Schumacher overtaking move talk of the paddock

Talk of the paddock after the Monaco Grand Prix was not the impressive win of Mark Webber, but the passing of Fernando Alonso by Michael Schumacher as the safety car pulled back into the pit lane. In the mean time, both Mercedes and Ferrari believe they've got the regulations on their side.

Stefano Domenicali said to 'BBC': "According to our understanding, the rules are pretty clear but we have to wait for the stewards' decision." Domenicali told the BBC. He continued by saying: "The rules state that 'if the race ends whilst the safety car is deployed it will enter the pitlane at the end of the last lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking.'"

"There is a new regulation this year," Ross Brawn said to the reporter of the British television station. "I think Stefano says that if the race finishes under the Safety Car you can't do that, but the Safety Car went in. The FIA said the Safety Car went in so, according to the instructions of the FIA, the race didn't finish under the Safety Car so we advised our drivers that they could still race between the Safety Car line and finish line.

"Some even said Michael overtook Alonso under yellow but we have screenshots that there are green flags being waved right before Michael overtook Alonso."

Michael Schumacher himself said to the German 'RTL': "I think I'm sixth, I got the message 'Track Clear'. That means the Safety Car is gone, the accident zone was clear, so I thought I could go.

"Damon Hill is the steward here…that's going to be interesting!"