Schumacher stripped of pole

Michael Schumacher was dramatically stripped of pole position and placed last on the grid for today’s Monaco Grand Prix. SuperSport reports that the International Motorsport Federation came down hard on the seven-time champion after finding him guilty of deliberately stopping his car in the middle of the track. Schumacher parked his car on the track at the Rascasse hairpin, denying world champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso the chance to topple him. Alonso was on an apparently faster lap than the German, but his Renault and the cars in his wake were forced to slow down to avoid Schumacher's car. Schumacher insists he did nothing wrong.