Raikkonen Rules Albert Park

Kimi has made the perfect start to his Ferrari career with a clean sweep- pole position, fastest lap and race win. But the star of the day was Lewis Hamilton as he raced to P3 on his Grand Prix debut. It looked for a while that he would pull of the impossible- defeating Alonso. But, then it was always felt that Alonso had reserves and was just waiting for him to peel off into the pits.
Poor old Kubica was made to pay for BMW's poor reliability. He was on his was to a well deserved fourth place when his gearbox failed bringing to an end his season opener. Team-mate Hienfeld though drove solidly for a fourth place and BMW must be pleased with their effort.
Trust Giancarlo Fisichella to have a solid undramatic race. He started sixth finished fifth (Kubica retired- so effectively never gained position on track). But he did show a good measure of resiliance to fend off Massa in the closing stages of the race. Had he surrendered the position good old Flavio Briatore, who described his protege Heikki Kovalinen's dubut as rubbish would have had some choice words to say.
Coulthard did provide some excitement- almost killing Alexander Wurz in the process. His move on Wurz was, to put it mildly, too optimistic. Reminded me of one Mr Yuji Ide who tried an optimistic pass on Albers at last years San Marino GP. But for the fight of the Mc Laren team-mates it was essentially a drab affair upfront. At no point was Kimi under pressure and even the most ardent of fans would have found the race boring. Something has to be done to make F1 more exciting upfront- and no- Night Races is not the answer. But anyway, the stage is set for a two way battle all the way upto Interlagos.

Ohhh I almost forgot- Kimi said that his radio stopped working before the start of the race and he had to rely on pitboards. We did hear Chris Dyer congratulating him over the radio and Kimi mumbling something back, didn't we?