Rubens Barrichello was scathing of Michael Schumacher's "go-kart manoeuvre" at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Brazilian hits out at former Ferrari team-mate after "lucky" escape
Rubens Barrichello blasted Michael Schumacher for a "go-kart manoeuvre" that nearly sent the Brazilian into the pit wall at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The two former Ferrari team-mates were involved in a hair-raising incident four laps from home during Sunday's race in Budapest.
Mercedes star Schumacher blatantly squeezed Barrichello to the right of the start-finish straight as his rival attempted to pass him.
Barrichello was far from impressed by the move and neither were the race stewards, who hit Schumacher with a 10-place grid penalty for the next race in Belgium on August 29 for illegitimately impeding the Williams driver.
Lucky
"It was a go-kart manoeuvre," a fuming Barrichello said. "If he wants to go to heaven - in the event he is going to heaven - I don't want to go before him.
"Thank God I was lucky the wall finished where it did because I was millimetres from it.
"I said to the stewards we are two of the most experienced guys out there, and if Michael does that, it means kids can do that too.
"That is where it is wrong in my opinion. But I am just very glad and very lucky we are here to talk, honestly."
Barrichello insisted he had no interest in talking to Schumacher, who he spent six seasons working with at Ferrari about the incident.
"I won't speak to him because it won't resolve things," added the 38-year-old.
"You know Michael. You talk to him and he will always feel that he is right.
"But I'm a just guy, and justice was done today in a way because he has been away for three years and he hasn't changed a thing. He is still the same guy.
"I love racing, but what has been done to me today is literally over the top."
Hard fight
Schumacher accepted the decision of the FIA stewards but insisted he had not done anything wrong in a "hard fight" between the experienced duo.
"We know certain drivers have certain views, then there's Rubens," the German said.
"As far as I was concerned there was enough room for him to get through without touching each other.
"I indicated pretty early I would move towards the inside and not simply give up the line. I wanted to make life as difficult for him as possible.
"It was a hard fight, and it is what we are here for, but I accept the FIA stewards saw it as too hard."
