FIA steward for the Italian Grand Prix, Derek Daly, admits he and the other stewards missed Michael Schumacher’s questionable move on Lewis Hamilton, and had they seen it, the German would have been penalised.
Former-F1 driver, Daly, released a statement explaining how and why they missed the incident, adding that they let FIA race director Charlie Whiting down.
“On lap 20, race director Charlie Whiting asked the stewards to look at an incident between Felipe] Massa and [Jarno] Trulli at the second chicane.
“While looking at the slow motion video of this incident, I missed the Schumacher/Hamilton incident that happened at that moment.
“When I looked at it again at home, I believe that Schumacher should have been given a drive-though penalty. He was warned repeatedly and this style of driving is not what you want the future generation of drivers to perfect.
“We as stewards probably let Charlie down with this one,” he admitted.
The statement is unusual given that most driver representatives on the stewarding panel refuse to comment on incidents during the race.
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