief that WilliamsF1 Technical
Director Patrick Head was the source of stories which said that Ralf had not
been the same driver since his testing accident at Monza last September.
 In
Germany's Auto Bild magazine a source in the WilliamsF1 team was quoted as
saying: "He still has problems today. In qualifying in Barcelona in five
places he braked 10 to 15 metres earlier than normal."
At the Monaco GP Ralf responded to these statements by saying: "It was
Patrick. And if he would have the kindness to show and to explain it then it
would be good, and not just to spread a rumour for no reason. To me it's
nonsense, nothing else."
As for his relationship with Head Ralf added: "There is no real relationship
problem. It's just with Patrick, sometimes he just goes off with himself a
bit or doesn't think about what he's saying or he's very emotional about
things.
"It's not the first time it happened to me within Williams. Obviously we are
all under pressure, we all want to deliver, we try desperately to deliver
and because of it sometimes things go a bit wrong."
As for whether Head had a different view on what he wanted from a driver
Ralf said: "I think Patrick is sometimes looking for something that happened
20 years ago...it really depends on whatever he feels on the day.
"He's a very motivated guy, still tries everything to give us a winning car
and believe it or not I enjoy working with him. Ninety percent of the time
we get on well." |
