THE RACE

AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

Melourne

2010

Track details
Lap Dist.: 5.303 km-3.295 miles
Race: 58 laps
Race dist.: 307.574 km-191.110 miles
Track record: M. Schumacher - 1:24.125 (Ferrari - 2004)

RACE CLASSIFICATION

The Grand Prix Australia 2008 was the first race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. It took place on the weekend of March 13th–16th 2008 at the Albert Park Circuit of Melbourne.

Australia race analysis - an afternoon of surprises

Three different teams on the podium, just seven cars running at the finish and not a red one in sight - not a prediction many would have made ahead of Sunday’s season opener in Melbourne. After the disappointment of 2007, McLaren made a near-perfect start to their ’08 campaign, while arch rivals Ferrari were left pondering exactly what went wrong. Williams were also celebrating, after their best result since Monaco 2005, and there were surprises further down the order too. We take a team-by-team look at the Australian Grand Prix…

Race: 58 laps - 307.574 km / 191.110 miles

Pos	No.	Driver/Team	Time	Km/h	Best Lap
1	22	Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	+1:34:50.616	194.577	1:27.452 (38)
2	3	Nick Heidfeld (GER) BMW Sauber F1 Team	+1:34:56.094	194.390	1:27.739 (41)
3	7	Nico Rosberg (GER) AT&T Williams	+1:34:58.779	194.298	1:28.090 (41)
4	5	Fernando Alonso (ESP) ING Renault F1 Team	+1:35:07.797	193.991	1:28.603 (58)
5	23	Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	+1:35:08.630	193.963	1:27.418 (43)
6	8	Kazuki Nakajima (JPN) AT&T Williams	+1:35:04.685	190.751	1:29.639 (50)
7	14	Sébastian Bourdais (FRA) Scuderia Toro Rosso	+1:30:37.541	193.100	1:29.534 (22)
8	1	Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	+1:27:55.340	191.800	1:27.903 (20)
Not classified
-	4	Robert Kubica (POL) BMW Sauber F1 Team	DNF	209.992	1:28.753 (15)
-	12	Timo Glock (GER) Panasonic Toyota Racing	DNF	209.967	1:29.558 (23)
-	18	Takuma Sato (JPN) Super Aguri F1 Team	DNF	214.486	1:30.892 (24)
-	6	Nelson Piquet (BRA) ING Renault F1 Team	DNF	202.873	1:31.384 (20)
-	2	Felipe Massa (BRA) Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	DNF	195.482	1:28.175 (23)
-	9	David Coulthard (GBR) Red Bull Racing	DNF	199.981	1:29.502 (21)
-	11	Jarno Trulli (ITA) Panasonic Toyota Racing	DNF	200.687	1:29.310 (18)
-	20	Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India F1 Team	DNF	180.945	1:32.021 (8)
-	15	Sebastian Vettel (GER) Scuderia Toro Rosso	DNF	-	-
-	16	Jenson Button (GBR) Honda Racing F1 Team	DNF	-	-
-	10	Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull Racing	DNF	-	-
-	21	Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Force India F1 Team	DNF	-	-
-	19	Anthony Davidson (GBR) Super Aguri F1 Team	DNF	-	-
Fastest Lap
-	23	Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:27:418 (43)	218.385