Ross Brawn says Rubens Barrichello will understand that his criticisms of the Brawn GP team following the German Grand Prix were unfair once he analyses the race properly.
Barrichello slammed his team after slumping from an early lead to sixth in the race, launching into a tirade on live television in which he claimed that Brawn's strategy had cost him a chance of a much better result, and that the team was throwing away the world championship.
Brawn said he understood how Barrichello could have become confused by the race, which saw a variety of strategies among the leaders, especially as the Brazilian's radio was not working well.
TV viewers heard Barrichello calling for a mid-race strategy change as Brawn's three-stop plan appeared to be failing, and then being disappointed when the long second stop turned out to be due to a fuel rig fault rather than a change of tactic.
"I think when he sits down and looks at all the numbers he will realise that we were too slow today," Brawn told the BBC.
"When you're cocooned inside the car and the radio's not working, you don't get a good picture of what is going on.
"So I think he will find when he understands how the race went then his view on things will be a bit different."
He was not perturbed by Barrichello's furious comments.
"When you put so much into a race and it hasn't worked out, that's what you get sometimes," Brawn said.
"If you get out of the car thinking you should have won the race and you haven't got all the facts, that can happen.
"I think now he's got the facts and understands what happens, he is fine."
Brawn did not think that Barrichello's outburst will damage the team.
"I want to understand the whole picture and understand what he thought, what he said, and we'll deal with it internally," he said.
"He stuck with the team through very difficult times, he has a lot of loyalty to the team and that is not something that you destroy with a few frustrated words after a race."
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