Formula One 2007 – Ferrari emphatically takes the first battle

Tsutomu Tomita, Toyota Team Principal: “After the first race of this season we have a valuable one point from Ralf so that is a good start. The starting grid positions were not bad but the race pace of both cars was not quick enough compared to the front-runners. So we are definitely too far away compared to where we want to be and we have some work to do. Jarno had an oil spillage as he left for the parade lap but that was not a major issue. Later on Ralf had a pneumatic consumption problem and it was marginal to reach the finish. Jarno also had trouble with his brakes but in the end it was successful because they both finished the race. After our trouble with reliability during winter testing that is gratifying. The tyres were good but there was some degradation during the final stint on soft tyres. Nevertheless, in good track conditions and good weather, we were not competitive enough so we have to keep working hard to develop our cars.”

Pos Driver Constructor Race Time

1 Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari 1h25m28.770 2 Fernando Alonso Vodafone McLaren Mercedes +7.242 3 Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes +18.595 4 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +38.763 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault +66469 6 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari +66.805 7 Nico Rosberg Williams F1 +1 lap 8 Ralf Schumacher Toyota +1 lap 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota +1 lap 10 Heikki Kovalainen Renault +1 lap 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing +1 lap 12 Takuma Sato Super Aguri +1 lap 13 Mark Webber Williams F1 +1 lap 14 Tonio Luizzi Toro Rosso +1 lap 15 Jenson Button Honda Racing +1 lap 16 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri +2 laps 17 Adrian Sutil Spyker F1 +2 laps

Fastest Lap: K Raikkonen 1m25.235Albert Park, Melbourne, Sunday 18th March 2007