C3 Exclusive Sensomatic starting problem?

If I accidently leave the gear selector in dive ('1') and not neutral ('N') I find that the car will not start. After leaving the car for about 20 minutes or more the car will start. It would seem that this has something to do with the automatic gear-box not resetting to neutral when the engine is switched off, acting as a fail-safe device. Has any other C3 Exclusive owner experienced the same problem ?