One of the stewards on the panel at the Monaco GP has admitted that Rubens Barrichello should have been investigated for throwing his steering wheel onto the track.
The reason it wasn't? They forgot as they were so busy dealing with the Schumacher pass on Alonso.
"Actually, I had Barrichello on my list," Paul Gutjahr told Blick. "But it was so hectic following the Schumacher case the incident got overlooked."
This is absolutely unacceptable in my opinion.
What Barrichello did was extremely dangerous and far more deserving of a penalty than Schumacher's apparent breach of the over-complicated last lap safety car scenario rules.
After Barrichello threw his wheel onto the track, it was run over by Karun Chandhok, who dragged it all the way to the tunnel before it came loose and was run over again by Bruno Senna.
After what happened with Massa last year and an errant spring, this was an extremely foolish and reckless thing to do.
In addition to Barrichello not being penalised, we also saw Massa escape any form of penalty for a blatant block in Q3 on Jenson Button.
Alonso overtook Chandhok in the tunnel under yellow flags immediately after Nico Hülkenberg's crash but this was also overlooked or ignored.
Finally, Jenson Button threw a TV remote control out of his car at Rascasse on Saturday. Again dangerous and foolish as it could easily have been flicked up by a wheel into the path of a following car.
If all of these incidents can be picked up by viewers watching normal TV footage then there is absolutely no excuse for the stewards not to notice them.
They were all worthy of being investigated at the very least, with most, it not all sufficiently obvious to be awarded penalties.
It would seem the FIA, the stewards and race control still have some way to go with regards to fair and consistent race management.
The reason it wasn't? They forgot as they were so busy dealing with the Schumacher pass on Alonso.
"Actually, I had Barrichello on my list," Paul Gutjahr told Blick. "But it was so hectic following the Schumacher case the incident got overlooked."
This is absolutely unacceptable in my opinion.
What Barrichello did was extremely dangerous and far more deserving of a penalty than Schumacher's apparent breach of the over-complicated last lap safety car scenario rules.
After Barrichello threw his wheel onto the track, it was run over by Karun Chandhok, who dragged it all the way to the tunnel before it came loose and was run over again by Bruno Senna.
After what happened with Massa last year and an errant spring, this was an extremely foolish and reckless thing to do.
In addition to Barrichello not being penalised, we also saw Massa escape any form of penalty for a blatant block in Q3 on Jenson Button.
Alonso overtook Chandhok in the tunnel under yellow flags immediately after Nico Hülkenberg's crash but this was also overlooked or ignored.
Finally, Jenson Button threw a TV remote control out of his car at Rascasse on Saturday. Again dangerous and foolish as it could easily have been flicked up by a wheel into the path of a following car.
If all of these incidents can be picked up by viewers watching normal TV footage then there is absolutely no excuse for the stewards not to notice them.
They were all worthy of being investigated at the very least, with most, it not all sufficiently obvious to be awarded penalties.
It would seem the FIA, the stewards and race control still have some way to go with regards to fair and consistent race management.