Schumi: 'Shit happens but Montoya was stupid'...

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Schumi: 's##t happens but Montoya was stupid'

Monday May 24 2004

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An angry Michael Schumacher has blamed a 'stupid' Juan-Pablo Montoya's for his race-ending accident in Monaco.

In one of the most bizarre accidents of recent times, the World Champion, was shunted out of Sunday's Monaco GP by Montoya, as the pair followed the safety car through the tunnel.

Striving to generate heat into his cold Bridgestone tyres as they toured the track at F1's equivalent of walking speed, Schumi's stamp on the brakes, which caught out Montoya with dire consequences. The Williams, which was already close to the back of the Ferrari, lurched to the right to avoid a collision, but to no avail. The Ferrari, too had moved to the right as it braked sharply, and the FW26's slap spent Schumi spinning into the tunnel wall, dislodging his left front wheel and ending Schumacher's bid to start the season with a record-breaking six consecutive wins.

"I tried to avoid him as much as I could. I put the car against the wall. Where else am I supposed to go? Over the wall, just to let Michael by?" insisted Montoya. The stewards duly concurred with his assessment that it was a racing incident if an unfortunate one.

"Juan has said that Michael did a burn-out," argued Patrick Head, "which means accelerating hard and spinning the rear tyres up and then putting the brakes on hard. One has to wander if that

[nojvnof1 0]

Yes Michael, yes it does.

[kiko01 0]

Yes Michael, yes it does.

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