Briatore slams 'unsporting' Schumacher

Flavio Briatore accused Michael Schumacher of “unsporting” driving after his convenient last-minute accident robbed Fernando Alonso of pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix.

World champion Alonso was racing towards pole in the dying seconds when Schumacher, holding top spot at the time, ran wide and parked his Ferrari at the penultimate corner.

That brought out the yellow flags, obliging Alonso to slow down and ruin his fast lap, as well as raising suspicions Schumacher might have deliberately sabotaged his title rival’s efforts.

Renault boss Briatore had no doubt Schumacher’s incident had been deliberate, saying: “I think he is taking everyone for a ride.

“Someone who was seven times a world champion wants us to believe that he didn’t do it on purpose – it’s fairyland.

“And given that we are not Snow White and the Seven Dwarves I think that what he did was unsporting and against everything.

“It’s really astonishing what he did. Incredible.”