Ferrari and their drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello were today fined $1m (€1.01m) for making a mockery of the podium ceremony after the Austrian Grand Prix last month.

Michael Schumacher will discover in Paris today if his stampede towards another World Championship is to temporarily hit the rails.

Michael Schumacher can protest all he likes but it is surely no longer a question of if but when he will join Juan Manuel Fangio in the Formula One record books.

Unrepentant Michael Schumacher has refused to rule out team orders giving him a record-equalling sixth victory in Monte Carlo on Sunday.