MELBOURNE, March 5 (UPI) -- Giancarlo Fisichella won the first race of the 2005 Formula One season Sunday at the Australian Grand Prix, finishing 5.5 seconds ahead of Rubens Barrichello.
It was Fisichella's second career win.
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Fernando Alonso finished third, David Coulthard fourth, Mark Webber fifth, Juan Montoya sixth, Christian Klien seventh and Kimi Raikkonen eighth.
Michael Schumacher was involved in a crash with Nick Heidfeld and retired after 42 laps.