Trulli slams 'dangerous' Sato.

Jarno Trulli has repeated Michael Schumacher's claims that Takuma Sato is driving beyond his limits, after being taken out of the Japanese Grand Prix by the crowd favourite.

Already struggling with a B-spec Toyota that was set-up to his liking, and coming from the back of the grid after a spin in qualifying, Trulli's torment lasted but nine laps before he was harpooned by Sato's BAR-Honda at the tight Suzuka chicane. Sato had already survived an excursion at turn one on the opening lap and was trying desperately to make up for lost time when he tried an opportunist move that lifted the Toyota clean off its wheels.

"I think we have a dangerous person on the track and we have seen that for a few years," Trulli complained to the UK's ITV coverage, "The federation has to take action, because his move was impossible."

Like Schumacher at Spa, Trulli insisted that he wouldn't be having words with his assailant - because he could not see a positive outcome.

"There is no point talking to him, because he has done this before and he keeps doing it," the aggrieved Italian continued, "That suggests he is not going to change."

Schumacher found himself on the receiving end at Spa, as Sato misjudged the lack of grip on a drying track and collected the Ferrari driver at La Source. He later branded the incident 'stupid' and 'unnecessary'.

"We've often experienced hara-kiri reactions from him in the past, and that was another one," the world champion later told German television, "We've talked to him about it in the past, but I don't know what sort of therapy might help him."