27/03/2010
NEWS STORY
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Michael Schumacher has criticised Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, accusing both of blocking him while he was on a flying lap during qualifying.
The German was seen to walk over to Alonso's car at the very end of the session, kneeling down to have words with the Spaniard, before heading off to speak to race director, Charlie Whiting.
"Basically on my last try, I was slowed down by him," the German told reporters. "I asked him whether the team had told him I was on a quick lap and he said no.
"We had this chat yesterday in the drivers' briefing that this should be taken care of, and actually he was one of the main guys asking about it," he added, referring to Alonso. "Then I had a conversation with Charlie about it because I wanted to know what are the guidelines here, and whether the rules have changed a little bit to what they used to be."
Asked if there had been problems with Hamilton also, the seven-time champion replied: "I had a similar issue with Lewis; that he was adapting his lap and preparing his lap and blocking me in a way which is not very nice."