Heidfeld defends qualifying move

Barrichello was on a flying lap when he closed in on Heidfeld, who was heading to the pits through the pitlane entry that has caused some controversy this weekend.

Heidfeld tried to get out of Barrichello's way but still forced his Brazilian rival to abandon his lap.

And after being handed his punishment, Heidfeld was clearly upset about getting caught out by the design of the pitlane entry - which still leaves cars heading for the pits on the racing line.

Speaking about the incident, Heidfeld told autosport.com: "The GPS system does not work here. Normally we are pretty good from the team side to inform me of cars arriving, but here it is not just working. It doesn't show you cars, it then shows the wrong cars or the wrong positions. So I was not informed because the GPS does not work.

"The last part of the circuit was so tight and I watched the mirrors but you don't see cars coming. When I saw him (Rubens) I tried to do the best I could to get out of the way. After the white line I tried to be as quick into the pitlane without moving completely right and going into his way. It was the best I could do. But apparently not enough."

Heidfeld has said his annoyance at the matter has been increased because it should have been noted before the Grand Prix event started that the design of the pitlane entry would cause trouble.

"Even before the race weekend started it was obvious that there would be issues with the pitlane entry and pitlane exit, so I don't know why it wasn't thought through properly," said the German.