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David Coulthard offered to share his Bahrain bonus money with Jacques Villeneuve after their collision deprived the Canadian of a point.

Both men are on deals that pay cash for every point scored, and Jacques was furious to lose not just the much-needed moral boost of eighth place, but also the money that went with it.

When Coulthard went to apologise after the race Villeneuve raised the point, so David offered to split his winnings. However, Jacques refused to take him up on the offer. The pair had plenty of time to talk over the incident as they flew home together.

"The race was fun," the Canadian told Crash.net. "And suddenly I thought, great we're going to finish eighth. Sadly David thought the same thing and decided to go for it with a slightly optimistic move which had me off. That's life.

"We never thought we would be in the points, and suddenly we could be in the points, and eighth was there. I just needed one more lap. But I've had people off, it happens, it's part of racing. Of course I'm angry now, but that's normal after a race. But we desperately needed that eighth place."

Villeneuve says he is feeling happier with the Sauber, and hopes for better things in Imola.

"I could drive it hard all the way, I felt a lot more comfortable in the car. Now I've got two days in Barcelona, and it should make a big difference. We have a lot of aero and tyres to test. Hopefully we'll have time to do the stuff I need to do for the set-up."