Dennis keen to look forward

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Lewis Hamilton comfortably collected his first victory of the season at Albert Park, while new team-mate Heikki Kovalainen finished fifth after being robbed of a podium by an ill-timed safety car period.

Dennis said: "We are not going to spend any time on the past. You have to learn from everything you experience and we are forward-looking."

McLaren were fined a record £50million and stripped of all their constructors' points last term after being found guilty of possessing technical data belonging to rivals Ferrari.

But while the Woking-based team enjoyed a 14-point haul in Melbourne to take an early lead in the constructors' championship, the Italian marque saw both Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa retire with engine failures, although the former did at least pick up a solitary point.

However, Dennis was quick to pay tribute to Hamilton's performance as the 23-year-old negotiated three safety car periods that twice saw a comfortable advantage erased to take the chequered flag ahead of BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and the Williams of Nico Rosberg.

"It was faultless because even with the most experienced people in Formula One, it's the most difficult place to be leading the race," he said.

"That's when a mistake costs you so much.

"To lead a race and pace yourself, look after your tyres and all the other things, that is when you really have to drive so carefully - not driving 100% on the limit.

"And it's when you're not at 100% that you make mistakes, we know that from the past. It's the discipline that makes the race so good for him, doing what we have to do to win."