Piquet slams ‘young’ Buemi
Renault's Piquet, despite having only a year's more experience than the Swiss 20-year-old, hit out at "young drivers" after being pushed into the Ste Devote barriers by the Toro Rosso.
"I went and apologized to him," Buemi revealed.
The pair were among a train of drivers being held up by the sluggish Sebastian Vettel, but Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost remarked that Buemi's approach to passing 23-year-old Piquet was not correct.
"You end up in the barriers if you don't have the discipline to wait a little bit," said Austrian Tost, who over the years has gained a reputation as one of the toughest bosses in the sport.
Buemi's teammate Sebastien Bourdais had been on the working end of Tost's mood after the Barcelona tangle two weeks ago, but on Sunday it was the Frenchman who was delivering a point for the Faenza team.
Tost said the result was "very important" for Bourdais, and moved to quash speculation that the 30-year-old might be ousted soon by noting that Sunday was good for Bourdais' confidence going into "the next few races".
05/24/09 A furious Nelson Piquet was less than satisfied to have been taken out of Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix when Sébastien Buemi drove into the back of the Renault. Piquet was not amused with the Toro Rosso driver's move and believes that 'young drivers' should be more careful during races. "I'm very angry because Monaco's a long race and that's why these young drivers need to be careful with what they're doing," 23-year-old Piquet said. " I don't know what he was thinking there – we planned a long first stint and, if it wasn't for the crash, I could have ended up in seventh."