Ferrari entered the Australian Grand Prix as the preseason favourites but leaves Melbourne after a baffling loss of pace and an early decision to implement team orders on its drivers.
After an aggressive pit strategy had seen Vettel lose out to Red Bull's Max Verstappen in the final stint, Ferrari was forced to settle for a distant fourth and fifth. During the closing portion of the race a frustrated Vettel opened up his radio channel to ask the team: "Why are we so slow?"
Although Mercedes' dominant pole position on Saturday had silenced the talk of Ferrari being the team to beat this year -- a narrative which formed over preseason -- seeing neither red car on the podium was a genuine shock.