Jaguar to investigate starts

Webber's race went from bad to worse. Having been swallowed up by the field at the start, he was hit by Ralf Schumacher's Williams while fighting back through the field and picked up a puncture. Then he received a stop-and-go penalty for speeding in the pitlane while rectifying the problem. Finally Webber spun-out trying to recover.

"I am really disappointed with the outcome today after all of our hard work and our fantastic place on the front row of the grid for the race," said Webber. "I had a bad start with the car and things did not get much better after that. After overtaking Ralf Schumacher twice he hit me from behind and my rear right tyre had a puncture and the car may have suffered some damage too. I then had to limp to the pits to be re-fuelled and have the tyres changed.

"The drive through penalty added to my troubles and after then going off-line several times to let people overtake me I spun under braking. A very difficult end for us which should not have been the case. The pace of the R5 is evident and we had a great package and set-up for today."

Klien at least finished his second grand prix but he suffered a problem in his final pitstop: "My start was not good and I am certainly frustrated with this. I did however, actually enjoy the race and it was good for me. The first few laps were made difficult by the rain and I was pleased just to stay on track. The pace of the car was good and the balance and set-up for the track was ideal for me, thanks to my mechanics. I was racing with the Jordan of Fisichella and the Toyota of Panis and I felt really confident in the R5.

"Unfortunately my third pit-stop cost me a couple of places as my fuel cap would not open and the team had to do it manually. Before Bahrain we will be looking to understand more about why I had a slow start and why the fuel cap did not open. The main thing for me is finishing after what has been an incredibly tough ninety minutes but also rewarding for me."

Ford's head of vehicle performance Mark Gillan could not hide his disappointment at the team's results after such a great qualifying performance. "This has been a very unsatisfactory finish to the weekend for all of us," he said. "Both R5s were slow pulling away at the start and after many good practice starts this weekend we will be investigating this thoroughly on our return to the factory.

"We at Jaguar Racing have a lot of hard work ahead of us between now and Bahrain as we know that we have a competitive package and getting both drivers to the finishing line and scoring points is what we are capable of."