Ferrari had an awful weekend in Australia to open the 2008 season, but hey at least they scored a point.

Thanks to Rubens Barrichello's disqualification, Kimi Raikkonen was bumped up from his ninth-place DNF to eighth, earning one point for the defending champion and constructor.

This extends the car maker's run of consecutive point-scoring races to 33, the second longest in the sport's history. (They also hold the record - 55 - set between 1999 and 2002.)

But although Raikkonen lucked out to earn one point, the weekend was troubling for the 15-time constructor champion. Well known for its reliability, Ferrari suffered engine failures in both of its cars this weekend, as well as with one of its client's cars - Red Bull's Sebastian Bourdais.

"We know how important reliability is and we were severely lacking on this front," Ferrari's Sporting Director Luca Baldisserri said. "It is absolutely ages since we have seen two engine failures in a race. We have to look at every detail of this weekend to understand what went wrong and how we can improve."

Looked upon as the favorites coming into this weekend, Ferrari now must figure out why they suffered the engine troubles and try to overcome the already huge 13-point deficit to the top of the points chart.

And they better do it quickly before sophomore sensation Lewis Hamilton leaves them in the dust completely.