11.   Ralf Schumacher wiped out pole winner Rubens Barrichello and a multi-car pile up marred the start Sunday of the season-opening Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne.

12.   The collision spun Montoya, the pole winner, into the wall, whose car then bounced back and hit de Ferran.

13.   The race turned into a strategic battle between the Ferrari of pole winner Schumacher and Coulthard, who started fifth.

14.   Zanardi was the pole winner here last year but finished fourth.

15.   He had started second on the grid but pole position winner Tadayuki Okada fell back from the third lap and finished tenth.

16.   Schumacher killed the race within the first three laps, despite allowing pole winner Rubens Barrichello the brief privilege of being first into the La Source hairpin bend.

17.   The fastest qualifying session in Indy history was marred by the death of pole winner Scott Brayton in a practice wreck Friday.

18.   The final qualifying session on Saturday afternoon will determine the pole winner and the starting grid.

19.   The race opened dramatically with pole position winner David Coulthard in a Williams spinning out on the parade lap going around to the grid.