Wurz incident my fault, admits DC.

David Coulthard has accepted full responsibility for the accident which eliminated both himself and Williams rival Alex Wurz from the Australian Grand Prix.

Admitting that he had misjudged the entry to turn three, the Scot apologised to Wurz, although it was unlikely that either would have scored points in a race in which they were two of only five retirements. Both were attempting to make up for disappointing qualifying positions, and scrapping over 14th place when the collision happened, with Coulthard's Red Bull RB3 vaulting over Wurz's Williams before coming to rest in the gravel trap.

"I tried to have a go down the inside of Alex, but I was too far back and screwed it up!" was DC's frank assessment of the incident, "I went for the pass, but it was over-optimistic on my part. I was taking too much speed into the corner, so the collision was my fault, not Alex's. Apologies to him for that, but you have to take the opportunities that come your way. Unfortunately, this turned out not to be an opportunity!"

Wurz admitted to being aware of Coulthard's presence behind him, but insisted that he had not expected the Scot to launch an attack where he did. The Williams driver managed to get his FW27 rolling again after the collision, but went only as far as the next corner before pulling off for good.

"After his second stop, I was aware that David was close behind me on the track but, suddenly, I felt an impact and, the next thing I knew, I was his landing pad as the impact had sent him airborne over my car," Wurz said, "It looked pretty spectacular, but I'm fine. It's a shame my race ended the way it did, but that's racing. As soon as we got back to the paddock, David came to apologise to me and he was a gentleman about the incident. Unfortunately, though, this doesn't help the team or me, but that's just how it goes sometimes."

Although Coulthard's team-mate, Mark Webber, was again denied points on home soil, Wurz's younger partner, Nico Rosberg, brought the sister Williams home in seventh spot, giving the team something to celebrate.

"I wasn't able to show our speed so much, just because of the constant traffic I was among, but Nico proved today that our race pace is good, so we'll look forward to a better race in Malaysia," the Austrian concluded.