Ferrari walked away from last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix with a third and fourth place finish to their name thanks to Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso. Both drivers used a one stop strategy and while they had hoped for a better finish, the points secured were very pleasing....

"We are happy with the Melbourne result, even if, on Sunday morning, we might have expected a slightly better one," said team boss Stefano Domenicali. "Considering what happened in the race, we can be pleased with finishing third and fourth, partly because our closest rivals either failed to score, or at least did not pick up many points.”

“We are surely not the only ones to be pleased with the afternoon's work in Albert Park: F1 fans the world over can tell themselves they watched a truly spectacular motor race and those who made such a fuss about Bahrain being dull, should now think again.”

“I have always maintained it is impossible to draw conclusions about the state of our sport after just one Grand Prix, but that does not mean we should now claim that Formula 1 has returned to some sort of golden age, if indeed there ever was one!"

A new driver pairing always takes time to break in, but in Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso, the Scuderia seems to already have a strong partnership: the Brazilian had a difficult weekend throughout, but he made the best of it, getting a very good start, before adopting a sensibly cautious approach when dealing with a lack of grip.

As for the Spaniard, he drove a truly fantastic race, demonstrating not only his skill in going from last to fourth, after his first lap spin, but also the fact that he knows how to be a team player.