It was for Schumacher, soon for Raikkonen, soon for Montoya and finally it finished into the hands of the Scot David Coulthard. That unpredictable, spectacular and changing it was the fight by the leadership of the GP of Australia 2003.

Montoya, Coulthard and Raikkonen, podio of Australia 2003

Finally the surprising Coulthard, with a loaded handling of intelligence and cleverness, knew to be placed in the first position and to gain edition 2003 of the race. Clear that the luck also accompanied the man by McLaren, that saw beneficiary by the entrance of safety car in two occasions and by the error committed by Montoya, that led the race soon after the end.
“An excellent beginning of season and a great end for a very complicated weekend here. During the heating return asphalt still was humid, so we decided to leave with tires for dunked. Nevertheless, the track has been dried very fast and I have been myself forced to enter boxes in the third return to place tires of dry. The truth is that I am very happy with this result, mainly after the bad thing that to me yesterday the things in the qualification left”, said the pilot of McLaren Mercedes.

Schummy itches in end

Unlike the good climate of the day Friday and Saturday, Sunday dawned rainy although the test was disputed under conditions of dry floor but with several humid sectors, which complicó to many equipment that decided on tires of dry floor and others used those of rain.
Feared the first curve did not receive any victim. The two Ferrari started very instantaneously in end escaping. Montoya, rolling third party, already were lost almost seven seconds besides being surpassed by the Sauber de Heidfeld, that started very little with combustible.

Good result of the Renault. Trulli arrived 5º and Alonso 7º.

The first turns were amazing. All the pilots surpassed themselves, others entered to boxes, others confused violently, like Rubens Barrichello that destroyed its Ferrari soon after the beginning. The pieces of the F2002 were scattered by the Australian track, inexplicably safety to car delayed its exit and the novice Ralph Firman when trying to avoid the pieces of Ferrari ended up striking his Jordan Ford in the same sector that Barrichello.
“We thought that the intermediate tires were the best option, but the track was dried very fast. Just before suffering my accident, the penalty was commenting me by radio that imposed to me when I noticed much subturn and I could not contain the car. Now we must pass page and begin to think about the next race”, explained Rubens.

To Ralf it happened to him of everything

Other that complicaba was the newcomer Christian gives Matta, that lost the control of its Toyota. The premises Mark Webber also retired early with a breakage of suspension of its Jaguar. In an amazing attitude, the Australian stopped his R4 in the middle the track putting in danger the integrity of the other competitors. This absurd attitude of Webber caused that safety to car entered by second and completes time.
To all this, without Barrichello in track and with stopped Schumacher having itself in boxes, the leader of the race happened to be Raikkonen. The German and the Finn maintained a duel spectacular that he ended up gaining Kimi that was not let intimidate by the quintuple champion of the F1.

Raikkonen contains to Schumacher in the first curve

When Kimi Raikkonen seemed to direct towards his first victory of F1, the commissioners gave him happen and follow by boxes to exceed the speed principle in their first resupply.
“Obvious I am a little disappointed, since the error of to have exceeded the terminal velocity of pitlane can have cost the triumph. Nevertheless, I am satisfied by the triumph of the equipment and by being able to begin of a so positive form the season”, Kimi commented.

With a low profile, the Dutch Jos Verstappen arrived 11º

Schumacher realized his second halting and Montoya acceded to the first place of the race. Return 42 the Colombian pilot of Williams entered boxes, but he returned conserving the leadership. On the other hand Kimi Raikkonen towards an excursion on the gravel of the Albert Park, whereas Schumacher tapeworm problems. Its Ferrari began to go slower, since one of the aerodynamic elements of its car followed and it remained clogged in the low ones of his Ferrari. Michael was itself forced to enter boxes in return 44 again losing everything chance to win.

Montoya was mistaken when already tapeworm the gained race

Schumacher recovered being placed quarter behind Raikkonen and Coulthard. Montoya that already was consolidated in the end of the race, committed an unforgivable error when realizing I spin a top with its Williams. It surpassed it to Coulthard whereas the Colombian hardly remained second in front of Raikkonen and Schumacher. These positions stayed until the end.
In villa and seventh position they arrived the Renault de Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso. After a classification not very quick, both were able to recover and to obtain six points for escudería French.

Frentzen arrived sixth with its Sauber Petronas

Between means of the Renault the Sauber Petronas de Heinz-Harald Frentzen was strained. The Hispanic-German realized a good race, after to have shone in classification, and he gave to the Swiss equipment three points him. The companion of Frentzen, Nick Heidfeld, left early by a touch.
“We could not take the exit with lined tires, and we changed when them, the security car went to the track”, commented Peter Sauber. “Considering these problems of the principle, to finalize in sixth position and to mark three points, he has been fantastic. Thank you very much to Heinz-Harald by the result secured after its return to ours escudería, and also to the equipment to maintain the cold head under these conditions. It has been a pain that Nick hit another single-seater.”
The certain thing is that the GP of Australia 2003 finished much more being interesting that all the past championship. Although the climatic factor affected this, McLaren demonstrated that intelligence and cleverness to Ferrari can be gained him with, and that the English equipment not yet made make debut the MP4-18.