F1 public needs educating, says DC

Talking on the subject of Ferrari's controversial team orders in Austria, Coulthard said: "It's not the same as a front wing being too big, there are massive grey areas because of the contractual situations within teams. The biggest thing that needs to be done is to educate the followers of the sport in the finer details. Because I have to admit, I'm a fan and I was a bit shocked.

"Maybe I shouldn't be. But was a bit like the Lewis/Holyfield fight that I saw in Las Vegas a couple of years ago. It was quite clear to everyone there that Holyfield had won the second fight, just like it was quite clear that he hadn't won the first. But the decision was the reverse. These things happen and you are all outraged and you go away vowing that you're never going to another fight again. I can see both sides of the Schumacher thing because it depends on what contracts have been signed, but I can't disagree that it looks bad.

"Michael says that he didn't have any involvement in it, but if you have a contract which says you have absolute number one status, how can you turn around and say: 'oh, it's somebody else.' You are trying to play both sides. You're trying to be the sporting hero as well as the win-at-all-costs hard man of motor racing.

"There's no rule to say you can't do what Ferrari did but we are a public sport. We have the pleasure of going racing because of their support and we have to realise that it is important," he added.