Exclusive column: Things went against me from the start in the Australian GP, writes Mark Webber The great Aussie hope, Mark Webber, admits to being extremely frustrated after again failing to win his home grand prix. I FELT like I drove well all weekend at Albert Park, so it was frustrating to come away from my home Grand Prix in sixth position. My goal was to finish on the podium, but things went against me from the start: we had no telemetry on the grid, we had no KERS for the opening 20 laps and the car fall off the jacks at the first pitstop, costing me time. You have to have all your ducks in a row if you want to win at this level and all credit to Lotus because they did exactly that. Kimi (Raikkonen) executed a very clean race and it didn't matter that he didn't have a strong qualifying; he had the range in his tyres to do a two-stop strategy and that made life pretty easy for him. I couldn't hide the fact that I had high tyre deg and I had to pit when I needed. The frequency of my pitstops came as a bit of a surprise because you might have expected the cooler track temperatures on race day to make life easier. But that wasn't the case and we go to Malaysia next week with our eyes completely open. While I didn't get the result I wanted, it was still fantastic to be racing at home. Once again, the race was beautifully organised and the crowd gave me a really warm reception on the slow down lap. That meant a lot. To see all the flags waving and to feel people's appreciation for the hard work I'd put in was really appreciated. I hope to give them plenty more to shout about in the coming races.