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Coulthard hopeful of strong Monaco result

David Coulthard is hopeful of an even better result in Monaco than he had in Spain last time out. The Red Bull Racing driver finished on the podium last time in Monaco and last race in Spain finished fifth despite a gearbox problem in the final few laps.

"Points are obviously always important for a team, especially when you're in mid-grid and trying to improve on seventh place which is where the team's been for the last few years in the Constructors' Championship," Coulthard said. "I think that, encouragingly, you can see the pace of the car has been improving significantly over each of the races. We just haven't had the reliability. We had a lot of problems at the end of that Grand Prix but we were able to get to the finish and I'm excited about the fact that I think we're the most improved team since the beginning of the year. Our rate of development is there for everyone to see and we've just got to keep building on that."

"The thing that I take most encouragement from is that our race pace in Bahrain where we had our first set of upgrades and then in Barcelona, relative to the front runners, we've got closer to McLaren and Ferrari, and that's enabled us to be more competitive in the races, get closer to BMW," he added. "Obviously we're in front of Renault and we've got to take heart from that. They don't win two World Championships by accident and we're moving forward as a team, the investment is paying off."

"We're here for is to get points and obviously the guys sitting in front of me are battling over real chances for pole position, real chances for race victories," he went on. "We are not, at this time, but our goal is to continue to develop and reduce the gap in lap time and yes, finishing in fifth place, and giving some points to the team, but ultimately it's not something to throw a party for. We've got to build through the year and at the end of the season we can reflect on how much progress we've made."

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