Smoking! Webber's Red Bull drops some oil in a big way on the opening lap
'It's not like the old days when they had more fuel. We have so much more downforce. You could follow cars then. You could slide up the inside. You could race. It's very different now.
Comeback: Schumacher finished sixth on his return
'You don't have traction. You can't exit a corner quickly. Michael was weak on braking. I'd be eight car lengths behind, catch up on him but there was no way I could go past. So I don't think anyone really overtook.
'We might get more tyre degradation in Melbourne. We need to look at different ideas of running one tyre first, one second, mix it up.'
Formula One is also without the Kers booster button, outlawed thisseason, which could help a driver zip past another. Race strategy is largely redundant. Qualification is all important. Yawn.
The FIA and teams must look at the problem urgently and see what can be tweaked. The sport is in danger of missing out on its greatest bonanza. There are four champions on the grid, all in competitive cars. The racing should be sparkling rather than as dry as the desert.
Podium celebrations: Alonso, Massa and Hamilton let off some steam
For McLaren, though, the aim is to narrow the gap between themselves and Red Bull and Ferrari. They remain rightly confident in their own capabilities and do not expect a repeat of 2004 - the last time Ferrari began a season with a one-two, delivered by Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello. It presaged a period of total dominance.
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