Head has questioned why Ralf did not make any attempts to pass race winner Michael Schumacher in the second half of the race. After losing first place following the opening round of pit-stops Ralf was seen driving behind his brothers Ferrari but not making any attempts to try and pass.

In an interview with the Daily Express Head said: "I'm not so sure that he could have got close enough to have a go. But I'm surprised Ralf didn't get bored sitting behind Michael for 40 laps. We qualified one and two. Our men finished two and three and that's rather disappointing. I'm sure Ralf is disappointed.

"The idea of asking Ralf to pull over for Juan Pablo crossed my mind and was dismissed on the basis it would have been one of those instructions that would have been greeted with a blind eye or a deaf ear.

"Only he would know whether he might have been more aggressive about getting past, but he said, basically, he was held up on both his out laps and that was enough to make the difference."

But having said that Head did go on to say that only Ralf was in the best position to know what condition his car was in.

Head added: "You want to win. Seeing Juan able to pull them in 12 seconds or so indicated that the car speed was there to do it. (But) I wasn't driving Ralf's car, I didn't have his tyres on, so I cannot really make a comment.

"I'm sure there will be a bit written saying he should have had a go but only he knows what was going on in the cockpit."