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2008 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes581hr 34m 50.616s10
2+3(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW58+5.478s8
3+4(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota58+8.163s6
4+7(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault58+17.181s5
5-2(FIN) Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes58+18.014s4
DQ (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda58+52.453s 
6+7(JPN) Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota57+1 lap3
7+10(FRA) Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari55DNF2
8+7(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari53DNF1
R (POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW47DNF 
R (DEU) Timo GlockToyota43DNF 
R (JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda32DNF 
R (BRA) Nelsinho PiquetRenault30DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari29DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault25DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota19DNF 
R (DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Ferrari8DNF 
R (DEU) Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari0DNF 
R (GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda0DNF 
R (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault0DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Ferrari0DNF 
R (GBR) 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 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
2 (POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
3 (FIN) Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes
4 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
5 (DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
6 (ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota
7 (DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota
8 (GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault
9 (DEU) Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari
10 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda
11 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault
12 (GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda
13 (JPN) Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota
14 (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
15 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
16 (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Ferrari
17 (FRA) Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari
18-10(DEU) Timo GlockToyota
19 (JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda
20 (BRA) Nelsinho PiquetRenault
21 (GBR) Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda
Started from the pit lane
 -10(DEU) 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
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:26.714 
2(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:26.8690.155
3(FIN) Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:27.0790.365
4(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:27.1780.464
5(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:27.2360.522
6(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota1:28.5271.813
7(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:28.6871.973
8(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault1:29.0412.327
9(DEU) Timo GlockToyota1:29.5932.879
10(DEU) Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari– 
Q2
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:26.173 
12(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:26.189 
13(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda1:26.259 
14(JPN) Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:26.413 
15(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault– 
16(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari– 
Q1
17(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Ferrari1:27.207 
18(FRA) Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari1:27.446 
19(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Ferrari1:27.859 
20(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:28.208 
21(BRA) Nelsinho PiquetRenault1:28.330 
22(GBR) Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda1:29.059 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton10
2(DEU) Nick Heidfeld8
3(DEU) Nico Rosberg6
4(ESP) Fernando Alonso5
5(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen4
6(JPN) Kazuki Nakajima3
7(FRA) Sebastien Bourdais2
8(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes14
2Williams-Toyota9
3BMW Sauber-BMW8
4Renault5
5Toro Rosso-Ferrari2
6Ferrari1

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
5th for 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