Hungaroring steward Derek Warwick has revealed he wanted to disqualify Michael Schumacher during Sunday’s race.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, the seven time world champion was handed a post-race ten-position grid penalty for the next event in Belgium, after pushing his former Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello towards the pitwall in a 290kph overtaking duel.<\/p>\n
But former grand prix driver Warwick told BBC radio’s Five Live Breakfast that showing the seven time world champion a black flag “would have shown a better example to our young drivers”.<\/p>\n
“By the time we got the video evidence we ran out of time and we had to do it retrospectively,” added the veteran of 162 F1 races mainly in the 80s.<\/p>\n
Schumacher apologised for the incident on his website on Monday, but Warwick admitted it was “disappointing” how the 41-year-old German “handled” his interview with the stewards after the race.<\/p>\n
“You could disqualify him from the next grand prix, or two grands prix,” said the 55-year-old.<\/p>\n
“But we felt a ten place penalty is a big penalty to carry for Spa.\u00a0 Hopefully he will learn from that and remember that the new stewards will not tolerate that driving,” added Warwick.<\/p>\n
David Coulthard wrote in his latest Telegraph column that he thinks Schumacher used to get away with his famous “arrogance” because he was a winner.<\/p>\n
“Now that he is being regularly shown up by his younger teammate, such lapses of character will not wash,” said the Scot.<\/p>\n
“Until he made his apology, the calls for him to quit immediately were shrill,” added the Scot.\u00a0 “I wonder whether his mea culpa will make any difference.”<\/p>\n
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