No matter what the reason for Ferrari's dominance, except for a few exciting passes the race was a torrid bore - causing analysts to question whether we'll see the 2002 season all over again. It was a troublesome result for F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone who called Ferrari's dominance no less than a "disaster."
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| Unexpectedly, Fernando Alonso of team Renault grabbed the third podium spot. (Photo: Planet-F1.com) |
Fourth-place Ralf Schumacher voiced his disappointed equally by saying, "Of course I cannot be happy with today's result, even if, after all, I have made up four places from my starting position and I have collected some points for the team. We were on a good strategy and the team did an excellent job in the pits. Worrying is the fact is that at this race, we are missing one second from Ferrari, which I didn't expect and I believe this is down mainly to the design of their car as well as to some tire graining for us, which we have to overcome. The whole of our package needs to improve slightly and this is going to take maybe a couple of races, but I am confident we can make it."
At least one Michelin runner was happy with the results of the Australian GP. The checkered flag saw an unexpected Fernando Alonso rise to the last position on the podium, beating out Ralf Schumacher's BMW-Williams that placed an uncelebrated fourth. JPM, who pulled in just behind his teammate in a disappointing fifth, experienced a fairly awful pit stop however, losing much of the time he made up on the track.