Dennis not blaming drivers for crash

At the second corner of the track, Colombian Montoya ran into the back of Raikkonen's car, triggering a chain-reaction that sent Nick Heidfeld barrel-rolling off in his BMW Sauber after being hit by the Honda of Briton Jenson Button.

All four men were forced to retire as a consequence.

Dennis said after the race that it was no use to apportion blame.

"We're pretty clear about what happened. I don't think it serves much function to apportion blame - it's really a question of understanding what was the sequence of events," said Dennis.

"Having looked at all the data and all the footage, the bigger accident had already started and the safety car button was pressed whilst the bigger accident was taking place.

"A few seconds after that, Kimi was trying to stay out of trouble and Juan Pablo was being squeezed by Button, who in turn was being squeezed by Heidfeld. Juan Pablo put a wheel on the dirt and ran into the back of Kimi, who was really blameless in the situation. And that started the second chain reaction accident.

"If I thought it served any useful function to apportion blame, I'd do it. But that's motor racing and it's just a bit frustrating when two of your cars are involved in an incident. On the other hand, several cars were taken out and it's all about funnelling into a corner and people jockeying for position."

The incident was the second in two races for Montoya, who had crashed with Williams driver Nico Rosberg at the Canadian Grand Prix last weekend.

All the drivers involved in the first corner accident are under investigation by the race stewards.

But Dennis insisted it was just a racing accident.

"They were all motor racing and it's like when you're running on the road," he said. "It's for the person behind to avoid collisions - this isn't a road and everybody is getting squeezed and jostled. You're not just looking at what's in front of you, Juan Pablo was looking at Button, who was being squeezed by Heidfeld.

"Our view is - even if Juan Pablo had not impacted Kimi, there was always going to be an accident coming out of those three cars. That's our view. It was just unfortunate that it involved Kimi."

When asked if he would have a word with Montoya, Dennis replied: "Lots of drivers made errors today. If you're a racing driver you're racing to win. With the benefit of hindsight, they could have been more prudent. But it's motor racing and you've got to treat it as such.

"We were on one-stop strategies and they were the way to come third and fourth here. That was demonstrated by Trulli, who nobody expected to have that level of competitiveness. So one stop was the way to go. If Kimi had not gotten involved, he had every opportunity to be third.

"But the Ferrari-Bridgestone combination was very dominant this weekend and hopefully that dominance will not continue for the rest of the season."

Despite both his cars being out of the race at the second corner, Dennis supported the decision not to stop the race.

"(Race director) Charlie (Whiting) is only applying the rules - it's not for him to change them. As long as safety is not compromised and not at a level where a race is required to be stopped then you don't stop it. There were no drivers injured. There was quite a bit of debris around - but most of that was off-circuit.

"So the safety car was appropriate. But it's disappointing to come to a circuit where we didn't have a great race last year and have so many cars taken out."

Montoya agreed with his team boss in that were was no use in blaming anyone.

"Jenson was squeezing me because he got squeezed by Nick and when Kimi slowed down I locked up because my left front was on the grass. That was it," Montoya said.

"There is not much we can do. It was one of those racing things and it is not about who was to blame."