Montoya explains his spin

But at least Juan Pablo accepted that it was his error which cost him victory in the race. For Juan Pablo he would take the lead after McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen was given a drive through penalty for speeding in the pitlane.

The Colombian led for lengthy periods of the race after correctly opting to start on dry weather tyres, but two safety car periods halted his progress and allowed the chasing pack to close on him.

in the post race interview Juan Pablo explained his view of the race by saying: "I think it was a pretty disastrous race. We took the right tyres and we had a 16-second lead. Everything going my way then safety car came out.

"Then we went again and, I don't know, I had like ten or so seconds lead, and the safety car (came out) again, so I pretty much got screwed twice and even then after second stop I had the lead and, I don't know, I went into turn one and when I picked up the throttle the car just turned into me. My fault."

Some have questioned Juan Pablo's choice to not change tyres in his second stop, which could have contributed to his spin. Juan Pablo did not accepted this view totally. For him the option of running on new tyres was even worse than running on the older ones.

Juan Pablo explained: "With David I thought he was two-and-a-half seconds behind and he was a bit quicker than me but here it is nearly impossible to pass," he added. "So I thought as long as I kept a decent pace I should be alright but I went into turn one, picked up the throttle and just got sideways and that was it. There was nothing to it.

"The previous run on new tyres the balance was a disaster and on old tyres I had much better balance so I decided not to change and I still think it was the right thing to do. I would have been even less competitive if I had changed tyres. So it was just, you know, shit happens."