In the press conference immediately following the Malaysian Grand Prix Juan Pablo Montoya and Michael Schumacher were both questioned about their first corner incident.
Montoya said that he had given Schumacher enough room and that Schumacher had run wide and hit him due to his Ferrari understeering. Schumacher, not surprisingly, seemed to differ slightly saying it was a matter of opinion and that if Montoya had given him some more room then they wouldn’t have touched.
Where they did agree was on the subject of Montoya being awarded a pit lane drive-through penalty after the incident. When asked if he thought that Montoya had been treated harshly Schumacher said, "To be honest, yes. I think we’ve seen far more extreme situations where nothing has happened, and today, a little touch and something was done. We don’t seem to have a very consistent situation. That’s something we may all want to improve in future".
Ralf Schumacher who is Michael’s brother and Montoya’s team-mate agreed when asked for his view of the incident, "Michael did his usual come-over, to block his position, which is fine. Then they both went into the first corner and he made the line a bit tight. Therefore he came to the outside and couldn’t go anywhere, with under-steer and then they crashed into each other. I think it was a normal racing incident and it was not fair to give him a penalty. There were other opportunities could have got fined, really".