Australian Grand Prix
2008 · Round 1 · Melbourne, Australia · Mar 15-16, 2008Race summary
Victory went to Hamilton (from 1st on the grid), with a 5.478s margin. Bourdais made the biggest gain, from 17th on the grid to 7th (up 10 places). Kovalainen had a difficult race, dropping from 3rd to 5th. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Kovalainen (1:27.418).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1 | 58 | 1:34:50.616 | 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 1:27.418 | McLaren | 3 | 58 | +18.014 | 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 |
| – | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 2 | 47 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Timo Glock | Toyota | 18 | 43 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 19 | 32 | Transmission | 0 |
| – | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 20 | 30 | Clutch | 0 |
| – | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 4 | 29 | Engine | 0 |
| – | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 8 | 25 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 6 | 19 | Electrical | 0 |
| – | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 22 | 8 | Hydraulics | 0 |
| – | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 14 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Jenson Button | Honda | 12 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 21 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 9 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 16 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 10 | 58 | Disqualified | 0 |