Williams Disappointed by FIA Clarification

Williams technical director Patrick Head was left disappointed with a clarification from the sport's governing body, the FIA, over an incident between Juan Pablo Montoya and Michael Schumacher. The FIA, he said, did not see wrong in the incident.

Colombian Montoya, who finished third behind Schumacher and second-placed Briton Jenson Button, tried to pass Schumacher in the opening lap but had to go wide and onto the grass as the pair battled through the Tosa corner.

Williams, who also saw Ralf Schumacher knocked into a spin when Renault's Fernando Alonso passed him on the inside of a corner late in the race, asked for a clarification on the two incidents.

"The two incidents are different," said Head. "One was a car coming in the inside and the other was whether the driver on the inside left enough room for the car on the outside. But I really don't see a great deal of difference. If you are obliged to give room to a car on the inside in a corner, then I would have thought the same should apply to a car on the outside of you.

"The FIA don't seem to see it that way. Charlie Whiting did review it and his view is that Michael's manoeuvres were perfectly okay. We take that decision and we get on with trying to make our car go quicker rather than bleating on about the past."

Ralf Schumacher's clash with Alonso was put in front of the stewards but they decided not to punish either driver after viewing video and telemetry evidence and hearing statements from the two drivers and team managers.