Happy Ralf Takes Revenge on Montoya

Ralf Schumacher got revenge on Williams teammate Juan Pablo Montoya by scoring a dominant win at the German Grand Prix once the Colombian retired from the race.

Montoya had edged Schumacher on Saturday, scoring his first ever pole position at the Hockenheim circuit, but the German benefited from the Colombian's retirement to score an easy win in front of his home crow.

After his third victory of the season, which helped him move only six points behind McLaren's David Coulthard in the standings, Ralf was delighted.

"It's a great feeling," said Ralf. "I've always had a bit of bad luck here. I've never really finished in a good position and to be here today in a German package to win the race in Germany is a great feeling."

Schumacher admitted after the race he had let Montoya go, suggesting that his teammate was pushing too hard.

"Already before the weekend, we knew that we were on the tight side with the engines so when, after start of the race, when Pablo pulled away, I thought OK 'you do whatever you want to' and I already started to save the engine because I know how long and how hard that race is.

"It paid off at the end," he added. "After this, the team told me as well to slow down even more, and that was easy because Rubens couldn't push any more so it was a perfect scenario."

Montoya could not hide his disappointment after retiring from a race which seemed to belong to him for the first 20 laps. However, when the Colombian came into the pits for his schedule stop, a problem with the refuelling rig cost him a lot of time and places. After that, his engine let go and he was forced to retire for the ninth time this season.

"I am so disappointed I cannot find the words to describe how I feel," said Montoya. "Up to the pit stop the race was going perfectly for me. We then had a problem with the refuelling rig and this lost me the lead. I had a safe second and then two laps later the engine just went."