Australian Grand Prix
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit · 16 March 2008
Round 1🇦🇺 Australia2008
Length
5.278 km
Corners
14
Laps
58
Type
Temporary - Street
First GP
1996
Weekend Points
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Hamilton 10 + Kovalainen 4 | Hamilton 10 + Kovalainen 4 | 14 | |
| 2 | Williams Rosberg 6 + Nakajima 3 | Rosberg 6 + Nakajima 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | BMW Sauber Heidfeld 8 + Kubica 0 | Heidfeld 8 + Kubica 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | Renault Alonso 5 + Jr. 0 | Alonso 5 + Jr. 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | Toro Rosso Bourdais 2 + Vettel 0 | Bourdais 2 + Vettel 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Ferrari Räikkönen 1 + Massa 0 | Räikkönen 1 + Massa 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Toyota Glock 0 + Trulli 0 | Glock 0 + Trulli 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Super Aguri Sato 0 + Davidson 0 | Sato 0 + Davidson 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Red Bull Coulthard 0 + Webber 0 | Coulthard 0 + Webber 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Force India Sutil 0 + Fisichella 0 | Sutil 0 + Fisichella 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Honda Button 0 + Barrichello 0 | Button 0 + Barrichello 0 | 0 |
Race Result
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton McLaren | McLaren | 1:34:50.616 | 58 | — | 10 | |
| 2 | Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber | BMW Sauber | +5.478s | 58 | — | 8 | |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg Williams | Williams | +8.163s | 58 | — | 6 | |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso Renault | Renault | +17.181s | 58 | — | 5 | |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen McLaren | McLaren | +18.014s | 58 | — | 4 | |
| 6 | Kazuki Nakajima Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 57 | — | 3 | |
| 7 | Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | DNF Engine | 55 | — | 2 | |
| 8 | Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 53 | — | 1 | |
| 9 | Robert Kubica BMW Sauber | BMW Sauber | DNF Collision | 47 | — | — | |
| 10 | Timo Glock Toyota | Toyota | DNF Accident | 43 | — | — | |
| 11 | Takuma Sato Super Aguri | Super Aguri | DNF Transmission | 32 | — | — | |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault | Renault | DNF Clutch | 30 | — | — | |
| 13 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 29 | — | — | |
| 14 | David Coulthard Red Bull | Red Bull | DNF Collision | 25 | — | — | |
| 15 | Jarno Trulli Toyota | Toyota | DNF Electrical | 19 | — | — | |
| 16 | Adrian Sutil Force India | Force India | DNF Hydraulics | 8 | — | — | |
| 17 | Mark Webber Red Bull | Red Bull | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| 18 | Jenson Button Honda | Honda | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| 19 | Anthony Davidson Super Aguri | Super Aguri | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| 20 | Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella Force India | Force India | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| 22 | Rubens Barrichello Honda | Honda | DSQ | 58 | — | — |