I agree with all you comments, especially on the ruthlessness. But Michael was racing for ELEVENTH PLACE and he he has failed to qualify in the top 10 in four of the last five races. How would Hulkenberg have been treated if he pulled that move? Answer - his license would be in jeopardy.
Here is some recent good stuff:
Barrichello saw it differently, telling reporters afterwards that he had been millimetres from the wall in what he said was the most dangerous manoeuvre he had experienced in a career that reaches 300 race starts in Belgium.
“I like a fair fight but that wasn’t fair here,” said the Brazilian.
“If Michael wants to go to heaven — in the event that he is going to heaven — then I don’t really care. But I don’t want to go before him.”
Schumacher has apologized on his website.
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-50575120100802
Yep, saw Schumacher’s apology on formula1.com just after I posted my last comment. Over the line. OK. Gotta give sacrifice to the PR gods. I’ll still say, though, no matter what position the fight was for, some of these situations come about in a few split seconds. I’m glad no one got hurt in this case, crashes happen in other cases. Did you see Webber try to fly to the moon in Valencia? That was just lapping a backmarker. Both could have been killed in a very *real* crash. Stuff happens.
The Schumacher/Barichello scene in Hungary was not the last of its kind we’ll ever see. Much of the huffing and puffing by the pundits is just for the cameras, IMO.