Stung Ferrari vow to hit back after Aussie disaster

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MELBOURNE (AFP) — Ferrari vowed to fight back after a chastening season-opening Australian Grand Prix failure with Lewis Hamilton and fierce rivals McLaren ruling the roost here on Sunday.

The Italian giants endured a disastrous start to their title defence with world champion Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa both failing to finish the 58-lap race in intense heat.

Raikkonen only earned one point for the Prancing Horse team when former Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello was stripped of his sixth placing for running a red light in leaving the pit lane in his Honda.

It was a far cry for Raikkonen and Ferrari who powered to victory in last year's Melbourne race on the way to overhauling Hamilton to win the drivers' title by just one point.

But Ferrari were...