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Disaster For Ferrari Down Under
By Dale Calkins March 17 2008
It was a very difficult day in Melbourne for the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team on Sunday, with neither Kimi Raikkonen or Felipe Massa able to complete the race. In an extremely chaotic event which saw only seven cars finish and one later disqualified, Kimi could only manage 8th and Felipe 13th.

Disaster For
Ferrari
Down Under

8 - Kimi Raikkonen
+5 Laps - One Point

"It's really disappointing not to finish the race, but at least the point is better than nothing. I had an engine problem, the reason for which now needs to be analysed. The car was good and I had a good pace when I found a free track ahead of me. I spun a couple of times trying to pass those ahead of me, but the first time, with Glock, I put a wheel on the grass and the second time, with Kovalainen, I was a bit too optimistic. This result is obviously not the best start to the season but it is a very long one and we are well aware that we are capable of recovering from far worse situations than this. We have to put everything in place and then we will be really competitive."

13 - Felipe Massa
+29 Laps - Zero Points


"
A horrible start to the season. We had engine problems which is unusual for a team like ours. We have to understand what happened and react immediately. I was fighting my way up the order all race long. At the first corner I lost control of the car while battling with Kovalainen and ended up off the track. Then I moved up the order and could have finished in the points. The incident with Coulthard? I was on the inside and he closed the door on me, probably because he hadn't seen me. Our championship will have to start again in Malaysia. We know we have a good car we have to work to be able to use it as intended.
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