A gift for Schumacher: the Austrian Grand Prix

? Michael Schumacher finally won the Austrian Grand Prix, and didn’t like it at all.

Schumacher trailed Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello from the start until the final straightaway Sunday. Then Barrichello obeyed team orders and moved over to let Schumacher take the checkered flag.

“It was probably the wrong decision to do it this way,” Schumacher said. “I am not very happy. I take no joy from this victory.”

In Geneva on Monday, FIA, the sport’s governing body, ordered Schumacher, Barrichello and Ferrari team officials to appear before World Sports Council in Paris on June 26.

FIA’s brief statement cited “an incident during the last lap of the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix and incidents during the subsequent podium procedure.” FIA did not say what action the council could take, but it could strip Ferrari of standings points.

Ferrari said it had no immediate comment.

On Sunday, Ferrari officials said they will stick to the strategy of making sure Schumacher finishes ahead of Barrichello until the German has an insurmountable lead in the standings. They said they do not want a repeat of past seasons in which the title was lost in the last race.

“Michael broke his leg in ’98. Anything could happen in the championship. We don’t take the slightest chances,” said Ross Brawn, Ferrari’s technical director.

Schumacher is trying to equal Juan Manuel Fangio’s record of five Formula One titles, the only major mark he still doesn’t own. He has five wins in six races this season.

Schumacher leads the drivers’ standing with 54 points and Barrichello is fourth with 12 points. BMW-Williams drivers Juan Montoya (27) and Ralf Schumacher (23) are second and third.

Montoya finished third Sunday, with Ralf Schumacher, the winner’s brother, fourth and Giancarlo Fisichella fifth.

Schumacher had never won the Austrian race before, and the outcome drew boos from the crowd and rumblings from other Formula One teams.

“In 22 years of auto racing I had never seen something disgusting like this,” said Patrick Head, technical director for BMW-Williams.

Schumacher said he understood the reasoning of his team.

“I know the decision is not popular, but imagine if we had lost the championship by this number of points at the end of the season,” he said. “The team would look stupid.”

Barrichello, who started from pole, was prevented from winning for the second time following the German GP in 2000. The Brazilian’s contract was extended until 2004 earlier in the week.

“I was asked to move over,” he said. “It was a team decision and I have to respect it. I did as I was told even if I would have preferred not to have been asked to move over.”

“Today’s event has not affected my determination,” he added. “I feel I am going through a good time in my life and driving better than ever. I feel my time is coming and there is no point in complaining or arguing.”

Schumacher let Barrichello take the top step on the podium during the victory ceremony.

“Rubens did a superb job and he outpaced me all weekend,” he said. ” This is a challenging situation having him pushing me. I am sure he will win races this year.”

The race was marked by several spinouts and an accident in lap 28, when Takuma Sato and Nick Heidfeld collided.

Heidfeld, driving a Sauber, slid across the gravel through a curve and plunged the rear of his car into the side of Sato’s Jordan-Honda, just missing Montoya on the way.

Both cars virtually disintegrated, but Heidfeld walked away. Sato was flown by helicopter to a hospital, where he was treated for an injured right thigh, said Andrew Gilbert-Scott, Sato’s manager. Sato was to remain in the hospital overnight.