Jaguar Duo Rue First Corner Incident

The Jaguar team endured a very poor Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday after both their drivers were involved in an accident at the start of the race.

Jaguar's Austrian rookie Christian Klien triggered a second corner collision with Australian teammate Mark Webber and McLaren's David Coulthard. While Briton Coulthard was able to continue, Webber suffered a punctured front tyre and was forced to make two unscheduled pitstops before retiring.

"My start was quick enough and I was fast into the first corner," said Webber. "I could see that there was a lot of traffic in the corner and not a lot of space. Unfortunately some things are out of your control and I could see that David Coulthard was going into a spin and Christian and I both had no where to go.

"As Christian made contact with David the outcome was his R5 landing on my front wing. I could tell that some damage had been done immediately and the team confirmed that the rear suspension had a problem. From a safety point of view we retired and of course it's disappointing given the amount of work that I know we have all been doing going into this weekend."

Klien was able to continue in the race, but could only finish in 13th place two laps down.

"My start off the grid was fine and I very quickly found myself in the thick of it in corner one," the Austrian said. "I was hit from behind and then forced into the back of David Coulthard. I did what I could to avoid him but I was forced into the air and then I came down on my teammate, Mark.

"Although I was blue-flagged a couple of times my pace was really good in the R5 and I was pleased with the R5. The first corner was an unfortunate incident but I know that when we are all racing for that first corner position these things are bound to happen. I will focus now on going to Indianapolis and another new track for me."