BARCELONA, Spain, April 27, 2008 (AFP) - Australian Mark Webber was left beaming Sunday after he delivered his best result of the season by finishing fifth in the Spanish Grand Prix.

The 31-year-old drove a strong and convincing race in his Red Bull to gain his best finish since the European Grand Prix last year.

His good finish means he has now scored points at the last three Grands Prix. and now with this latest offering has a total of eight in the drivers championship.

He said: "I am very happy. The team worked very hard following the test to get all the parts ready in time and it paid off.

"We didn´t have a great start to today´s race, but we had good pace and we were there at the end, it´s great to get a strong finish.

"I didn´t have very good grip in the final stint, but we weren´t under pressure at that point, so were okay. I´m happy with my driving and the team did an excellent job."

In contrast, his Red Bull team-mate Scot David Coulthard had a very difficult day which included two accidents with German drivers, first with Adrian Sutil and then with Timo Glock, who punctured his tyre.

In the end, Coulthard went on to finish in 12th.

"It´s a horrible thing about being down near the end of the grid - you try to keep out of trouble, but it´s never so easy," he said.

"I got whacked by Sutil going into turn four and picked up some light damage to the side of the car, but after that I was running okay.

"After my pit-stop, I took a defensive line into turn four and five to show Glock that I knew he was there, but he hit the rear of my car and punctured a tyre."