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Australian Grand Prix 2008

Round 1 of 18  · 16 March 2008  · Melbourne  · 58 laps

Fastest Lap Heikki Kovalainen 1:27.418 (lap 43)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 HAM Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1 1:34:50.616 10
2 HEI Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 5 +5.478 8
3 ROS Nico Rosberg Williams 7 +8.163 6
4 ALO Fernando Alonso Renault 11 +17.181 5
5 KOV Heikki Kovalainen FL McLaren 3 +18.014 4
6 NAK Kazuki Nakajima Williams 13 +1 lap 3
7 BOU Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 17 Engine 2
8 RAI Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 15 Engine 1
DNF KUB Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 2 Collision —
DNF GLO Timo Glock Toyota 18 Accident —
DNF SAT Takuma Sato Super Aguri 19 Transmission —
DNF PIQ Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 20 Collision damage —
DNF MAS Felipe Massa Ferrari 4 Engine —
DNF COU David Coulthard Red Bull 8 Collision —
DNF TRU Jarno Trulli Toyota 6 Electrical —
DNF SUT Adrian Sutil Force India PL Hydraulics —
DNF VET Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 9 Collision —
DNF BUT Jenson Button Honda 12 Collision —
DNF WEB Mark Webber Red Bull 14 Collision —
DNF FIS Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 16 Collision —
DNF DAV Anthony Davidson Super Aguri 21 Collision —
DSQ BAR Rubens Barrichello Honda 10 Ignored red light —

Qualifying — Q1 / Q2 / Q3 knockout

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 HAM Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:26.572 1:25.187 1:26.714
2 KUB Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:26.103 1:25.315 1:26.869
3 KOV Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:25.664 1:25.452 1:27.079
4 MAS Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:25.994 1:25.691 1:27.178
5 HEI Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:25.960 1:25.518 1:27.236
6 TRU Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:26.427 1:26.101 1:28.527
7 ROS Nico Rosberg Williams 1:26.295 1:26.059 1:28.687
8 COU David Coulthard Red Bull 1:26.381 1:26.063 1:29.041
9 GLO Timo Glock Toyota 1:26.919 1:26.164 1:29.593
10 VET Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:26.702 1:25.842 —
11 BAR Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:26.369 1:26.173 —
12 ALO Fernando Alonso Renault 1:26.907 1:26.188 —
13 BUT Jenson Button Honda 1:26.712 1:26.259 —
14 NAK Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1:26.891 1:26.413 —
15 WEB Mark Webber Red Bull 1:26.914 — —
16 RAI Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:26.140 — —
17 FIS Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:27.207 — —
18 BOU Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:27.446 — —
19 SUT Adrian Sutil Force India 1:27.859 — —
20 SAT Takuma Sato Super Aguri 1:28.208 — —
21 PIQ Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 1:28.330 — —
22 DAV Anthony Davidson Super Aguri 1:29.059 — —