Super Aguris still taking risks, says Monteiro.

Tiago Monteiro's Spanish GP was ruined after early contact from Super Aguri's Franck Montagny gave the Midland man a puncture that led to a spin.

Ironically at Imola Montagny's predecessor Yuji Ide tipped Monteiro's team-mate Christijan Albers into a first lap roll, an incident that led eventually to the loss of his superlicence.

MF1 has suffered all season from being beaten off the line by the ex-Arrows cars, and Monteiro and Albers have on more than one occasion complained that the Super Aguri drivers take too many risks to ensure that they get ahead.

After the Barcelona race the MF1 Racing made a representation to the stewards' concerning the latest incident, but the officials decided to take the matter no further. Later Monteiro sent a GSM text to Montagny - an old pal of his - saying that the team's complaint was nothing personal!

"At the start as usual we got overtaken by the two Super Aguris," said the Portuguese driver. "I managed to pass [Takuma] Sato again, and then I was behind Montagny. I overtook him round the outside, and he put me out and punctured my rear tyre, so I spun and lost quite a lot of time.

"So I'm a bit annoyed about the situation. Again, the Super Aguris take too many risks, and it's not worth it, the race is long. Franck has a lot more experience than Ide, but he should know that you don't win a race in the first lap."

Monteiro's race was ruined by the spin and subsequent pit stop. He eventually finished 16th.

"After that the race was not over, although it messed up my strategy. You keep on pushing, keep giving the maximum you can. The car felt really good throughout the race, really balanced all the way, it was really a shame that I wasn't able to be fighting a little bit more up front. It wouldn't have changed the final positions a lot, but for the internal team mate fight it's important, and also I wanted to be able to be closer to the Toro Rossos."

Monteiro is now looking ahead to Monaco, a race where a reliable run could provide MF1 with its best chance of scoring points this season: "That's true, it's the kind of race where drivers can make a bit of a difference, where you could have a good opportunity, maybe. It won't be a miracle, but it could be a bit better. But you need a lot of luck."