"When I came onto the front straight there was so much debris and you had to avoid all the debris and obviously Ralf was in the middle of the track so I had to nearly stop and that is why I let Michael join as the leader under the safety car situation, so we will have to look into that one.
[Schumacher was doing a pitstop while Sato was on the track and while or shortly before the safety car went out on the track]" -- Takuma Sato