Gerhard Berger has defended Michael Schumacher’s move on Rubens Barrichello at the Hungarian GP, saying such a thing happened ‘three times a lap’ in his day.
Berger, who has previously driven for Ferrari, McLaren and Benetton before becoming part team owner of the Toro Rosso outfit, before selling his half back to Red Bull owner Dietrich Matezchitz, told the Austrian newspaper, Tiroler Tageszeitung, that he’d have thought nothing of the a move, suggesting that Formula One has become easier in recent times.
“We drove harder and more brutally,” he said. “Three times a lap we drove each other into the walls without complaining.
“This was just part of it. We would have thought nothing of an action like Michael’s against Barrichello.”
The FIA however did think something of the incident and penalised Schumacher with a 10-place grid drop for the next race in Belgium.
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