The Australian Grand Prix 2008 was the 1st round of the 2008 F1 season, and took place at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 16th.
Lewis Hamilton won the race from the pole, followed by Nick Heidfeld, and Nico Rosberg completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.
Strategy
Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..
Incidents
The reace did not end without incidents... 16 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Sébastien Bourdais, Kimi Räikkönen, and Felipe Massa, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Robert Kubica, David Coulthard, Mark Webber, Jenson Button, Anthony Davidson, Sebastian Vettel, and Giancarlo Fisichella, all of whom retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, Timo Glock, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 43, Takuma Sato, who had a transmission problem on lap 32, Nelson Piquet Jr., who had a problem with the clutch on lap 30, Jarno Trulli, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 19, and Adrian Sutil, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 8.
Engine
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Sébastien BourdaisLap 55
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Kimi RäikkönenLap 53
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Felipe MassaLap 29
Collision
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Robert KubicaLap 47
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David CoulthardLap 25
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Mark WebberLap 0
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Jenson ButtonLap 0
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Anthony DavidsonLap 0
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Sebastian VettelLap 0
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Giancarlo FisichellaLap 0
Accident
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Timo GlockLap 43
Transmission
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Takuma SatoLap 32
Clutch
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Nelson Piquet Jr.Lap 30
Electrical
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Jarno TrulliLap 19
Hydraulics
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Adrian SutilLap 8
There was also action outise of the track itself, and the stwearts decided to disqualify Rubens Barrichello at the end of the race.
Disqualified
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Rubens BarrichelloLap 58
Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton managed to get the pole position by 0.155 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:26.714. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Robert Kubica.
Track evolution
As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and all of the drivers that took place in Q2 improved their times in this second session.
The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.