USA GP 2006 - Race

Sunday, 2 July 2006
THANKS JUAN!

DAVID COULTHARD, (Finish Position 7th, Start Position: 17th)
"Firstly, a special thanks to Montoya for his contribution to my points finish! I was up along
side  Christian  at  the  start  going  into  Turn  one  and  could  see  Tonio  coming  up  on  the
outside. I didn't like the look of it, so I backed off, kept in the middle of the road and let
them all go past. I understand that Montoya then created a shunt, so we picked up a lot of
places there. There's an incident in Turn one almost every year, so I was mindful of being
in  a  position  off  the  grid  and  keeping  it.  From  there,  it  was  just  a  battle  with  Liuzzi  and
Rosberg. The team's strategist guy Will (Courtenay) did a great job today and again my
engineer Mark (Hutcheson) gave me some good advice on the radio, so we were able to
get out in front of Nico. I'm happy for the whole team. To get these points, especially at
this time of year, will help us against Williams."

CHRISTIAN KLIEN, (Finish Position DNF, Start Position: 16th)
"My start off the grid was actually okay. I passed both Midland cars and heading into the
first corner, I was right on the inside. But then it got very tight. There's basically just one
clean driving line and off it, it's really dirty. It got too tight for all the cars and I don't actually
know what happened. I was next to a Williams and then a lot of cars crashed together and
there was no way to get through it with no trouble. It's a shame to finish the race this early,
because I think we had a chance to get some points today."

CHRISTIAN HORNER, "After a fair bit of chaos on the first lap, David emerged unscathed
and, focusing on a one stop strategy, drove another strong race. In a car that was difficult
to handle on heavy fuel, he delivered when he needed to and was able to go longer than
all the others before his first pit stop. Thanks to some great work from the team today, a
great pit stop and a good strategy, we managed to get David out in front of both Rosberg
and   Liuzzi.   From   that   point   on   he   was   able   to   pull   away   and   finish   seventh.
Congratulations also to Toro Rosso on gaining their first point."