Overview[]
The S3 - Australian Grand Prix was the seventeenth and final race of Masters Season 3.
Report[]
With there being three-way battles for both championships, the promised grand finale was well and truly on. Although Pedersen were favourites for the drivers championship with Alain Prost, the lack of results for Rubens Barrichello ruled the team out of the constructors championship. The race was an intense fight between the three main protagonists for the drivers, and although Fernando Alonso won the race, 2nd place was enough for Prost to take his first drivers championship. The podium was completed by Gerhard Berger. Michael Schumacher's 4th place was enough for M-Sport to clinch the constructors championship by a single point from a resurgent AquinoPlus. Elsewhere, Dodgem became the first team in history to score no points in a season.
Race[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Tyre | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |  Fernando Alonso
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 AquinoPlus-Ferrari
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10 |
| 2 | 9 |  Alain Prost
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 Pedersen-Ferrari
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6 |
| 3 | 14 |  Gerhard Berger
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 A Racing-Ferrari
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4 |
| 4 | 5 |  Michael Schumacher
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 M-Sport-Ferrari
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3 |
| 5 | 2 | Ayrton Senna
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Gui Racing-Ford
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2 |
| 6 | 4 |  Giancarlo Fisichella
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AquinoPlus-Ferrari
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1 |
| Other Classified Finishers | |||||
| Fin | 11 | Jean Alesi
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FJR-Ford
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| Fin | 22 | David Coulthard
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Ajay Motorsports-Honda
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| Fin | 23 | Martin Brundle
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Ajay Motorsports-Honda
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| Fin | 10 | Rubens Barrichello
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Pedersen-Ferrari
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| Fin | 18 | Ralf Schumacher
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Dodgem-Ilmor
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| Fin | 19 |  Takuma Sato
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Dodgem-Ilmor
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| Retirements | |||||
| Ret | 8 |  Mika Hakkinen
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Maestro-Ferrari
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| Ret | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen
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Maestro-Ferrari
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| Ret | 20 | Damon Hill
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Exolite-Ferrari
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| Ret | 6 | Jenson Button
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M-Sport-Ferrari
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| Ret | 16 |  Jacques Villeneuve
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Willow Images-Honda
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| Ret | 21 | Lewis Hamilton
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Exolite-Ferrari
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| Ret | 1 | Nigel Mansell
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Gui Racing-Ford
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| Ret | 12 | Nelson Piquet
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FJR-Ford
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| Ret | 15 | Jarno Trulli
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A Racing-Ferrari
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| Ret | 17 | Olivier Panis
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Willow Images-Honda
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Championship Standings[]
| Drivers Championship | Teams Championship | Engine Trophy | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Driver | Pts. | Wins | -/+ | Pos. | Team | Pts. | Wins | -/+ | Pos. | Engine | Pts. | Wins | -/+ |
| 1 | Alain Prost
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65 | 4 | = | 1 | M-Sport-Ferrari
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82 | 4 | = | 1 | Ferrari
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263 | 17 | = |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso
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62 | 5 |  1
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2 | AquinoPlus-Ferrari
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81 | 5 | = | 2 |  Ford
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47 | = | |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher
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61 | 3 |  1
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3 | Maestro-Ferrari
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74 | 2 | = | 3 | Honda
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21 | = | |
| 4 | Mika Hakkinen
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38 | 1 | = | 4 | Pedersen-Ferrari
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66 | 4 | = | 4 | Ilmor
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0 | = | |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen
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36 | 1 | = | 5 | Exolite-Ferrari
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45 | 2 | = | |||||
| 6 | Damon Hill
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30 | 2 | = | 6 | Gui Racing-Ford
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39 | = | ||||||