Barrichello calls for pit signalling change

The Brazilian had been battling for a points-scoring finish in Melbourne before a disastrous pitstop for fuel. He broke the rules by pitting under safety car conditions, hit some of his pit crew after leaving early and then went straight through the red light.

After being excluded for his sixth placed finish for running through the red light, Barrichello said he had not seen it - and thinks only a new system will help prevent similar situations in the future.

"I never saw a red light," said the Brazilian. "I will never see it and I don't pretend to see it. They are in the wrong places and by the time you see it, it is too late. You have already gone past it.

"Because of the new ECU, you have different functions and different knobs that you have to change all through the pitstops, and I am still doing that when I get to the lights."

When asked whether or not he felt the use of a flag marshal at the pit exit would be better, Barrichello said: "At least. Or at least a big panel, like they had at Turn 3 to show yellow flags. You need something huge like that.

"My problem in the past 16 years of F1 is that the lights at the end of the pits, you don't see them. It has happened to Montoya, Massa and Kubica. Nobody will see it unless someone in the team is prepared to say there is a red light, or something else is done. It is unfortunate."