Barrichello: No point in Schumacher chat

Schumacher was given a ten-place grid penalty for the next race after pushing Barrichello towards the pitwall when both were doing around 300 km/h and the Williams driver was attempting to pass his former team-mate.

Barrichello came within an inch of hitting the wall and had to put his wheel on the grass to avoid contact.

Schumacher said he saw nothing wrong with his move, but accepted the penalty for Spa.

Barrichello, who drove alongside Schumacher at Ferrari, said he is not planning to speak to the German, as he feels the seven-time champion will still believe he is right.

"No, and I won't - because it won't resolve things," said Barrichello when asked if he would speak with Schumacher. "You know Michael - you talk to him and he will always feel that he is right.

"I just think I am a just guy, and justice was made today in a way because I think he has been stopped three years and he didn't change a thing. He is still the same guy."

Barrichello believes he was very lucky to have avoided a big accident.

"If we touched there, then to be honest with you I think he would flick over and go into the wall head on," he said. "So it was more of a danger for him.

"I couldn't move any more to the right because the wall was there, and if you take a photograph of the wall and us there is not [enough room for] a hair in there. It is unbelievable.

"Then you can see that I had to move it back because I went through the grass and so on. I am very glad and very lucky that we are here to talk, honestly.

The Williams driver said it was the worst defensive driving he had ever seen and reckons Schumacher was "carrying something from the past" in the move.

"I would say so. I would say it is probably one of the worst because first of all you would not expect after so many races for someone to do that.

"You would expect someone with 10 races to do that kind of thing. But for him, who has been through so many things. He is carrying something from the past that it just not necessary today. I just think that it was a loose moment for both of us."