Michael Schumacher doesn't get the support even ...

Published on 03 September 1998 by Verstappen Info Page

Michael Schumacher doesn't get the support even from his own teammate Eddie Irvine in the row that sparked after the collision between Schumacher and Coulthard at the Belgian Grand Prix. Eddie: "There is no way David Coulthard is going to do it deliberately. He is not that kind of person. Schumacher was just unlucky that this time there was a car going much slower."

Damon Hill agrees with Irvine: "Blaming others is a tactic he often uses when he has made a mistake. He targets the innocent party to deflect from his own error. To think that David could make Michael run into the back of him is just too ridiculous for words."

Coulthard was fastest yesterday during testing at Monza with 1:23.53, followed by Fisichella (1:24.74), Wurz (1:25.09), Michael Schumacher (1:25.24), Villeneuve (1:25.31) and Montoya in a Williams (1:25.57). Jos did OK with a tenth time (1:26.01), faster than both Saubers, Panis, De La Rosa (Jordan) and Nakano.