Hockenheim (Germany), Aug 01: World champion Michael Schumacher has accused rivals Mclaren of using team orders to aid Kimi Raikkonen in the British Grand Prix two weeks ago.
Schumacher and Ferrari were heavily criticised after manipulating the result of the Austrian Grand Prix in 2002, prompting the sport's governing body the FIA to ban team orders for the 2003 season.
But Schumacher, who leads the championship by just seven points from Raikkonen going into Sunday's German Grand Prix, has criticised Mclaren after the Finn was allowed to pass teammate David Coulthard during the Silverstone race with the pair on different strategies.
"I am totally surprised there has been no speculation how easy Kimi was able to overtake David as the situation for me was very clear and very normal," Schumacher told reporters.

"David was on a different strategy but he let Kimi by very easily, but then could go at the speed he was able and make things more difficult for all the other drivers than he did for Kimi.



"If the same would have happened with Ferrari there would have been a big casino, a big story about it, yet it has happened with Mclaren but nobody has talked about it. It's a funny business.



"I am not concerned about team orders, it is totally right in these circumstances what they are doing but what I am complaining about is this completely different attitude if we do it than if somebody else does it."



Coulthard is already out of the title frame and admitted after the Canadian Grand Prix that he was willing to help Raikkonen's championship bid if asked to do so by the team.


Bureau Report