2008 Australian Grand Prix
Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Time/Retired Grid
1 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren - Mercedes 58 1:34:50.616 1
2 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 58 +5.478 5
3 7 Nico Rosberg Williams - Toyota 58 +8.163 7
4 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 58 +17.181 11
5 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren - Mercedes 58 +18.014 3
6 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams - Toyota 57 +1 lap 13
7 14 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso - Ferrari 55 Engine 17
8 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 53 Engine 15
Ret 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 47 Collision 2
Ret 12 Timo Glock Toyota 43 Accident 18
Ret 18 Takuma Sato Super Aguri - Honda 32 Transmission 19
Ret 6 Nelson Piquet Jr Renault 30 Collision damage 20
Ret 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 29 Engine 4
Ret 9 David Coulthard Red Bull - Renault 25 Collision 8
Ret 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 19 Electrical 6
Ret 20 Adrian Sutil Force India - Ferrari 8 Hydraulics 22
Ret 10 Mark Webber Red Bull - Renault 0 Collision 14
Ret 16 Jenson Button Honda 0 Collision 12
Ret 19 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri - Honda 0 Collision 21
Ret 15 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso - Ferrari 0 Collision 9
Classification -- Race
Lewis Hamilton and Nick Heidfeld , who finished first and second , on the podium after the race .
The 2008 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LXXIII ING Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 March 2008 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 2008 Formula One season. The 58 lap race was won by Lewis Hamilton for the McLaren team after starting from pole position. Nick Heidfeld finished second in a BMW Sauber car, with Nico Rosberg third in a Williams, his first ever F1 podium. This was the last race until the 2010 Korean Grand Prix that neither Red Bull was classified. The race saw a very high rate of attrition, with only seven cars out of the 22-car grid running at the chequered flag - which reduced from seven to six after Rubens Barrichello's disqualification - with two other drivers being classified as they had completed at least 90% of the 307.574 km race distance in order for classification.