Walkinshaw claimed that Dennis and Haug had threatened Bernoldi over his future in Formula One. He said: "To say to a young driver in his first season that if he drives like that again they will finish his career is an outrage It's disgraceful and out of order. If Ron Dennis wants to make it an official position, we will pursue it through official means Coulthard never had a serious poke I see no reason why I should have a word with Ron. He's the one shooting his mouth off.''Dennis maintained he had made no threats to Bernoldi, dismissing the accusation as "rubbish'' He went on: "I can have no influence over his future I was cool and calm I don't feel angry. You can argue what he did was motor racing but I just felt it was unsporting behaviour when he was in front of the driver who is second in the world championship.''Walkinshaw suggested the core of Dennis's problem was the fact that Coulthard's car stalled and Hakkinen's failed to finish. He advised Dennis to focus his attention on matters closer to home.Dennis admitted: "We are not doing a good enough job on our electronics.''Irvine, on the podium for the first time since he left Ferrari, commended his team for their endeavours and saluted the line-up at the Royal Box. The Ulsterman said: "It's a fantastic result, especially for everybody in the team.
They've worked relentlessly to achieve this major step forward. And here we have two Ferraris and a Jaguar on the podium that's what motor racing is all about.''Jacques Villeneuve was fourth for the ever improving BAR-Honda team, Jean Alesi a joyous sixth for the long suffering Prost outfit, and Jenson Button just outside the points with seventh place in his Benetton-Renault.MONACO DETAILS1 M Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari, 78 laps in 1hr 47min 22.561sec(ave speed:146.882 kph/ 91.29mph)2 R Barrichello (Br) Ferrari, 1:47:22.992.3 E Irvine (GB) Jaguar, 1:47:53.259.4 J Villeneuve (Can) BAR-Honda, 1:47:55.015.5 D Coulthard (GB) McLaren-Mercedes, +1 lap.6 J Alesi (Fr) Prost-Acer +1.7 J Button (GB) Benetton-Renault +1; 8 J Verstappen (Neth) Arrows-Asiatech, +1; 9 E Bernoldi (Br) Arrows-Asiatech +2; 10 K Raikkonen (Fin) Sauber-Petronas +5.Not classified: R Schumacher (Ger) Williams-BMW, 57 laps completed; T Marques (Bra) Minardi-European, 56; F Alonso (Sp) Minardi-European, 54; H-H Frentzen (Ger) Jordan-Honda, 49; G Fisichella (It) Benetton-Renault, 43; Jarno Trulli (It) Jordan-Honda, 30; L Burti (Bra) Prost-Acer, 24; P de la Rosa (Sp) Jaguar, 18; M Hakkinen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes, 15; O Panis (Fr) BAR-Honda, 13; J P Montoya (Col) Williams-BMW, 2; N Heidfeld (Ger) Sauber-Petronas, 0.Fastest lap: Coulthard 1:19.424 (ave speed: 152.749 kph/94.93mph)Constructors' championship standings: 1 Ferrari 76pts; 2 McLaren-Mercedes 44; 3 Williams-BMW 18; 4 Jordan-Honda 13; 5= Sauber-Petronas and BAR-Honda 12; 7 Jaguar 4; 8= Arrows-Asiatech, Benetton-Renault and Prost-Acer 1.. Bradford restored their three-point lead at the top of Super League, but a loss kept within reasonable margins almost counted as a moral victory for Salford. Bradford restored their three-point lead at the top of Super League, but a loss kept within reasonable margins almost counted as a moral victory for Salford. After leaking points at the rate of one a minute in the early stages, John Harvey's injury- ravaged squad battled bravely to stop the game degenerating into a rout.The last time Salford came to Bradford, albeit to Odsal last year, they conceded 96 points, so they might have approached this one with some trepidation, especially with so many first-choice players missing.Salford would have had the first try, however, if the referee had not spotted Stuart Littler's knock-on before he kicked ahead. After that disappointment, Salford all too soon took up their customary positions for games at Bradford behind their own sticks.Lee Radford was the first to go over for the Bulls, taking Lee Gilmour's return pass and going through Jason Nicol's tackle. On the 10-minute mark, Bradford's second real attack brought their second try, Michael Withers opening up the right flank with a long pass and then popping up in support to take the ball from Scott Naylor and touch down.Leon Pryce, who signed a new contract this week, then claimed Bradford's third, selling a huge dummy and stretching over the try line.
Salford thought they had stopped the rot when Michael Wainwright got over the try-line from Steve Blakeley's kick, only to see it disallowed. They finally got one that did count when Martin Offiah did outstandingly well to flick the ball out for Littler to plunge over.Blakeley could not add the conversion, leaving the Reds trailing by 12 points clear-cut enough, but compared with last year's d?cle the height of respectability However, they could not hang on until half-time. Immediately before the break James Lowes managed to get his pass away to Gilmour a handful all evening who touched down despite a spot of juggling.Tevita Vaikona's charging run down the middle got the Bulls moving in the second half, Shane Rigon finishing off the move for the best Bradford try so far. Then a quickly taken penalty allowed Henry Paul to put Gilmour over for his second, emphasising what an asset he has become since arriving from Wigan.Danny Arnold claimed a second Salford try, again created by Offiah's persistence.
