Alonso insult "below belt", says Schumacher manager
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-09-14 09:21 Michael Schumacher's manager
has accused Fernando Alonso of "pitiful behaviour" after the Formula One world
champion described the German ace as the least sporting driver of all time. Bild
newspaper quoted Willi Weber on Wednesday as saying that Alonso's comment to
Spain's Radio Marca was an "unbelievable insult, totally below the belt."
"I regard Alonso as a brilliant driver, but his behaviour right now is just
pitiful. Michael will give him a suitable answer on the track," Weber said.
The remarks will ensure an even more spirited end to the 2006 championship,
with Renault's Alonso two points clear of Ferrari's Schumacher going into the
final three races. Schumacher is then to retire from the sport.
Alonso was incensed after he was demoted five places to 10th on Sunday's grid
in Monza for impeding the qualifying lap of Ferrari driver Felipe Massa.
Schumacher won at Monza while Alonso pulled over with a blown engine 10 laps
from the end.
The Spaniard later attacked what he saw as institutional bias in favour of
Schumacher and Ferrari, suggesting on Sunday that there was a conspiracy to hand
Schumacher an eighth title.
Alonso told Radio Marca that Schumacher was "the most unsporting driver with
the largest number of sanctions in the history of Formula One."
Weber, who has represented the seven times world champion since 1988,
demanded an apology from Alonso for what he called "unfair and cheap" remarks.
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