Australian Grand Prix 2008

Albert Park
Melbourne
16 March 2008
58 laps
307.6 km
5.303 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMcLaren · 1:26.714
Fastest lapHeikki Kovalainen1:27.418 · lap 43
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	22	McLaren · Mercedes	1	58	1:34:50.616	10
2	Nick Heidfeld	3	BMW Sauber · BMW	5	58	+5.478	8
3	Nico Rosberg	7	Williams · Toyota	7	58	+8.163	6
4	Fernando Alonso	5	Renault	11	58	+17.181	5
5	Heikki Kovalainenfastest lap	23	McLaren · Mercedes	3	58	+18.014	4
6	Kazuki Nakajima	8	Williams · Toyota	13	57	+1 lap	3
7	Sébastien Bourdais	14	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	17	55	Engine	2
8	Kimi Räikkönen	1	Ferrari	15	53	Engine	1
DNF	Robert Kubica	4	BMW Sauber · BMW	2	47	Collision
DNF	Timo Glock	12	Toyota	18	43	Accident
DNF	Takuma Sato	18	Super Aguri · Honda	19	32	Transmission
DNF	Nelson Piquet Jr.	6	Renault	20	30	Collision damage
DNF	Felipe Massa	2	Ferrari	4	29	Engine
DNF	David Coulthard	9	Red Bull · Renault	8	25	Collision
DNF	Jarno Trulli	11	Toyota	6	19	Electrical
DNF	Adrian Sutil	20	Force India · Ferrari	–	8	Hydraulics
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	15	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	9	0	Collision
DNF	Jenson Button	16	Honda	12	0	Collision
DNF	Mark Webber	10	Red Bull · Renault	14	0	Collision
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	21	Force India · Ferrari	16	0	Collision
DNF	Anthony Davidson	19	Super Aguri · Honda	21	0	Collision
DSQ	Rubens Barrichello	17	Honda	10	58	Ignored red light

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Lewis Hamilton 50, Heikki Kovalainen 8. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 15	Lap 29	Lap 44	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	1	1	1	4	1	50
Nick Heidfeld	5	5	4	3	2
Nico Rosberg	7	4	5	5	3
Fernando Alonso	11	10	11	8	4
Heikki Kovalainen	3	3	2	1	5	8
Kazuki Nakajima	13	14	12	9	6
Sébastien Bourdais	17	13	9	6	7
Kimi Räikkönen	15	8	3	10	8
Robert Kubica	2	2	10	7	out
Timo Glock	18	11	13	–	out
Takuma Sato	19	12	14	–	out
Nelson Piquet Jr.	20	16	8	–	out
Felipe Massa	4	15	7	–	out
David Coulthard	8	9	–	–	out
Jarno Trulli	6	6	–	–	out
Adrian Sutil	–	–	–	–	out
Rubens Barrichello	10	7	6	2	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 15	Lap 29	Lap 44	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	0.0	0.0	+21.4	0.0
Nick Heidfeld	+21.4	+4.9	+21.0	+5.5
Nico Rosberg	+20.4	+5.4	+32.4	+8.2
Fernando Alonso	+39.7	+20.3	+40.1	+17.2
Heikki Kovalainen	+12.9	+1.3	0.0	+18.0
Kazuki Nakajima	+62.9	+25.7	+46.2	+103.7
Sébastien Bourdais	+62.5	+11.2	+38.5	+14.1
Kimi Räikkönen	+34.2	+3.5	+56.9	+29.7
Robert Kubica	+11.7	+18.3	+39.1	out
Timo Glock	+59.0	+26.2	–	out
Takuma Sato	+61.8	+62.4	–	out
Nelson Piquet Jr.	+73.9	+9.2	–	out
Felipe Massa	+63.4	+7.5	–	out
David Coulthard	+37.9	–	–	out
Jarno Trulli	+26.6	–	–	out
Adrian Sutil	–	–	–	out
Rubens Barrichello	+33.7	+6.6	+19.4	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:26.572	1:25.187	1:26.714
2	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:26.103	1:25.315	1:26.869
3	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:25.664	1:25.452	1:27.079
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:25.994	1:25.691	1:27.178
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:25.960	1:25.518	1:27.236
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:26.427	1:26.101	1:28.527
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:26.295	1:26.059	1:28.687
8	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:26.381	1:26.063	1:29.041
9	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:26.919	1:26.164	1:29.593
10	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:26.702	1:25.842
11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:26.369	1:26.173
12	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:26.907	1:26.188
13	Jenson Button	Honda	1:26.712	1:26.259
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:26.891	1:26.413
15	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:26.914
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:26.140
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:27.207
18	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:27.446
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:27.859
20	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	1:28.208
21	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:28.330
22	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri	1:29.059

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Timo Glock	P9	P18	10 places – 10

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Nelson Piquet Jr.	1	30	22.454 s
David Coulthard	1	22	24.363 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	31	25.414 s
Takuma Sato	1	25	26.095 s
Timo Glock	1	29	28.750 s
Nick Heidfeld	2	21, 44	22.371 s
Nico Rosberg	2	21, 43	22.873 s
Felipe Massa	2	1, 2	22.920 s
Robert Kubica	2	16, 29	23.915 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	18, 43	24.254 s
Fernando Alonso	2	29, 47	24.293 s
Heikki Kovalainen	2	22, 47	24.446 s
Sébastien Bourdais	2	19, 28	26.371 s
Rubens Barrichello	3	23, 45, 49	22.421 s
Kazuki Nakajima	3	1, 29, 48	26.892 s

Every stop, lap by lap (27)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Felipe Massa	1	29.785 s
1	Kazuki Nakajima	1	31.811 s
2	Felipe Massa	2	22.920 s
16	Robert Kubica	1	24.029 s
18	Lewis Hamilton	1	24.797 s
19	Sébastien Bourdais	1	28.762 s
21	Nick Heidfeld	1	22.900 s
21	Nico Rosberg	1	24.146 s
22	David Coulthard	1	24.363 s
22	Heikki Kovalainen	1	24.446 s
23	Rubens Barrichello	1	23.217 s
25	Takuma Sato	1	26.095 s
28	Sébastien Bourdais	2	26.371 s
29	Robert Kubica	2	23.915 s
29	Fernando Alonso	1	25.291 s
29	Kazuki Nakajima	2	26.892 s
29	Timo Glock	1	28.750 s
30	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1	22.454 s
31	Kimi Räikkönen	1	25.414 s
43	Nico Rosberg	2	22.873 s
43	Lewis Hamilton	2	24.254 s
44	Nick Heidfeld	2	22.371 s
45	Rubens Barrichello	2	22.421 s
47	Fernando Alonso	2	24.293 s
47	Heikki Kovalainen	2	25.195 s
48	Kazuki Nakajima	3	58.458 s
49	Rubens Barrichello	3	26.847 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Heikki Kovalainen	43	1:27.418
2	Lewis Hamilton	39	1:27.452	+0.034
3	Nick Heidfeld	41	1:27.739	+0.321
4	Kimi Räikkönen	20	1:27.903	+0.485
5	Nico Rosberg	41	1:28.090	+0.672
6	Felipe Massa	23	1:28.175	+0.757
7	Fernando Alonso	58	1:28.603	+1.185
8	Rubens Barrichello	44	1:28.736	+1.318
9	Robert Kubica	15	1:28.753	+1.335
10	Jarno Trulli	18	1:29.310	+1.892

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 1. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 1
Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	10
2	Nick Heidfeld	8
3	Nico Rosberg	6
4	Fernando Alonso	5
5	Heikki Kovalainen	4
6	Kazuki Nakajima	3
7	Sébastien Bourdais	2
8	Kimi Räikkönen	1

Constructors' championship after round 1
Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren	14
2	Williams	9
3	BMW Sauber	8
4	Renault	5
5	Toro Rosso	2
6	Ferrari	1