27/05/2006
NEWS STORY
Ferrari team boss Jean Todt issued the following statement at 23:55 (BST) on Saturday in reaction to the stewards' decision to strip Michael Schumacher of his qualifying times and relegate him to the back of the grid:
"Ferrari notes with great displeasure the decision of the race stewards, which is to delete the times set by Michael Schumacher in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix. We totally disagree with it. Such a decision creates a very serious precedent, ruling out the possibility of driver error. Michael was on his final timed lap and he was trying to put his first place beyond doubt, as could be seen from the fact that his first split time was the best and could have seen him do another very good lap. With no real evidence, the stewards have assumed he is guilty."