MELBOURNE -- Team-by-team analysis of the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix.

FERRARI (Michael Schumacher 1st, Rubens Barrichello retired)
Schumacher won his third straight Australian GP and the 54th of his stellar career after managing to avoid the pile-up at the first lap which claimed eight drivers, including Barrichello. Schumacher took the lead on the 17th lap and was never headed again, crossing the line more than 18 seconds in front of his nearest rival.

MCLAREN (Kimi Raikkonen 3rd, David Coulthard retired)
Raikkonen dropped back to 11th after being held up in early traffic but slowly worked his way through the field, briefly reaching second spot before settling for third in his first outing with McLaren. Coulthard led for the first 10 laps but slipped back after gearbox problems and eventually retired after 33 laps.

WILLIAMS (Juan Pablo Montoya 2nd, Ralf Schumacher retired)
Schumacher's race ended when he ran into the rear of Barrichello's Ferrari, triggering the massive pile-up and sending him flying into the tyre wall. Montoya led for five laps until he was passed on lap 17, and had to settle for second spot.

SAUBER (Felipe Massa retired, Nick Heidfeld retired)
Massa and Heidfeld both went out on the first lap. Massa, making his debut, was hit from behind by Fisichella while Heidfeld crashed when he went up the inside and on to the grass trying to avoid the trouble ahead.

JORDAN (Takuma Sato retired, Giancarlo Fisichella retired)
Fisichella was yet another casualty of the first corner carnage. Sato managed to avoid the mess but his debut came to a premature end after just 12 laps because of problems with the car's electronics.

BAR (Jacques Villeneuve retired, Olivier Panis retired)
Panis joined the early retirees when he was forced on to the grass in the mayhem at the first corner. Villeneuve, who won the Australian GP in 1997, was running 11th when he crashed after the rear wing broke off on lap 27.

RENAULT (Jarno Trulli retired, Jenson Button retired)
Trulli managed to steer his way through the wreckage to move into second place after starting seventh on the grid and stayed there for the first eight laps when he lost control and crashed with Michael Schumacher hot in pursuit. Button was another who failed to make it past the first lap.

JAGUAR (Eddie Irvine 4th, Pedro de la Rosa 8th)
Jaguar defied their own pre-race forecast of a bleak performance when Irvine finished fourth and de la Rosa eighth despite a long pit stop to sort out an electrical problem. Despite their end result, the team said it still had a long way to go to be competitive.

ARROWS (Heinz-Harald Frentzen disqualified, Enrique Bernoldi disqualified)
Both Arrows cars stalled on the grid before the installation lap and had to be pushed into the pit lane. They both re-entered the race but were subsequently disqualified, Frentzen for exiting the pit lane under a red light and Bernoldi for rejoining their race in the spare car.

MINARDI (Mark Webber 5th, Alex Yoong 7th)
Minardi posted their best result in a Grand Prix since July 1994 when Webber finished fifth on his debut and Yoong nursed the car home in seventh place, igniting wild celebrations in the team's garage.

TOYOTA (Mika Salo 6th, Allan McNish retired)
It was a bitter-sweet debut for Formula One's newest team. McNish was wiped out in the first corner in his first ever Grand Prix but Salo survived and the car's reliability helped him hang on to finish in sixth spot, giving the team the rare achievement of getting a point in their first ever race.