This comeback hasn’t been easy for Michael Schumacher, but at least one of his previous positions has been restored: the most hated man in Formula 1. For the summer break, at least.

After some very strong whinging this season, and of course the team orders in Germany, Fernando Alonso looked like he had that particular title tied up for the foreseeable future. This presumably riled Schumacher, so he had to dig deep.

At the Hungarian Grand Prix today, he did just that. His victim had to be one of the paddocks most enduring characters. Rubens Barrichello satisfied that, but also added an entire museum-worth of history, Barrichello having lived in Schumacher’s shadow – often so unnecessarily and unfairly – at Ferrari. Plus, Barrichello is quite an emotional chap. The perfect choice, then.

The move itself – basically pushing an overtaking Barrichello into the pit wall – was textbook Schumacher. And all for just one championship point. Thankfully that point ended up Barrichello’s. The videos of the incident, and interviews with both men, on the BBC website are utterly perfect.

Schumacher has received a ten place grid penalty for the next race, as the stewards judged he had “illegitimately impeded car 9 during an overtaking manoeuvre”.

I’d translate that as: Schumacher got the penalty for being a shit.