Coulthard Continues Backmarker Blast.
David Coulthard has continued his tirade against the backmarkers he blames for costing him victory in San Marino by calling for the culprits to be heavily fined.
The Scot found himself trapped in traffic while trying to build a sufficient advantage over the pit-stopping Michael Schumacher, and claims he lost several seconds because of unco-operative tail-enders. His McLaren boss, Ron Dennis also criticised driving standards, before adding a barbed comment about the unsporting nature of team bosses who dallied before instructing their drivers to move aside.
David Coulthard has continued his tirade against the backmarkers he blames for costing him victory in San Marino by calling for the culprits to be heavily fined.
The Scot found himself trapped in traffic while trying to build a sufficient advantage over the pit-stopping Michael Schumacher, and claims he lost several seconds because of unco-operative tail-enders. His McLaren boss, Ron Dennis also criticised driving standards, before adding a barbed comment about the unsporting nature of team bosses who dallied before instructing their drivers to move aside.
"People are going to say that [the win] was fantastic strategy from Ferrari and a fantastic drive by Michael, but it wasn't," said Coulthard, "We had the right strategy, and there was no way Michael would have beaten us had I not got stuck."
"It's ridiculous - it's as if you're racing these guys and they are a lap down. I lost 1.5secs behind Diniz, then got stuck behind Panis and lost two seconds a lap. They are a lap down, so they should move out of the way. A big fine would concentrate their minds."
Coulthard failed to point out, however, that, having been allowed through by Panis once, he made his task difficult again by sliding off the circuit and rejoining behind the Prost.
