Montoya slams Rubens' dirty move.

BMW WilliamsF1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya has hit out Rubens Barrichello, accusing the Brazilian of blocking him in the closing stages of Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix, to help protect Ferrari team leader and eventual winner, Michael Schumacher.

Speaking following the race, the Colombian, who finished second, 5 seconds behind the German, reckoned that he had been a victim of Ferrari tactics.

"Towards the end," reflected JPM, "I was trying to catch Michael because I felt my car was just getting better and better.

"Unfortunately, after my third and last stop I exited the pit lane behind Rubens. I went to pass him straight away but he blocked me. In a non-Ferrari, it's better to back off than try to.. you know, it's better to go home with eight points than out of the race."

Speaking in the post-race press conference, Montoya added: "If I hadn't had Rubens in the last stint, I think we could have been quite a bit closer because at the end I was really cruising and I was under 36s - no problem - so it is a bit of a shame but there will be another time. I'm happy to go home from here with eight points - good for the team, good for myself."

Asked if he had attempted to pass the #2 Ferrari and was he in some way rebuffed, Montoya replied...

"Yeah, I think it was into turn four, I got a bit of a run on him and as soon as I moved he closed the door straight away and his pace backed off and the lap before he came into the pits he pushed again, so I lost a bit of time but that's racing."

So was it a bit of a dirty move then?

"Yeah, you know, I got a run on him and as soon as I went to move he moved and there was no point even trying to pass. There were 12 laps to go, I had new tyres so I just backed off and cruised."

Barrichello and the Scuderia released no comments on the 'alleged blocking'.