Round 1 | Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit

2008 Australian Grand Prix

Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, 2008-03-16. Lewis Hamilton won it for McLaren. Podium: Lewis Hamilton, Nick Heidfeld, Nico Rosberg.

Winner

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren

Pole

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren

Fastest lap

Heikki Kovalainen

1:27.418

Circuit

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit

Australia

Race result

Classification

PosDriverTeamGridLapsStatusPts
1 McLaren 1 58 Finished 10.0
2 BMW Sauber 5 58 Finished 8.0
3 Williams 7 58 Finished 6.0
4 Renault 11 58 Finished 5.0
5 McLaren 3 58 Finished 4.0
6 Williams 13 57 +1 Lap 3.0
7 Toro Rosso 17 55 Engine 2.0
8 Ferrari 15 53 Engine 1.0
R BMW Sauber 2 47 Collision 0.0
R Toyota 18 43 Accident 0.0
R Super Aguri 19 32 Transmission 0.0
R Renault 20 30 Clutch 0.0
R Ferrari 4 29 Engine 0.0
R Red Bull 8 25 Collision 0.0
R Toyota 6 19 Electrical 0.0
R Force India 22 8 Hydraulics 0.0
R Mark Webber Red Bull 14 0 Collision 0.0
R Jenson Button Honda 12 0 Collision 0.0
R Anthony Davidson Super Aguri 21 0 Collision 0.0
R Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 9 0 Collision 0.0
R Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 16 0 Collision 0.0
D Honda 10 58 Disqualified 0.0

Qualifying

Grid Battle

PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3
1Lewis HamiltonMcLaren1:26.5721:25.1871:26.714
2Robert KubicaBMW Sauber1:26.1031:25.3151:26.869
3Heikki KovalainenMcLaren1:25.6641:25.4521:27.079
4Felipe MassaFerrari1:25.9941:25.6911:27.178
5Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber1:25.9601:25.5181:27.236
6Jarno TrulliToyota1:26.4271:26.1011:28.527
7Nico RosbergWilliams1:26.2951:26.0591:28.687
8David CoulthardRed Bull1:26.3811:26.0631:29.041
9Timo GlockToyota1:26.9191:26.1641:29.593
10Sebastian VettelToro Rosso1:26.7021:25.842
11Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:26.3691:26.173
12Fernando AlonsoRenault1:26.9071:26.188
13Jenson ButtonHonda1:26.7121:26.259
14Kazuki NakajimaWilliams1:26.8911:26.413
15Mark WebberRed Bull1:26.914
16Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:26.140
17Giancarlo FisichellaForce India1:27.207
18Sébastien BourdaisToro Rosso1:27.446
19Adrian SutilForce India1:27.859
20Takuma SatoSuper Aguri1:28.208
21Nelson Piquet Jr.Renault1:28.330
22Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri1:29.059

Grid movement

Movers

Grid 17 to P7 (+10)

Sébastien Bourdais

Toro Rosso

Grid 18 to P10 (+8)

Timo Glock

Toyota

Grid 19 to P11 (+8)

Takuma Sato

Super Aguri

Grid 20 to P12 (+8)

Nelson Piquet Jr.

Renault

Grid 11 to P4 (+7)

Fernando Alonso

Renault

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