Thursday, 29th May 2008

Pair shrug off Monaco incident as 'experience'.

“This time, the car started very quickly and I had wheelspin," he revealed, "I managed to stabilise it and tried to recover the top spot, but Bruno had a good march on me and, this time, the luck was with him rather than me in the traffic that we found during the race. Twice, he found space while I had to wait and that cost me valuable time."

The lead pair remained the class of the field but, given the narrowness of the streets - and two safety car periods - Maldonado was not able to find a way past his Brazilian opponent.

His retirement from race two left him with a ten-point haul from the weekend, including the two bonus points he got for taking pole, lifting him into a share of seventh overall.

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“I had good momentum going into race two in Monaco, and had the opportunity to take points for a second day, so it was a disappointing way to end," the Venezuelan admitted, "Now I must think about next races. The next few circuits favour me and I expect to continue accumulating points to get closer to the leading places."

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