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Australian Grand Prix

2008  ·  Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit  ·  16 March 2008  ·  58 laps

  1. 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren · 01:34:50.616
  2. 2nd Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber · +5.478
  3. 3rd Nico Rosberg Williams · +8.163

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 19

Jarno Trulli

Retirement Toyota  —  Electrical

03 Lap 29

Felipe Massa

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

04 Lap 43

Timo Glock

Retirement Toyota  —  Accident

05 Lap 47

Robert Kubica

Retirement BMW Sauber  —  Collision

06 Lap 58

Rubens Barrichello

Retirement Honda  —  Disqualified

07 Fastest Lap

Heikki Kovalainen

McLaren

08 On the Charge

Sébastien Bourdais

Toro Rosso  —  P17 → P7

09 Victory

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1 58 01:34:50.616 10
2 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 5 58 +5.478 8
3 Nico Rosberg Williams 7 58 +8.163 6
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 11 58 +17.181 5
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 3 58 +18.014FL 4
6 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 13 57 +1 Lap 3
7 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 17 55 Engine 2
8 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 15 53 Engine 1
9 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 2 47 Collision
10 Timo Glock Toyota 18 43 Accident
11 Takuma Sato Super Aguri 19 32 Transmission
12 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 20 30 Clutch
13 Felipe Massa Ferrari 4 29 Engine
14 David Coulthard Red Bull 8 25 Collision
15 Jarno Trulli Toyota 6 19 Electrical
16 Adrian Sutil Force India 22 8 Hydraulics
17 Mark Webber Red Bull 14 0 Collision
18 Jenson Button Honda 12 0 Collision
19 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri 21 0 Collision
20 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 9 0 Collision
21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 16 0 Collision
22 Rubens Barrichello Honda 10 58 Disqualified

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