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Home / Seasons / 2008 F1 World Championship Season / 2008 Australian Grand Prix

2008 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 16 March 2008
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Finland flag lazyload Heikki Kovalainen
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitMelbourne, 58 laps
Round1 of 18
Race numbers

The 2008 Australian Grand Prix was the

  • 786th World Championship race
  • 24th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 13th World Championship race at Melbourne
More 2008 season
More Australian Grands Prix
Previous race2007 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes581hr 34m 50.616s10
2+3Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW58+5.478s8
3+4Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota58+8.163s6
4+7Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault58+17.181s5
5-2Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes58+18.014s4
DQ Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloHonda58+52.453s 
6+7Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota57+1 lap3
7+10France flag lazyload Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari55DNF2
8+7Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari53DNF1
R Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW47DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockToyota43DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda32DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Nelsinho PiquetRenault30DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari29DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault25DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota19DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Ferrari8DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari0DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonHonda0DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault0DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Ferrari0DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda0DNF 

Notes

  • Rubens Barrichello was disqualified post-race for ignoring a red light at the exit of the pit lane during the race.
  • Sebastien Bourdais ended lap 55 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Kimi Raikkonen ended lap 53 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
2 Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
3 Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes
4 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
5 Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
6 Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota
7 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota
8 United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault
9 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari
10 Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloHonda
11 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault
12 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonHonda
13 Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota
14 Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
15 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
16 Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Ferrari
17 France flag lazyload Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari
18-10Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockToyota
19 Japan flag lazyload Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda
20 Brazil flag lazyload Nelsinho PiquetRenault
21 United Kingdom flag lazyload Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda
Started from the pit lane
 -10Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Ferrari

Notes

  • Timo Glock received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change and a further five-place grid penalty for impeding Mark Webber during qualifying.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:26.714 
2Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:26.8690.155
3Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:27.0790.365
4Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:27.1780.464
5Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:27.2360.522
6Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota1:28.5271.813
7Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:28.6871.973
8United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault1:29.0412.327
9Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockToyota1:29.5932.879
10Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari– 
Q2
11Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:26.173 
12Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault1:26.189 
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonHonda1:26.259 
14Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:26.413 
15Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault– 
16Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari– 
Q1
17Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Ferrari1:27.207 
18France flag lazyload Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari1:27.446 
19Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Ferrari1:27.859 
20Japan flag lazyload Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:28.208 
21Brazil flag lazyload Nelsinho PiquetRenault1:28.330 
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda1:29.059 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2008 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton10
2Germany flag lazyload Nick Heidfeld8
3Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg6
4Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso5
5Finland flag lazyload Heikki Kovalainen4
6Japan flag lazyload Kazuki Nakajima3
7France flag lazyload Sebastien Bourdais2
8Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes14
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Toyota9
3Germany flag lazyload BMW Sauber-BMW8
4France flag lazyload Renault5
5Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari2
6Italy flag lazyload Ferrari1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Sebastien Bourdais, Nelsinho Piquet
Force India
Milestone race start
250th for Rubens Barrichello (2nd driver to start 250 races, 1st Brazilian driver)
Wins
5th for Lewis Hamilton
157th for McLaren
Podiums
13th for Lewis Hamilton, 8th for Nick Heidfeld, 1st for Nico Rosberg (194th different podium finisher, 11th German driver)
419th for McLaren, 295th for Williams, 11th for Sauber/BMW Sauber
Poles
7th for Lewis Hamilton
134th for McLaren
Fastest laps
1st for Heikki Kovalainen (110th different fastest lap setter, 4th Finnish driver)
135th for McLaren
Front row starts
13th for Lewis Hamilton, 1st for Robert Kubica (137th different front row starter, 1st Polish driver)
Points finishes
1st for Kazuki Nakajima (307th different point scorer, 6th Japanese driver), 1st for Sebastien Bourdais (308th different point scorer, 32nd French driver)
Pole & win
5th for Lewis Hamilton

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne circuit
  • 2008 World Championship season

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