Stewart: Schumacher incident avoidable

"I have to say that I felt that it was an avoidable set of circumstances," Stewart said after qualifying. 

"Having seen the slow motion of the car and its motion, as he was going in and at the middle and the end of Rascasse, I have to believe that he could have avoided leaving the car where it was."

Schumacher has been summoned by the race stewards after he stopped his car with just seconds of qualifying left.

The move, which Schumacher claimed was a genuine error, made the marshalls wave the yellow flags, costing several drivers valuable time on their final laps. World champion Fernando Alonso claimed Schumacher's incident cost him pole.

Stewart agreed with the Renault driver.

"I would be feeling very upset," Stewart said of Alonso. "I think it was a good lap, I think he would have been on pole position and I think one or two other people might have put in some fast laps as well.

"It's the first time I've actually seen something with that quality of mind management."