Sunday March 3rd, 2002

The Arrows team endured a nightmare Australian Grand Prix on Sunday after both their drivers were disqualified from the race.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen and teammate Enrique Bernoldi were stuck on the grid when the formation lap begun when both their cars refused to move. The German driver's car was taken to the pits and re-started, but rejoined the race while the pitlane was closed and was later disqualified for the infringement.

"Well my engine just stopped on the grid and that was really the end of it for me," said Frentzen. "I just didn't see the red light at the end of the pitlane - it was a mistake. There's not really much else to say apart from that it can only get better from here."

Brazilian Bernoldi was also black-flagged for using the spare car once the race had started.

"It's a bad start to the year for the whole team," Bernoldi said. "Looking at how the race finished we could have been in the points today. We tried to get back into the race in the T-car but it was over for us. A difficult start."

Published at 07:38:01 GMT