Dennis surprised by Coulthard's outburst

Coulthard blasted Montoya for 'disgusting' driving and demanded a stewards' enquiry. The Red Bull driver said the Colombian had deliberately impeded him at his home circuit.

The governing body confirmed the race stewards were looking into the incident.

Dennis gave Coulthard, his former driver and British race winner who was replaced by Montoya at the end of 2004, short shrift.

He compared the Scot's words on Friday in defence of Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, who was stripped of pole in Monaco qualifying two weeks ago for preventing rivals from beating his best time, with those a day later.

"I'm just so surprised at David's outburst," he told reporters.

"One minute he's leading a charge on 'we have to be supportive of everybody and everybody makes mistakes' and yet a few hours later he's got a contrary opinion when it affects him.

"I don't know what data is available," added Dennis. "I heard nothing on our radios or anything that made me believe that anything significant had been done to interrupt either of their pace."