Ralf told to give room!

By role
May 6 2004

Ralf Schumacher is still thinkking about his shunt with fernando Alonso at the San Marino Grand Prix 10 days ago. The German and the Spaniard clashed a few laps before the end of the race and the BMW Williams of Ralf Schumacher spun making him loose fourth position to the Spaniard.

Both drivers were called after the race for a meeting with the stewards and it was ruled a race incident and therefore no penalty was given.

Upon his arrival at the Spanish Grand Prix Ralf was certain he wanted to clarify things with the stewards as reported by Autosport Online:

“I had to go to see the stewards after the race and they said to me that if he's alongside, then you've got to give him room. But how far alongside is alongside? I want clarification on that too." Said the German today at Barcelona.

His teammate, Juan Pablo Montoya, also wanted to clarify things in reference to his incident with Michael Schumacher at the same race:

“I'm going to go and speak to Charlie Whiting today. How can you have a one-move rule in Formula 1 and then have Michael Schumacher move left and then right and do nothing about it? That's two moves.” Said the Colombian.

Montoya's teammate and Michael’s brother did not think the South American had a case:

“I think Montoya should stop whinnying about it and focus on his driving. It's unrealistic to criticise Michael and then do what he did to me.” Said the younger of the Schumacher brothers.