Montoya - Schumacher Incident Malaysia 2002

Schumacher Loses Nose - Montoya Penalised

Montoya First Driver to Receive Drive Through Penalty

This incident happened at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang.

Schumacher started on pole while Montoyoa joined him on the front row. On the start Schumacher in the Ferrari goes for the inside line while Montoya in the Williams BMW tries to go round the outside.

If Montoya could hold it he was on the right side for the next hairpin bend. But the 2 cars collide. Schumacher loses his noses and Motoya loses momentum. Schumacher pits for a new nose while Montoya finishes the first lap in 11th place.

Montoya climbed up to 6th position before the being the first F1 driver to be penalised for "having caused an avoidable collision".

Montoya was furious as you can hear in the video.

Montoya's thoughts on the incident: "I was on the outside of the corner and I left Michael enough room to get through, but his car understeered and he ran in to me and that's it. Sure I didn't leave him much room because I didn't want to be on the dirty side of the track, but he could have got through. I didn't expect him to brake, he's a racing driver, but I didn't expect him to drive into me. It was just an accident, that's all, I don't see why I should get a penalty."

While Michael said: "He squeezed me and I didn't really have room to get by. This penalty doesn't seem justified. We have seen people get away with worse without being penalised. There doesn't seem to be any consistency on how these sanctions are applied. That should be changed."

How they finished:

Malaysian Grand Prix 2002

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 5 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 56 1:34'12.912 4 10
2 6 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 56 39.699 2 6
3 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 56 +1'01.794 1 4
4 15 Jenson Button Renault 56 +1'09.766 8 3
5 7 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 55 +1 Lap 7 2
6 8 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 55 +1 Lap 14 1
7 25 Allan McNish Toyota 55 +1 Lap 19
8 11 Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 55 +1 Lap 13
9 10 Takuma Sato Jordan-Honda 54 +2 Laps 15
10 17 Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth 54 +2 Laps 17
11 20 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth 54 +2 Laps 11
12 24 Mika Salo Toyota 53 +3 Laps 10
13 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Honda 53 +3 Laps 9
Ret 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 39 Engine 3
Ret 23 Mark Webber Minardi-Asiatech 34 Electrical 21
Ret 16 Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 30 Hydraulics 20
Ret 22 Alex Yoong Minardi-Asiatech 29 Gearbox 22
Ret 4 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 24 Engine 5
Ret 21 Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth 20 Fuel pressure 16
Ret 3 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 15 Engine 6
Ret 12 Olivier Panis BAR-Honda 9 Clutch 18
Ret 14 Jarno Trulli Renault 9 Overheating 12



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