Coulthard Angered by Trulli's Comments

Scot David Coulthard was unable to hold his tongue after seeing video evidence of his car-damaging first-lap clash with Italian Jarno Trulli in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.

The incident, in the second corner of the opening lap, put Trulli out of the race and ruined Coulthard's race as he was forced to drive his McLaren-Mercedes into the pits for a check-up. Trulli claimed Coulthard was at fault, suggesting he was trying too hard to gain quick positions during the pack-jostling start, but the Scot was left fuming after the allegations.

"I really don't know how Jarno can suggest I turned into him, that's just ridiculous," said Coulthard. "I had a look at the video of the incident and it's quite clear. We went into turn two and Trulli hit my rear wheel so I would have been happy to call it a racing incident if he wanted to do the same but it seems he does not."

Coulthard was put out of the race 17 laps later when a late lunge from British rival Jenson Button saw the pair clash and the McLaren man was sent spinning into the gravel trap. McLaren boss Ron Dennis claimed it was a "somewhat badly judged" overtaking move but Coulthard, who had a war of words with Button at the start of last season as the pair fought for points in the title race, refused to blame his rival.

"He obviously went for a late move down the inside and this is always a difficult one to make stick," said Coulthard. "He had one wheel in front of my rear wheel and you will always get that as the car on the outside turns in. It was an optimistic manoeuvre and in fairness to Jenson if I had known he was going to try something like that I would have given him more room because obviously I'm not going to turn in and hit his car and risk not finishing."

Coulthard lost his second place in the title race with his non-finish as World Champion Michael Schumacher stormed to race victory, but the Scot promised he would "take it on the chin and bounce back" at the next race in Austria.