The moment Michael Schumacher was labelled ‘out of order’ by Red Bull F1 star after race-ending collision

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Michael Schumacher was the leader of Ferrari’s Formula 1 operation for one decade before retiring at the end of the 2006 season.

Through the years, Schumacher won five drivers’ championships with the Italian outfit and led them back to glory after some dismal years.

Flavio Braitore was not surprised when Schumacher quit Benetton for Ferrari despite having won the first two of his seven titles.

One of the German’s most challenging years at Ferrari came back in 2005 after the sport underwent a set of regulation changes.

Their car was less competitive than ever and scored less than half the points that eventual champion Fernando Alonso managed in the Renault.

At the Turkish Grand Prix that season, Schumacher suffered his third retirement of the season after clashing with one of his rivals.

Mark Webber called Michael Schumacher ‘out of order’ after crash at 2005 Turkish Grand Prix

2005 was also a tricky year for Williams, who found themselves languishing in the Formula 1 midfield after years of competing for victories and championships.

Mark Webber was in his first campaign with them since joining from Jaguar, where he had been a fringe points contender.

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At the Turkish Grand Prix, he made a move on Schumacher who slammed the door shut on him at turn 12, prompting a fiery response from the Aussie.

“I think he was out of order because in the braking area it doesn’t matter if you are a lap down or whatever, and I was catching him,” he told abc.net.

“I was a lot quicker and I wanted to get through and get on with my race. The Ferraris were very, very slow and Michael was incredibly slow and I pulled out of his slipstream side-by-side.

“He started moving across in the braking area, which all the drivers have agreed not to do that because it is not sporting-like and we have agreed not to do that.”

Jarno Trulli blames Michael Schumacher for never joining Ferrari’s F1 team

Inevitably, Schumacher has gone down as one of the greatest drivers of all time since his second retirement from the sport in 2012.

There are many tales of what could have been, or what might have happened if he had stuck around a bit longer with Ferrari after 2006.

They had a title-contending car for the next two seasons at least. Jarno Trulli says Schumacher is the reason he never joined Ferrari.

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Driving for his home team would have made a lot of sense, but his German rival occupied a seat there for much of the decade.

Trulli’s record suggests that he might have struggled against the seven-time champion anyway after a poor record against Alonso at Renault.