Schumacher unhappy with Montoya move.

Michael Schumacher wasted little time in expressing his disappointment at the way in which his hopes of winning the Austrian Grand Prix were ended by Juan Montoya.

Speaking at the post-race press conference, the German - who still has not won in Austria - blamed Montoya for causing an avoidable accident, when the Williams driver attempted to outbrake the Ferrari in order to preserve an early lead.

The Colombian had been in front of the race since the start, after Schumacher made a poor getaway from pole position, but was being rapidly caught by the next five cars when the incident occurred. As Schumacher, who had made a couple of previous attempts to get by, pushed the nose of his Ferrari around the outside into turn two, Montoya left his braking incredibly late, but locked up and slid towards the German.

Although little contact, if any, was made, the incident was enough to delay both drivers, relegating Schumacher to sixth and Montoya to seventh. The Colombian eventually retired when his hydraulics went AWOL, but the delay was enough to prevent Schumacher challenging David Coulthard for the full ten points. Instead, the German had to make do with six, courtesy of team-mate Rubens Barrichello's generosity on the home straight.

"I was a little bit upset, obviously, because there was no way [Montoya] could make that corner and all he was trying to do was take me with him out of the circuit," Schumacher said, "He was lost anyway. To do something to me then, I thought, wasn't really what he should have done, because I had to go into the grass, I couldn't turn in, I nearly hit him, so it wasn't ideal, but that's the way it has gone and, be sure, I will have a word with him.

"That meant that I was in sixth or seventh position and I had to work my way through the traffic, which wasn't easy. The Michelin drivers had problems with their tyres and, sooner or later, I would have passed Juan Pablo, but the other guys were on Bridgestones and that was much more difficult. I had to wait until they did a few mistakes and then I took my chance with Panis and to Raikkonen, who behaved very accurately, and that allowed me to come back into the race and pick up the two guys in front."

Montoya also came in for criticism from Ferrari race director Ross Brawn, who claimed the Colombian had 'screwed Michael's race'.

Schumacher continues to lead the championship by four points from Coulthard.