Magnussen Slams Stewart.

Jan Magnussen, dropped this week by the Stewart team, has attacked his former employers over the decision.


Magnussen has claimed that his replacement Jos Verstappen will do no better than he did because the Stewart team is only capable of focusing its attention on one car. This is the reason for the big gap between Magnussen and team-mate Rubens Barrichello, according to the Dane, who feels he has been made the scapegoat for Stewart's poor start to the season.


(They're making a change for the sake of it, to show that they're trying something,) said Magnussen, (and it's the wrong area.) The former British F3 champion has failed to match Barrichello's times this year, but claims that he rarely had the same equipment as the Brazilian.


His suggestion that Verstappen would struggle was borne out by recent tests in France, but team boss Paul Stewart is confident that the Dutchman would close the gap to Barrichello. (It would have been nice to see Jos do a quicker time,) said Stewart, (but I have to believe that he will get himself closer to Rubens in qualifying than Jan has.)


Verstappen makes his Stewart debut in this weekend's French GP at Magny-Cours.