 In his first race for the team , the Australian Grand Prix , Webber took 3rd on the grid but was beaten to the first corner by David Coulthard and eventually finished the race in fifth which finally matched his effort with Minardi in ' 02 . His best chance to do so though came in the following race in Malaysia . After qualifying fourth , Webber was defending third position having overtaken the Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella at turn 14 . An optimistic Fisichella ( who was struggling due to a lack of downforce and tyre grip ) slip streamed Webber on the back straight and attempted a counter @-@ pass down the inside of turn 15 . Unfortunately , Fisichella locked his brakes and slid into the side of Webber 's car , eliminating both drivers from the race . This allowed Heidfeld to inherit third place and Fisichella was later reprimanded by race stewards for causing the incident . It was later revealed that Webber had competed in the first two races suffering a fractured rib , from an injury he had sustained during pre @-@ season testing at Barcelona , though he " didn 't want to make a fuss " about it and would be fully fit in time for the Bahrain Grand Prix . 
