Watch: Michael Schumacher in awesome flying lap as he takes Melbourne pole | 2003 Australian GP. Ferrari monopolised the front row of the grid for the 2003 Australian GP .

On March 8 2003, Ferrari monopolised the front row of the grid for the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne. On pole, in the old F2002, was Michael Schumacher, who beat team-mate Rubens Barrichello by 245 thousandths and Juan Pablo Montoya in the Williams by almost a second. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was fourth in the Sauber, over a second down.

Wet weather in the race jumbled things up and the Ferrari drivers weren’t immune from making mistakes. Schumacher hit a wall, damaging the car on his way to finishing fourth, under three tenths of Kimi Raikkonen’s McLaren and less than ten seconds behind the winner and the Finn’s team-mate, David Coulthard. As for Barrichello, his race was over in under ten minutes, as the Brazilian spun while lying second. Thus ended a run of consecutive podium finishes that had begun in September 1999.

Join Michael on pole from multiple angles in the good old whooping v10. With exterior cams it was even more beautiful but this gives you a serious insight into MSC’s driving style!

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