Monza exposed inherent weakness of Red Bull

It has been a difficult and disappointing race for the Red Bull Racing Team as David Coulthard only finished 12th and team mate Christian Klien 11th. Klien, who yesterday announced that he is negociating with other F1 teams for the 2007 season, can feel pleased with his performance tough as he was only 16th on the starting grid.

"Very little to say other than disappointing. Regarding Michael's retirement - it was a fitting way for him to announce it with a victory. Irrespective of whether people are believers in Michael's race ethics or not, you have to recognise he's been a great champion and it's the end of an era."

"It was a difficult race as we were on a one stop strategy and had a very heavy car at the start. I was too slow on the straights to be able to overtake anyone so had to follow the others, but actually the strategy worked well. I stayed out for a long time and overtook a couple of people at the pit stop. Finishing 11th from 16th is not too bad and I don't think there was much more we could have done in this race, so I'm pleased with my performance."

"Unfortunately Christian headed a not particularly fast Red Bull train today, with 11th and 12th being the net result for our two drivers. This circuit was always going to expose our inherent weakness within the current package, but the important thing is to learn from it and act upon the lessons learnt for next year. So, a disappointing race with the only positive factor being that we got two cars to the finish. "