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2002 Australian Grand Prix

August 24, 2023

The 2002 Australian Grand Prix (formally the 2002 Foster's Australian Grand Prix)[4] was a Formula One motor race held on 3 March 2002 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. With 127,000 people in attendance, the race was the first of the 2002 Formula One World Championship and the 18th Australian Grand Prix in Formula One. Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the 58-lap race starting from second position. Juan Pablo Montoya of Williams finished second and Kimi Räikkönen took third for the McLaren team, his first podium finish.

2002 Australian Grand Prix
Race 1 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One World Championship
Race details[1][2]
Date 3 March 2002
Official name 2002 Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Location Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 5.303 km (3.295 miles)
Distance 58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 miles)
Weather Cloudy at start, clearing to sunny skies.
Attendance 127,000
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Time 1:25.843
Fastest lap
Driver Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:28.541 on lap 37
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
Williams-BMW
Third
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello qualified on pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying. He retired at the start of the race, when he braked early for the first corner, catching out Williams driver Ralf Schumacher, who hit the rear of Barrichello's car. Six drivers were involved in a separate incident. The safety car was deployed for four laps to clear the track. McLaren's David Coulthard led the first ten laps until an error on lap eleven allowed Michael Schumacher to pass him. Montoya then passed Schumacher for first place at the beginning of lap twelve. He kept the lead until he ran wide and Michael Schumacher overtook him to reclaim it. He led the rest of the race to take the 54th win of his career.

Following this, the first round of the season, Michael Schumacher left Australia leading the World Drivers' Championship with ten points. Montoya was four points behind in second with Räikkönen third. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari led with ten points followed by Williams and McLaren with sixteen races left in the season.

Background

 
The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit (pictured in 2014), where the race was held.

Preparations for the event began in January 2002. At the time, it was only on the provisional calendar of the 2002 Formula One World Championship due to the death of marshal Graham Beveridge in an accident in the 2001 race.[5] Formula One's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), later confirmed it would proceed as scheduled following the publication of a coroner's report ruling Beveridge's death "avoidable".[6] It was the first of 17 races of 2002 and the 18th Formula One World Championship Australian race. It occurred at the 5.303 km (3.295 mi) Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park in Victoria on 3 March.[1] To improve safety, the height of the safety fences was raised to 3.8 m (12 ft), cages to safeguard race officials were installed and the size of access openings reduced.[7]

Heading into the new season, several teams retained the same line-up as they had in 2001, however some teams changed drivers for 2002. The Benetton team was renamed Renault, ending its 16-year involvement in Formula One,[8] and the Japanese car maker Toyota debuted with drivers Allan McNish and Mika Salo after it spent 2001 developing the TF102.[9] The Prost team was liquidated in January 2002 after it was unable to locate money from sponsors or a buyer to remain solvent.[10] The two-time world champion Mika Häkkinen took a sabbatical and fellow Finn Kimi Räikkönen replaced him at McLaren,[11] whose Sauber car was driven by Felipe Massa, the 2001 Euro Formula 3000 champion.[12] At the Jordan team, the 2001 British Formula Three champion Takuma Sato paired with Giancarlo Fisichella,[13] whom Jarno Trulli replaced at Renault.[14] Former Prost driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen drove Jos Verstappen's Arrows car,[15] and Fernando Alonso left Minardi to become Renault's test driver; he was replaced by International Formula 3000 competitor Mark Webber.[16]

At the front of the field, the press and bookmakers considered Ferrari's Michael Schumacher the favourite to take his fifth World Drivers' Championship, with the Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya predicted to be his main challenger.[17][18][19] Schumacher said his objective for the season was to win the championship and equal Juan Manuel Fangio's all-time record of five titles, "Our motivation is still unchanged, our target and goals are still the same. We want to once again win both world championships and there is nothing nicer than winning with Ferrari."[20] Montoya declared that he was more relaxed than he was in 2001 because he knew his team better, "I think I showed everyone out there that I am competitive and that's the important thing. It was a lot harder to win in Formula One than in CART because it took longer to understand the car, but now that's done I'm looking to do better in 2002."[21] Former driver Derek Warwick believed Michael Schumacher was the best driver in the sport and suspected Montoya was not emotionally mature.[22]

Ferrari brought the F2001 in lieu of the F2002 to Australia due to performance and reliability issues. According to the Ferrari team principal Jean Todt, the F2002 was fast in pre-season testing but the team had not the time available to be certain that it would be reliable in Australia, "We think it will be able to bring home valuable points for the championship. Next week, we will continue our on-track development of the F2002, as well as fine-tuning the F2001 for the first race."[23] During the first two practice sessions, the F2001 was fitted with a rear wing used on the F2002 in testing; both Michael Schumacher and his teammate Rubens Barrichello opted for one seen at the 2001 Japanese Grand Prix. The McLaren MP4-17 car featured an attachment to its lower front suspension frame split to promote airflow under the front wing, and revised ailerons were equipped to the front and rear of the car. The Jordan, Arrows and Sauber teams copied the design.[24]

Practice

There were four practice sessions preceding Sunday's race, two one-hour sessions on Friday and two 45-minute sessions on Saturday.[3] In the first session, which was held in variable weather leading to the fastest times late on,[25] Michael Schumacher lapped fastest at 1 minute, 28.804 seconds, 0.363 seconds faster than his teammate Barrichello in second. Fisichella, Ralf Schumacher, Massa, the Jaguar duo of Pedro de la Rosa and Eddie Irvine, Frentzen, Salo and Renault's Jenson Button foallowed in third through tenth.[26]

 
Takuma Sato (pictured in 2005) crashed in the third practice session and drove the spare Jordan EJ12 car for qualifying.

Michael Schumacher set the day's fastest lap, a 1-minute, 27.276 seconds, in the second session. His teammate Barrichello was 0.523 seconds slower in second. The two Williams cars of Ralf Schumacher and Montoya, Nick Heidfeld of the Sauber team, Salo, Räikkönen, Massa, Fisichella and Trulli were in positions three to ten.[27] During the session, Enrique Bernoldi stopped his Arrows A23 car with a broken gearbox.[28] Barrichello spun through 360 degrees across the grass and reemerged onto the circuit soon after.[29] Montoya braked too late and returned to the track via an escape road and a gravel trap. A short light rain shower made the circuit slippery and caught out Alex Yoong; he beached his Minardi car in the turn one gravel trap. An engine failure ended Fisichella's session early and his teammate Sato ran across a gravel trap.[29]

The weather for the third session was cool, damp and overcast.[30][31] Ferrari continued to be fastest with a revised unofficial lap record of 1 minute, 26.177 seconds from Michael Schumacher. Barrichello was 0.321 seconds slower in second.[30] McLaren's Coulthard and Räikkönen, Williams' Ralf Schumacher and Montoya, British American Racing (BAR) driver Olivier Panis, Sauber teammates Heidfeld and Massa along with Trulli followed in the top ten.[31] With 13 minutes and 34 seconds to go, Sato lost control of the rear of his Jordan EJ12 car on the entry to Stewart turn and crashed into the left-hand side tyre barrier at 160 km/h (99 mph).[32][33] Sato was unhurt;[31] practice was stopped for nine minutes to allow marshals to clean the track.[32] Since spare cars could not be used in free practice, Sato missed the fourth session since his car required repairs.[33]

In the fourth session, a brief rain shower dampened the circuit, which prevented an improvement in lap times as some drivers went off the track. Hence, no driver bettered Michael Schumacher's fastest time, as Barrichello in second halved the gap to his teammate. The Williams duo of Montoya and Ralf Schumacher improved to third and fourth and the McLaren pair of Coulthard and Räikkönen fell to fifth and sixth. Heidfeld, the BAR duo of Jacques Villeneuve and Panis and Fisichella were seventh to tenth.[34]

Qualifying

 
Rubens Barrichello took the fourth pole position of his career.

Saturday's afternoon one-hour qualifying session saw each competitor limited to twelve laps, with the starting order decided by their fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race.[3] The session began on a dry track until a heavy rainstorm fell halfway through, making the circuit slippery and prevented any improvement in lap time.[35][36] Barrichello completed two laps before it rained (the first was compromised by slower traffic);[37] he took the fourth pole position of his career and his first since the 2000 British Grand Prix with a time of 1 minute, 25.843 seconds.[35] He was joined on the grid's front row by Michael Schumacher, who made an error on a kerb in the first third of a lap.[36][38] Ralf Schumacher, third, remained in the garage for the first three minutes to avoid slower traffic.[37] Fourth-placed Coulthard attempted to pass an unsighted Villeneuve on the outside at the final turn and they made contact. Coulthard hit the wall with his right-rear wheel and spun onto a run-off area.[36] An error put his teammate Räikkönen fifth.[38] Montoya in sixth lost six-tenths of a second after Fisichella slowed his first timed lap. Trulli in seventh was slowed by a Jaguar car on his first lap. Fisichella in eighth expressed satisfaction with the balance and performance of his car.[37] Massa was the highest-placed rookie in ninth after two errors. His teammate Heidfeld qualified tenth.[36][37]

Button was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten after he was fourth early on. Panis completed one timed lap as he could not extract more performance from his BAR 004 and took 12th.[37] Excess oversteer slowed his teammate Villeneuve in 13th.[38] Salo, 14th, drove cautiously on his first timed lap. A minor fuel pressure fault limited Frentzen in 15th to one untroubled lap.[37] McNish, 16th, had one set of tyres deducted from his qualifying allocation because Toyota mistakenly used one set assigned for the Friday practice sessions on Saturday. A stoppage caught out Bernoldi at the start of his first timed lap and he qualified 17th. Webber took 18th and used wet-weather tyres.[38] The two Jaguar R3 cars had a major aerodynamic deficiency and were 19th and 20th:[39] A rear brake balance slowed Irvine and a handling deficiency saw de la Rosa drive the spare Jaguar.[37] Yoong completed one timed lap for 21st.[38] Five minutes in Sato's spare Jordan EJ12 car stopped before Stewart turn with a hydraulic clutch problem that automatically selected third gear. The session was stopped for eight minutes to allow marshals to move his car. Sato returned to his garage and drove Fisichella's race car but the rain made him more than 107 per cent slower than Barrichello.[40]

Post-qualifying

After qualifying, the Jordan team principal and owner Eddie Jordan appealed to the stewards to allow Sato to participate in the race because he was under the 107 per cent limit during free practice. They permitted him to start under "exceptional circumstances" as in the case of previous cases affected by changeable weather.[40][41]

Qualifying classification

Pos No. Driver Constructor Time Gap Grid
1 2   Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:25.843 1
2 1   Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:25.848 +0.005 2
3 5   Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:26.279 +0.436 3
4 3   David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.446 +0.603 4
5 4   Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.161 +1.318 5
6 6   Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:27.249 +1.406 6
7 14   Jarno Trulli Renault 1:27.710 +1.867 7
8 9   Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Honda 1:27.869 +2.026 8
9 8   Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:27.972 +2.129 9
10 7   Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 1:28.232 +2.389 10
11 15   Jenson Button Renault 1:28.361 +2.518 11
12 12   Olivier Panis BAR-Honda 1:28.381 +2.538 12
13 11   Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 1:28.657 +2.814 13
14 24   Mika Salo Toyota 1:29.205 +3.362 14
15 20   Heinz-Harald Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth 1:29.474 +3.631 15
16 25   Allan McNish Toyota 1:29.636 +3.793 16
17 21   Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth 1:29.738 +3.895 17
18 23   Mark Webber Minardi-Asiatech 1:30.086 +4.243 18
19 16   Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 1:30.113 +4.270 19
20 17   Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth 1:30.192 +4.349 20
21 22   Alex Yoong Minardi-Asiatech 1:31.504 +5.661 21
107% time: 1:31.852
22 10   Takuma Sato Jordan-Honda 1:53.351 +27.5081 22
Sources:[42][43]
Notes
  • ^1 – Takuma Sato set a time 107% slower than the fastest qualifying lap. He was granted permission from the stewards to start the race due to "exceptional circumstances".[41]

Warm-up

A half-hour warm-up session was held on Sunday morning in variable weather as heavy rain fell before it commenced.[3][44] Teams used rain tyres and set-up their cars against the weather of the time.[45] With a lap of 1 minute and 41.509 seconds, Michael Schumacher was fastest with teammate Barrichello 1.382 seconds slower in second position. Coulthard, Ralf Schumacher, Montoya, Massa, Heidfeld, Fisichella, Trulli and Irvine made up positions three to ten.[46] With 40 seconds to go,[47] Salo drove off the racing line to allow Barrichello past into Ascari corner. He drove onto a white painted line, lost control of his Toyota and crashed into the barrier; Salo's front wing detached heading towards an escape road.[44][45][47]

Race

The weather at the start was dry and overcast with the air temperature between 15 and 18 °C (59 and 64 °F) and the track temperature from 20 to 23 °C (68 to 73 °F).[48][49][50] A total of 127,000 people attended the event.[51] Sato drove the spare Jordan EJ12 car set up for his teammate Fisichella; after warm-up the Jordan team rectified an electrical problem that rendered its clutch inoperable.[52] Before the race commenced at 14:00 local time for 58 laps over a distance of 307.594 km (191.130 mi),[1] Frentzen and Bernoldi stalled their stationary cars; marshals and mechanics extricated them to the pit lane.[53][54]

 
Ralf Schumacher made contact with the rear of Barrichello's car and retired with heavy car damage at the start of the race.

Ralf Schumacher used the grip on the outside to pass Michael Schumacher for second position and challenged the heavily fuelled Ferrari of Barrichello for the lead.[55][56] As Michael Schumacher turned left to provide himself with the best possible entry for Brabham corner, his teammate Barrichello switched lanes twice to try to block Ralf Schumacher, who responded by turning to the centre in anticipation momentum would give him the lead.[57] Barrichello braked early for Brabham turn, catching out Ralf Schumacher,[56] who struck the rear of Barrichello's car at about 240 km/h (150 mph).[49] He launched over the Ferrari,[54] grazed Barrichello's helmet,[51] careened 100 m (330 ft) and rested against the tyre wall in the run-off area upright.[2][58][59] Barrichello's rear wing was removed from his car, spinning broadside to a stop and caused an eight-car accident.[56] His teammate Michael Schumacher and Räikkönen drove onto the grass to avoid a collision,[2][54] as Fisichella hit the Sauber cars of Heidfeld and Massa, causing Button, Panis and McNish to get caught up in the incident. Villeneuve, Salo, Webber, Irvine, de la Rosa, Yoong and Sato weaved through the crash scene.[2] Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher were unhurt.[59]

The drivers involved in the crash returned to the pit lane in anticipation that the race would be stopped and could drive their spare cars for a restart. However, the FIA race director, Charlie Whiting, did not stop the race and order a restart. He deployed the safety car with the damaged cars moved and debris cleared.[55][60] This left Coulthard in the lead, followed by Trulli, Montoya, Michael Schumacher, Irvine and de la Rosa.[48] At lap two's conclusion, Räikkönen entered the pit lane for a 48-second pit stop for a new front wing and to remove debris lodged behind his back.[2][54][56] Webber's differential and traction control began to malfunction on lap three.[61] On the same lap, Frentzen ignored a red light instructing drivers to remain in the pit lane until further notice and entered the circuit.[50][53] The safety car was withdrawn at the fifth lap's conclusion and Coulthard led Trulli and Montoya.[48] Going into Whiteford turn,[49] Montoya drew close to Trulli and slid wide on oil laid on the circuit.[55][60] This meant Michael Schumacher overtook Montoya for third place.[62] Further back, Räikkönen moved from eleventh to ninth position.[54]

Coulthard began to pull away from the rest of the field, increasing his lead to four-and-a-half seconds by lap seven.[48] That same lap, Sato overtook de la Rosa for sixth place, as Webber lost seventh position to Räikkönen.[54] At the back, Bernoldi rejoined the race after switching from his race car to the spare Arrows vehicle.[2] Trulli blocked Michael Schumacher from passing him for second into Brabham corner on the eighth lap, allowing Montoya to gain on Schumacher; he was not close enough to affect a pass.[49] There were overtakes further down the field: Räikkönen passed de la Rosa and Sato as Villeneuve overtook Webber for ninth.[54] During lap nine, Trulli lost control of the rear of his Renault on oil at the exit to Jones turn, and broke his suspension in a collision with the inside barrier.[49][56] Because Trulli was stopped on the centre of the track,[50][63] the safety car was deployed for the second time to allow marshals to move his car.[48] When the safety car was withdrawn at the end of the 11th lap, an electrical fault distracted Coulthard, causing him to miss a gear change,[56][57] lock his brakes,[50] and understeer wide onto the grass entering Prost turn.[49] He fell to fifth.[50]

Michael Schumacher took the lead with Montoya second and Irvine third.[63] Approaching Brabham corner Montoya's higher straightline speed allowed him to overtake Michael Schumacher on the outside at the end of the main straight for the lead.[2] Montoya then steered onto the inside to maintain the lead from Schumacher at Jones corner.[56] By the 13th lap, Michael Schumacher had closed to within eight-tenths of a second to affect a pass on Montoya,[50] which he was unable to do due to slower traffic.[49] On lap 14,[54] Sato retired in the pit lane with an unrectifiable electronics issue limiting his gear selection.[64] Michael Schumacher continued to pressure Montoya into an error,[56] and caused the latter to drive onto oil at Brabham corner.[2] He overtook Montoya on the inside at the exit of Jones turn to take the lead at the start of lap 17.[49][57] Michael Schumacher began to pull away from the rest of the field as Montoya struggled to generate heat in his tyres. On lap 18, de la Rosa fell to eighth after Yoong, Webber and Villeneuve overtook him. On the following lap Frentzen was disqualified for his earlier transgression of ignoring the red light at the exit of the pit lane.[54]

By the 22nd lap Michael Schumacher increased his lead over Montoya to 11.3 seconds with consecutive lap times in the 1 minute, 29 second range.[2][62] Räikkönen was eight-tenths of a second behind Montoya.[50] On the same lap, Coulthard went off the track at Prost corner. His reduced speed promoted Irvine to fourth soon after.[49] On lap 23 Bernoldi was disqualified from the race because the stewards deemed him to have switched to the spare car after the race began.[56] Webber and Villeneuve passed Coulthard for fifth and sixth on laps 25 and 26.[49][54] Villeneuve in sixth had a rear wing failure that sent him into the tyre wall at high speed on the entry to Waite corner and retirement from his 100th race entry on lap 28.[50][54][58] He was unhurt. On lap 29, Yoong overtook Coulthard for sixth position.[54] Seven laps later, Coulthard became the race's final retirement when he pulled off to the side of track at Whiteford corner because his McLaren was stuck in sixth gear.[2][50]

 
Michael Schumacher (pictured in 2005) took his third win at the Australian Grand Prix and the 54th of his career.

Webber was the first of the top six drivers to make a pit stop on lap 37.[49] He had a problematic 34.9-second pit stop; the Minardi's fuel cover did not open automatically and a mechanic used a screwdriver to unsecure it. Webber rejoined the track in sixth position.[65] Montoya and Michael Schumacher made their pit stops on laps 37 and 38.[63] In the meantime, Räikkönen recorded the race's fastest lap of 1 minute, 25.841 seconds on lap 37,[2] as he sought to pass Montoya for second position after his pit stop.[56] He made his stop on lap 38.[54] As Räikkönen drove onto the track, he drew alongside Montoya and carried excess speed into Brabham corner.[56] He understeered wide onto the grass as he regained control of the rear of his car and fell to third, behind Montoya.[48][49]

With the first four positions settled, attention switched to the battle for fifth between Webber and Salo.[54] Webber short shifted to prevent unneeded car component stress and noticed Salo closing up. He went faster and the Minardi team owner Paul Stoddart radioed that he had to defend fifth from Salo, with Webber aware of a potential revenue bonus of $25 million for Minardi for finishing ahead of Toyota in the World Constructors' Championship.[61] Salo had been aware of the distance between himself and Webber and closed up to the latter by the 57th lap.[56] He attempted to pass Webber; the aerodynamic turbulence created by airflow over Webber's car and the latter's block meant Salo spun through 180 degrees on radiator coolant from Button's car at Whiteford turn. Salo was able to restart his car and continue in sixth.[48][49][66]

Michael Schumacher led the final 39 laps to take the 54th victory of his career.[60] Montoya was 18.628 seconds behind in second position. He was a further 6.4 seconds ahead of Räikkönen,[2] who took the first podium finish of his career in third.[60] Irvine and Webber finished fourth and fifth after starting from 19th and 18th respectively.[49][60] Salo took the final point in sixth place, the first time a team scored points in its debut race since JJ Lehto finished fifth for Sauber at the 1993 South African Grand Prix.[67] Yoong came seventh with a "long" brake pedal and a car optimised for wet-weather;[64] marshals mistakenly waved blue flags at Yoong because they did not know which lap he was on.[66] De la Rosa was the final classified finisher after a misfiring engine required him to undergo a lengthy pit stop. The attrition rate was high, with eight of the twenty-two starters finishing the race.[2][58]

Post-race

The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference.[3] Michael Schumacher called his battle with Montoya "an interesting one" and "a bit back and forward", adding "I think as well that the tyres played a little bit of a role in that; initially I struggled to get the temperature in where these guys seemed to get faster on top of temperatures but then it went the other way around, their tyres went off and my one came in so I had a nice chance to battle a little bit and finally got first position for us, which was ideal."[68] Montoya said he enjoyed the battle and stated Ferrari had the fastest car, "I think the conditions were not the best for the tyres. Hopefully in Malaysia it is going to be hotter, it could play into our hands a little bit."[68] Räikkönen said he was surprised to finish third and talked about the ease of overtaking other cars, "Some cars was more difficult and then it was helping me a lot big time because the safety car came out second time and I got behind the leaders and that was the main reason that I catch them, but it was quite a difficult and interesting race."[68]

 
Mark Webber (pictured in 2010) finished fifth and was given an impromptu podium ceremony after the race.

Ron Walker, the chairman of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, persuaded Webber and Stoddart to celebrate their fifth-place result with an impromptu ceremony on the podium, which led to a fine of £50,000 from the FIA president Max Mosley.[69] In a retrospective interview for The Weekend Australian in 2012, Stoddart called Webber's fifth-place finish "the most exciting two points in the history of Formula One".[69] Webber commented on the result, "Finishing the race fifth was unbelievable. We had people scaling catch fencing. Occupational health and safety would have gone ballistic these days. It was a unique day."[69] The result saw Webber's three-race contract with Minardi extended to the end of the season.[69] The media compared Webber's achievement (the first Australian driver to score points at home in the history of the category, and also the first Australian driver to score points in a race since the sixth place of Alan Jones in 1986 Italian Grand Prix) to the ice skater Steven Bradbury winning a gold medal in the men's 1000 metres short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics; both men were successful after several participants crashed in their respective events.[65][70]

Following their collision, their third in the past two seasons, Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher were summoned to meet the stewards, who reviewed television footage post-race. Neither driver received a penalty and were given a warning.[71] The stewards classed the crash as "a racing incident", with neither competitor to blame.[51] Michael Schumacher argued Barrichello braked earlier than normal, saying "I was afraid to turn into the first corner because I suddenly saw cars flying next to me. I decided to go straight on and have a nice ride through the grass, which was a good decision, otherwise I guess I would have been hit."[51] Barrichello said he was not to blame for the accident, "If he wanted to overtake on the outside, he should have moved a lot further. I didn't get in his way."[51] Jackie Stewart, the three-time world champion, argued Ralf Schumacher had misjudged the braking distance for turn one,[72] while Coulthard believed Barrichello caused the accident by braking earlier than usual.[73]

Whiting's decision not to stop the race after the eight-car crash was criticised. The technical director of the Jordan team Gary Anderson called it "the most absurd thing I've seen in my life".[55] Fisichella believing not stopping the race was "ridiculous",[64] and Michael Schumacher agreed it should have been stopped.[68] Coulthard defended the decision, saying "I've always felt that to deprive the spectators of a number of cars as a result of an incident at the first corner isn't really good for the business. But this isn't Hollywood. You don't cut out the bits you don't like. This is real. This is racing."[57] Ralf Schumacher also backed Whiting's ruling, noting "Charlie Whiting took the right decision by not stopping the race. He had made it quite clear to us that he would not stop a race unless it was for safety reasons and that wasn't the case."[74]

Because this was the first race of the season, Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship with ten points. Montoya was second with six points and Räikkönen was third with four. Irvine was fourth with three points and Webber was fifth with two points.[2] Ferrari took the lead of the World Constructors' Championship with ten points. Williams were second with six points and McLaren followed in third with four points. With three points, Jaguar were fourth and Minardi fifth with two points with sixteen races left in the season.[2]

Race classification

Drivers who scored championship points are denoted in bold.

Pos No. Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1   Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 58 1:35:36.792 2 10
2 6   Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW M 58 +18.628 6 6
3 4   Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 58 +25.067 5 4
4 16   Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth M 57 +1 Lap 19 3
5 23   Mark Webber Minardi-Asiatech M 56 +2 Laps 18 2
6 24   Mika Salo Toyota M 56 +2 Laps 14 1
7 22   Alex Yoong Minardi-Asiatech M 55 +3 Laps 21  
8 17   Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth M 53 +5 Laps 20  
Ret 3   David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes M 33 Gearbox 4  
Ret 11   Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda B 27 Broken wing 13  
Ret 10   Takuma Sato Jordan-Honda B 12 Electrical 22  
Ret 14   Jarno Trulli Renault M 8 Accident 7  
Ret 2   Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 0 Collision 1  
Ret 5   Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW M 0 Collision 3  
Ret 9   Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Honda B 0 Collision 8  
Ret 8   Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas B 0 Collision 9  
Ret 7   Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas B 0 Collision 10  
Ret 15   Jenson Button Renault M 0 Collision 11  
Ret 12   Olivier Panis BAR-Honda B 0 Collision 12  
Ret 25   Allan McNish Toyota M 0 Collision 16  
DSQ 20   Heinz-Harald Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth B 16 Disqualified2 15  
DSQ 21   Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth B 15 Disqualified2 17  
Sources:[43]
Notes
  • ^1 – Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Enrique Bernoldi were disqualified for passing the red light at the exit of the pit lane and changing to the team's spare car after the commencement of the formation lap, respectively.[56]

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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The 2002 Australian Grand Prix formally the 2002 Foster s Australian Grand Prix 4 was a Formula One motor race held on 3 March 2002 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Albert Park Melbourne Victoria Australia With 127 000 people in attendance the race was the first of the 2002 Formula One World Championship and the 18th Australian Grand Prix in Formula One Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the 58 lap race starting from second position Juan Pablo Montoya of Williams finished second and Kimi Raikkonen took third for the McLaren team his first podium finish 2002 Australian Grand PrixRace 1 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One World Championship Previous raceNext race Race details 1 2 Date3 March 2002Official name2002 Foster s Australian Grand PrixLocationMelbourne Grand Prix Circuit Albert Park Melbourne Victoria AustraliaCourseTemporary street circuitCourse length5 303 km 3 295 miles Distance58 laps 307 574 km 191 118 miles WeatherCloudy at start clearing to sunny skies Attendance127 000Pole positionDriverRubens BarrichelloFerrariTime1 25 843Fastest lapDriverKimi RaikkonenMcLaren MercedesTime1 28 541 on lap 37PodiumFirstMichael SchumacherFerrariSecondJuan Pablo MontoyaWilliams BMWThirdKimi RaikkonenMcLaren MercedesLap leaders 3 Ferrari s Rubens Barrichello qualified on pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying He retired at the start of the race when he braked early for the first corner catching out Williams driver Ralf Schumacher who hit the rear of Barrichello s car Six drivers were involved in a separate incident The safety car was deployed for four laps to clear the track McLaren s David Coulthard led the first ten laps until an error on lap eleven allowed Michael Schumacher to pass him Montoya then passed Schumacher for first place at the beginning of lap twelve He kept the lead until he ran wide and Michael Schumacher overtook him to reclaim it He led the rest of the race to take the 54th win of his career Following this the first round of the season Michael Schumacher left Australia leading the World Drivers Championship with ten points Montoya was four points behind in second with Raikkonen third In the Constructors Championship Ferrari led with ten points followed by Williams and McLaren with sixteen races left in the season Contents 1 Background 2 Practice 3 Qualifying 3 1 Post qualifying 3 2 Qualifying classification 4 Warm up 5 Race 5 1 Post race 5 2 Race classification 6 Championship standings after the race 7 ReferencesBackground Edit The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit pictured in 2014 where the race was held Preparations for the event began in January 2002 At the time it was only on the provisional calendar of the 2002 Formula One World Championship due to the death of marshal Graham Beveridge in an accident in the 2001 race 5 Formula One s governing body the Federation Internationale de l Automobile FIA later confirmed it would proceed as scheduled following the publication of a coroner s report ruling Beveridge s death avoidable 6 It was the first of 17 races of 2002 and the 18th Formula One World Championship Australian race It occurred at the 5 303 km 3 295 mi Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park in Victoria on 3 March 1 To improve safety the height of the safety fences was raised to 3 8 m 12 ft cages to safeguard race officials were installed and the size of access openings reduced 7 Heading into the new season several teams retained the same line up as they had in 2001 however some teams changed drivers for 2002 The Benetton team was renamed Renault ending its 16 year involvement in Formula One 8 and the Japanese car maker Toyota debuted with drivers Allan McNish and Mika Salo after it spent 2001 developing the TF102 9 The Prost team was liquidated in January 2002 after it was unable to locate money from sponsors or a buyer to remain solvent 10 The two time world champion Mika Hakkinen took a sabbatical and fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen replaced him at McLaren 11 whose Sauber car was driven by Felipe Massa the 2001 Euro Formula 3000 champion 12 At the Jordan team the 2001 British Formula Three champion Takuma Sato paired with Giancarlo Fisichella 13 whom Jarno Trulli replaced at Renault 14 Former Prost driver Heinz Harald Frentzen drove Jos Verstappen s Arrows car 15 and Fernando Alonso left Minardi to become Renault s test driver he was replaced by International Formula 3000 competitor Mark Webber 16 At the front of the field the press and bookmakers considered Ferrari s Michael Schumacher the favourite to take his fifth World Drivers Championship with the Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya predicted to be his main challenger 17 18 19 Schumacher said his objective for the season was to win the championship and equal Juan Manuel Fangio s all time record of five titles Our motivation is still unchanged our target and goals are still the same We want to once again win both world championships and there is nothing nicer than winning with Ferrari 20 Montoya declared that he was more relaxed than he was in 2001 because he knew his team better I think I showed everyone out there that I am competitive and that s the important thing It was a lot harder to win in Formula One than in CART because it took longer to understand the car but now that s done I m looking to do better in 2002 21 Former driver Derek Warwick believed Michael Schumacher was the best driver in the sport and suspected Montoya was not emotionally mature 22 Ferrari brought the F2001 in lieu of the F2002 to Australia due to performance and reliability issues According to the Ferrari team principal Jean Todt the F2002 was fast in pre season testing but the team had not the time available to be certain that it would be reliable in Australia We think it will be able to bring home valuable points for the championship Next week we will continue our on track development of the F2002 as well as fine tuning the F2001 for the first race 23 During the first two practice sessions the F2001 was fitted with a rear wing used on the F2002 in testing both Michael Schumacher and his teammate Rubens Barrichello opted for one seen at the 2001 Japanese Grand Prix The McLaren MP4 17 car featured an attachment to its lower front suspension frame split to promote airflow under the front wing and revised ailerons were equipped to the front and rear of the car The Jordan Arrows and Sauber teams copied the design 24 Practice EditThere were four practice sessions preceding Sunday s race two one hour sessions on Friday and two 45 minute sessions on Saturday 3 In the first session which was held in variable weather leading to the fastest times late on 25 Michael Schumacher lapped fastest at 1 minute 28 804 seconds 0 363 seconds faster than his teammate Barrichello in second Fisichella Ralf Schumacher Massa the Jaguar duo of Pedro de la Rosa and Eddie Irvine Frentzen Salo and Renault s Jenson Button foallowed in third through tenth 26 Takuma Sato pictured in 2005 crashed in the third practice session and drove the spare Jordan EJ12 car for qualifying Michael Schumacher set the day s fastest lap a 1 minute 27 276 seconds in the second session His teammate Barrichello was 0 523 seconds slower in second The two Williams cars of Ralf Schumacher and Montoya Nick Heidfeld of the Sauber team Salo Raikkonen Massa Fisichella and Trulli were in positions three to ten 27 During the session Enrique Bernoldi stopped his Arrows A23 car with a broken gearbox 28 Barrichello spun through 360 degrees across the grass and reemerged onto the circuit soon after 29 Montoya braked too late and returned to the track via an escape road and a gravel trap A short light rain shower made the circuit slippery and caught out Alex Yoong he beached his Minardi car in the turn one gravel trap An engine failure ended Fisichella s session early and his teammate Sato ran across a gravel trap 29 The weather for the third session was cool damp and overcast 30 31 Ferrari continued to be fastest with a revised unofficial lap record of 1 minute 26 177 seconds from Michael Schumacher Barrichello was 0 321 seconds slower in second 30 McLaren s Coulthard and Raikkonen Williams Ralf Schumacher and Montoya British American Racing BAR driver Olivier Panis Sauber teammates Heidfeld and Massa along with Trulli followed in the top ten 31 With 13 minutes and 34 seconds to go Sato lost control of the rear of his Jordan EJ12 car on the entry to Stewart turn and crashed into the left hand side tyre barrier at 160 km h 99 mph 32 33 Sato was unhurt 31 practice was stopped for nine minutes to allow marshals to clean the track 32 Since spare cars could not be used in free practice Sato missed the fourth session since his car required repairs 33 In the fourth session a brief rain shower dampened the circuit which prevented an improvement in lap times as some drivers went off the track Hence no driver bettered Michael Schumacher s fastest time as Barrichello in second halved the gap to his teammate The Williams duo of Montoya and Ralf Schumacher improved to third and fourth and the McLaren pair of Coulthard and Raikkonen fell to fifth and sixth Heidfeld the BAR duo of Jacques Villeneuve and Panis and Fisichella were seventh to tenth 34 Qualifying Edit Rubens Barrichello took the fourth pole position of his career Saturday s afternoon one hour qualifying session saw each competitor limited to twelve laps with the starting order decided by their fastest laps During this session the 107 rule was in effect which necessitated each driver set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race 3 The session began on a dry track until a heavy rainstorm fell halfway through making the circuit slippery and prevented any improvement in lap time 35 36 Barrichello completed two laps before it rained the first was compromised by slower traffic 37 he took the fourth pole position of his career and his first since the 2000 British Grand Prix with a time of 1 minute 25 843 seconds 35 He was joined on the grid s front row by Michael Schumacher who made an error on a kerb in the first third of a lap 36 38 Ralf Schumacher third remained in the garage for the first three minutes to avoid slower traffic 37 Fourth placed Coulthard attempted to pass an unsighted Villeneuve on the outside at the final turn and they made contact Coulthard hit the wall with his right rear wheel and spun onto a run off area 36 An error put his teammate Raikkonen fifth 38 Montoya in sixth lost six tenths of a second after Fisichella slowed his first timed lap Trulli in seventh was slowed by a Jaguar car on his first lap Fisichella in eighth expressed satisfaction with the balance and performance of his car 37 Massa was the highest placed rookie in ninth after two errors His teammate Heidfeld qualified tenth 36 37 Button was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten after he was fourth early on Panis completed one timed lap as he could not extract more performance from his BAR 004 and took 12th 37 Excess oversteer slowed his teammate Villeneuve in 13th 38 Salo 14th drove cautiously on his first timed lap A minor fuel pressure fault limited Frentzen in 15th to one untroubled lap 37 McNish 16th had one set of tyres deducted from his qualifying allocation because Toyota mistakenly used one set assigned for the Friday practice sessions on Saturday A stoppage caught out Bernoldi at the start of his first timed lap and he qualified 17th Webber took 18th and used wet weather tyres 38 The two Jaguar R3 cars had a major aerodynamic deficiency and were 19th and 20th 39 A rear brake balance slowed Irvine and a handling deficiency saw de la Rosa drive the spare Jaguar 37 Yoong completed one timed lap for 21st 38 Five minutes in Sato s spare Jordan EJ12 car stopped before Stewart turn with a hydraulic clutch problem that automatically selected third gear The session was stopped for eight minutes to allow marshals to move his car Sato returned to his garage and drove Fisichella s race car but the rain made him more than 107 per cent slower than Barrichello 40 Post qualifying Edit After qualifying the Jordan team principal and owner Eddie Jordan appealed to the stewards to allow Sato to participate in the race because he was under the 107 per cent limit during free practice They permitted him to start under exceptional circumstances as in the case of previous cases affected by changeable weather 40 41 Qualifying classification Edit Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap Grid1 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1 25 843 12 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1 25 848 0 005 23 5 Ralf Schumacher Williams BMW 1 26 279 0 436 34 3 David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 1 26 446 0 603 45 4 Kimi Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes 1 27 161 1 318 56 6 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams BMW 1 27 249 1 406 67 14 Jarno Trulli Renault 1 27 710 1 867 78 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan Honda 1 27 869 2 026 89 8 Felipe Massa Sauber Petronas 1 27 972 2 129 910 7 Nick Heidfeld Sauber Petronas 1 28 232 2 389 1011 15 Jenson Button Renault 1 28 361 2 518 1112 12 Olivier Panis BAR Honda 1 28 381 2 538 1213 11 Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 1 28 657 2 814 1314 24 Mika Salo Toyota 1 29 205 3 362 1415 20 Heinz Harald Frentzen Arrows Cosworth 1 29 474 3 631 1516 25 Allan McNish Toyota 1 29 636 3 793 1617 21 Enrique Bernoldi Arrows Cosworth 1 29 738 3 895 1718 23 Mark Webber Minardi Asiatech 1 30 086 4 243 1819 16 Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 1 30 113 4 270 1920 17 Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth 1 30 192 4 349 2021 22 Alex Yoong Minardi Asiatech 1 31 504 5 661 21107 time 1 31 85222 10 Takuma Sato Jordan Honda 1 53 351 27 5081 22Sources 42 43 Notes 1 Takuma Sato set a time 107 slower than the fastest qualifying lap He was granted permission from the stewards to start the race due to exceptional circumstances 41 Warm up EditA half hour warm up session was held on Sunday morning in variable weather as heavy rain fell before it commenced 3 44 Teams used rain tyres and set up their cars against the weather of the time 45 With a lap of 1 minute and 41 509 seconds Michael Schumacher was fastest with teammate Barrichello 1 382 seconds slower in second position Coulthard Ralf Schumacher Montoya Massa Heidfeld Fisichella Trulli and Irvine made up positions three to ten 46 With 40 seconds to go 47 Salo drove off the racing line to allow Barrichello past into Ascari corner He drove onto a white painted line lost control of his Toyota and crashed into the barrier Salo s front wing detached heading towards an escape road 44 45 47 Race EditThe weather at the start was dry and overcast with the air temperature between 15 and 18 C 59 and 64 F and the track temperature from 20 to 23 C 68 to 73 F 48 49 50 A total of 127 000 people attended the event 51 Sato drove the spare Jordan EJ12 car set up for his teammate Fisichella after warm up the Jordan team rectified an electrical problem that rendered its clutch inoperable 52 Before the race commenced at 14 00 local time for 58 laps over a distance of 307 594 km 191 130 mi 1 Frentzen and Bernoldi stalled their stationary cars marshals and mechanics extricated them to the pit lane 53 54 Ralf Schumacher made contact with the rear of Barrichello s car and retired with heavy car damage at the start of the race Ralf Schumacher used the grip on the outside to pass Michael Schumacher for second position and challenged the heavily fuelled Ferrari of Barrichello for the lead 55 56 As Michael Schumacher turned left to provide himself with the best possible entry for Brabham corner his teammate Barrichello switched lanes twice to try to block Ralf Schumacher who responded by turning to the centre in anticipation momentum would give him the lead 57 Barrichello braked early for Brabham turn catching out Ralf Schumacher 56 who struck the rear of Barrichello s car at about 240 km h 150 mph 49 He launched over the Ferrari 54 grazed Barrichello s helmet 51 careened 100 m 330 ft and rested against the tyre wall in the run off area upright 2 58 59 Barrichello s rear wing was removed from his car spinning broadside to a stop and caused an eight car accident 56 His teammate Michael Schumacher and Raikkonen drove onto the grass to avoid a collision 2 54 as Fisichella hit the Sauber cars of Heidfeld and Massa causing Button Panis and McNish to get caught up in the incident Villeneuve Salo Webber Irvine de la Rosa Yoong and Sato weaved through the crash scene 2 Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher were unhurt 59 The drivers involved in the crash returned to the pit lane in anticipation that the race would be stopped and could drive their spare cars for a restart However the FIA race director Charlie Whiting did not stop the race and order a restart He deployed the safety car with the damaged cars moved and debris cleared 55 60 This left Coulthard in the lead followed by Trulli Montoya Michael Schumacher Irvine and de la Rosa 48 At lap two s conclusion Raikkonen entered the pit lane for a 48 second pit stop for a new front wing and to remove debris lodged behind his back 2 54 56 Webber s differential and traction control began to malfunction on lap three 61 On the same lap Frentzen ignored a red light instructing drivers to remain in the pit lane until further notice and entered the circuit 50 53 The safety car was withdrawn at the fifth lap s conclusion and Coulthard led Trulli and Montoya 48 Going into Whiteford turn 49 Montoya drew close to Trulli and slid wide on oil laid on the circuit 55 60 This meant Michael Schumacher overtook Montoya for third place 62 Further back Raikkonen moved from eleventh to ninth position 54 Coulthard began to pull away from the rest of the field increasing his lead to four and a half seconds by lap seven 48 That same lap Sato overtook de la Rosa for sixth place as Webber lost seventh position to Raikkonen 54 At the back Bernoldi rejoined the race after switching from his race car to the spare Arrows vehicle 2 Trulli blocked Michael Schumacher from passing him for second into Brabham corner on the eighth lap allowing Montoya to gain on Schumacher he was not close enough to affect a pass 49 There were overtakes further down the field Raikkonen passed de la Rosa and Sato as Villeneuve overtook Webber for ninth 54 During lap nine Trulli lost control of the rear of his Renault on oil at the exit to Jones turn and broke his suspension in a collision with the inside barrier 49 56 Because Trulli was stopped on the centre of the track 50 63 the safety car was deployed for the second time to allow marshals to move his car 48 When the safety car was withdrawn at the end of the 11th lap an electrical fault distracted Coulthard causing him to miss a gear change 56 57 lock his brakes 50 and understeer wide onto the grass entering Prost turn 49 He fell to fifth 50 Michael Schumacher took the lead with Montoya second and Irvine third 63 Approaching Brabham corner Montoya s higher straightline speed allowed him to overtake Michael Schumacher on the outside at the end of the main straight for the lead 2 Montoya then steered onto the inside to maintain the lead from Schumacher at Jones corner 56 By the 13th lap Michael Schumacher had closed to within eight tenths of a second to affect a pass on Montoya 50 which he was unable to do due to slower traffic 49 On lap 14 54 Sato retired in the pit lane with an unrectifiable electronics issue limiting his gear selection 64 Michael Schumacher continued to pressure Montoya into an error 56 and caused the latter to drive onto oil at Brabham corner 2 He overtook Montoya on the inside at the exit of Jones turn to take the lead at the start of lap 17 49 57 Michael Schumacher began to pull away from the rest of the field as Montoya struggled to generate heat in his tyres On lap 18 de la Rosa fell to eighth after Yoong Webber and Villeneuve overtook him On the following lap Frentzen was disqualified for his earlier transgression of ignoring the red light at the exit of the pit lane 54 By the 22nd lap Michael Schumacher increased his lead over Montoya to 11 3 seconds with consecutive lap times in the 1 minute 29 second range 2 62 Raikkonen was eight tenths of a second behind Montoya 50 On the same lap Coulthard went off the track at Prost corner His reduced speed promoted Irvine to fourth soon after 49 On lap 23 Bernoldi was disqualified from the race because the stewards deemed him to have switched to the spare car after the race began 56 Webber and Villeneuve passed Coulthard for fifth and sixth on laps 25 and 26 49 54 Villeneuve in sixth had a rear wing failure that sent him into the tyre wall at high speed on the entry to Waite corner and retirement from his 100th race entry on lap 28 50 54 58 He was unhurt On lap 29 Yoong overtook Coulthard for sixth position 54 Seven laps later Coulthard became the race s final retirement when he pulled off to the side of track at Whiteford corner because his McLaren was stuck in sixth gear 2 50 Michael Schumacher pictured in 2005 took his third win at the Australian Grand Prix and the 54th of his career Webber was the first of the top six drivers to make a pit stop on lap 37 49 He had a problematic 34 9 second pit stop the Minardi s fuel cover did not open automatically and a mechanic used a screwdriver to unsecure it Webber rejoined the track in sixth position 65 Montoya and Michael Schumacher made their pit stops on laps 37 and 38 63 In the meantime Raikkonen recorded the race s fastest lap of 1 minute 25 841 seconds on lap 37 2 as he sought to pass Montoya for second position after his pit stop 56 He made his stop on lap 38 54 As Raikkonen drove onto the track he drew alongside Montoya and carried excess speed into Brabham corner 56 He understeered wide onto the grass as he regained control of the rear of his car and fell to third behind Montoya 48 49 With the first four positions settled attention switched to the battle for fifth between Webber and Salo 54 Webber short shifted to prevent unneeded car component stress and noticed Salo closing up He went faster and the Minardi team owner Paul Stoddart radioed that he had to defend fifth from Salo with Webber aware of a potential revenue bonus of 25 million for Minardi for finishing ahead of Toyota in the World Constructors Championship 61 Salo had been aware of the distance between himself and Webber and closed up to the latter by the 57th lap 56 He attempted to pass Webber the aerodynamic turbulence created by airflow over Webber s car and the latter s block meant Salo spun through 180 degrees on radiator coolant from Button s car at Whiteford turn Salo was able to restart his car and continue in sixth 48 49 66 Michael Schumacher led the final 39 laps to take the 54th victory of his career 60 Montoya was 18 628 seconds behind in second position He was a further 6 4 seconds ahead of Raikkonen 2 who took the first podium finish of his career in third 60 Irvine and Webber finished fourth and fifth after starting from 19th and 18th respectively 49 60 Salo took the final point in sixth place the first time a team scored points in its debut race since JJ Lehto finished fifth for Sauber at the 1993 South African Grand Prix 67 Yoong came seventh with a long brake pedal and a car optimised for wet weather 64 marshals mistakenly waved blue flags at Yoong because they did not know which lap he was on 66 De la Rosa was the final classified finisher after a misfiring engine required him to undergo a lengthy pit stop The attrition rate was high with eight of the twenty two starters finishing the race 2 58 Post race Edit The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference 3 Michael Schumacher called his battle with Montoya an interesting one and a bit back and forward adding I think as well that the tyres played a little bit of a role in that initially I struggled to get the temperature in where these guys seemed to get faster on top of temperatures but then it went the other way around their tyres went off and my one came in so I had a nice chance to battle a little bit and finally got first position for us which was ideal 68 Montoya said he enjoyed the battle and stated Ferrari had the fastest car I think the conditions were not the best for the tyres Hopefully in Malaysia it is going to be hotter it could play into our hands a little bit 68 Raikkonen said he was surprised to finish third and talked about the ease of overtaking other cars Some cars was more difficult and then it was helping me a lot big time because the safety car came out second time and I got behind the leaders and that was the main reason that I catch them but it was quite a difficult and interesting race 68 Mark Webber pictured in 2010 finished fifth and was given an impromptu podium ceremony after the race Ron Walker the chairman of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation persuaded Webber and Stoddart to celebrate their fifth place result with an impromptu ceremony on the podium which led to a fine of 50 000 from the FIA president Max Mosley 69 In a retrospective interview for The Weekend Australian in 2012 Stoddart called Webber s fifth place finish the most exciting two points in the history of Formula One 69 Webber commented on the result Finishing the race fifth was unbelievable We had people scaling catch fencing Occupational health and safety would have gone ballistic these days It was a unique day 69 The result saw Webber s three race contract with Minardi extended to the end of the season 69 The media compared Webber s achievement the first Australian driver to score points at home in the history of the category and also the first Australian driver to score points in a race since the sixth place of Alan Jones in 1986 Italian Grand Prix to the ice skater Steven Bradbury winning a gold medal in the men s 1000 metres short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics both men were successful after several participants crashed in their respective events 65 70 Following their collision their third in the past two seasons Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher were summoned to meet the stewards who reviewed television footage post race Neither driver received a penalty and were given a warning 71 The stewards classed the crash as a racing incident with neither competitor to blame 51 Michael Schumacher argued Barrichello braked earlier than normal saying I was afraid to turn into the first corner because I suddenly saw cars flying next to me I decided to go straight on and have a nice ride through the grass which was a good decision otherwise I guess I would have been hit 51 Barrichello said he was not to blame for the accident If he wanted to overtake on the outside he should have moved a lot further I didn t get in his way 51 Jackie Stewart the three time world champion argued Ralf Schumacher had misjudged the braking distance for turn one 72 while Coulthard believed Barrichello caused the accident by braking earlier than usual 73 Whiting s decision not to stop the race after the eight car crash was criticised The technical director of the Jordan team Gary Anderson called it the most absurd thing I ve seen in my life 55 Fisichella believing not stopping the race was ridiculous 64 and Michael Schumacher agreed it should have been stopped 68 Coulthard defended the decision saying I ve always felt that to deprive the spectators of a number of cars as a result of an incident at the first corner isn t really good for the business But this isn t Hollywood You don t cut out the bits you don t like This is real This is racing 57 Ralf Schumacher also backed Whiting s ruling noting Charlie Whiting took the right decision by not stopping the race He had made it quite clear to us that he would not stop a race unless it was for safety reasons and that wasn t the case 74 Because this was the first race of the season Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers Championship with ten points Montoya was second with six points and Raikkonen was third with four Irvine was fourth with three points and Webber was fifth with two points 2 Ferrari took the lead of the World Constructors Championship with ten points Williams were second with six points and McLaren followed in third with four points With three points Jaguar were fourth and Minardi fifth with two points with sixteen races left in the season 2 Race classification Edit Drivers who scored championship points are denoted in bold Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 58 1 35 36 792 2 102 6 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams BMW M 58 18 628 6 63 4 Kimi Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes M 58 25 067 5 44 16 Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth M 57 1 Lap 19 35 23 Mark Webber Minardi Asiatech M 56 2 Laps 18 26 24 Mika Salo Toyota M 56 2 Laps 14 17 22 Alex Yoong Minardi Asiatech M 55 3 Laps 21 8 17 Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth M 53 5 Laps 20 Ret 3 David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes M 33 Gearbox 4 Ret 11 Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda B 27 Broken wing 13 Ret 10 Takuma Sato Jordan Honda B 12 Electrical 22 Ret 14 Jarno Trulli Renault M 8 Accident 7 Ret 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 0 Collision 1 Ret 5 Ralf Schumacher Williams BMW M 0 Collision 3 Ret 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan Honda B 0 Collision 8 Ret 8 Felipe Massa Sauber Petronas B 0 Collision 9 Ret 7 Nick Heidfeld Sauber Petronas B 0 Collision 10 Ret 15 Jenson Button Renault M 0 Collision 11 Ret 12 Olivier Panis BAR Honda B 0 Collision 12 Ret 25 Allan McNish Toyota M 0 Collision 16 DSQ 20 Heinz Harald Frentzen Arrows Cosworth B 16 Disqualified2 15 DSQ 21 Enrique Bernoldi Arrows Cosworth B 15 Disqualified2 17 Sources 43 Notes 1 Heinz Harald Frentzen and Enrique Bernoldi were disqualified for passing the red light at the exit of the pit lane and changing to the team s spare car after the commencement of the formation lap respectively 56 Championship standings after the race EditDrivers Championship standingsPos Driver Points1 Michael Schumacher 102 Juan 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