The Finn made a triumphant start to his Ferrari career with a pole-to-flag victory in the season-opening Formula One race.
Alonso, who will make his McLaren debut after winning the Formula One championship for the past two years with Renault, had to make do with second place on the starting grid.
Briton Lewis Hamilton was congratulated by Formula One greats Jackie Stewart and Stirling Moss after a sparkling start to his grand prix career in Australia on Friday.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen made a flying start to the Formula One season on Friday with the fastest times in free practice for the Australian Grand Prix.
Schumacher will be absent from Formula One's season-opening race for the first time since 1991 on Sunday.
Double world champion Fernando Alonso hopes to get his McLaren career off to a winning start on Sunday in an Australian Grand Prix that is far more than just a season-opener.
Only two men in very different eras, Michael Schumacher and the late Juan Manuel Fangio have won three titles or more in a row.
Renault manager Flavio Briatore is confident the 25-year-old Finn has what it takes to triumph in Formula One.
Felipe Massa is no longer simply plugging a hole at Ferrari until someone better comes along.
The Honda Formula One team are to replace advertising and sponsor logos on their car this season with a giant picture of the Earth to raise awareness of environmental issues.
The 24-year-old German seemed destined for a musical career until he discovered go-karts as a teenager.
Former champions Williams, newcomers Spyker, tail-enders Super Aguri and Toro Rosso are at loggerheads over cars that have yet to see the light of day.
The leading businessman said after signing a sponsorship agreement between his Kingfisher Airlines and the Toyota team that he was confident the sport would come to the sub-continent.
Exactly how that coup came about has been cloaked in mystery since the news burst like a bombshell on an unsuspecting Formula One last December.
Formula One teams return to the racetrack on Tuesday for the first tests of a new "post war" era, as well as one without Michael Schumacher.
Matthew Wilson, the only Briton competing full-time in this year's world rally championship, will never forget his first driving lesson.
Saving money, energy and resources and reducing waste is now top of the agenda for a sport famed in the past for profligate spending and conspicuous consumption.
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