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2008 Australian Grand Prix

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Formula One race number 1 of 18
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, South Melbourne, Victoria
58 laps on a 5.303 kilometer road course (307.574 kilometers)

Time of race: 1:34:50.616
Average speed: 194.578 kph
Pole time: 86.714 seconds

Cautions: 3 for 12 laps
Margin of victory: 5.478 sec
Attendance: 108000
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 2008 Formula One results / 2008 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Team	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	22	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-23 / Mercedes FO 108V	58	1:34:50.616	50	10
2	5	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber F1.08 / BMW P86/8	58	+5.478	0	8
3	7	7	Nico Rosberg	AT&T Williams	Williams FW30 / Toyota RVX-08	58	+8.163	0	6
4	11	5	Fernando Alonso	ING Renault F1 Team	Renault R28 / Renault RS27	58	+17.181	0	5
5	3	23	Heikki Kovalainen	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-23 / Mercedes FO 108V	58	+18.014	8	4
6	13	8	Kazuki Nakajima	AT&T Williams	Williams FW30 / Toyota RVX-08	57	+1 lap	0	3
7	17	14	Sebastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR2B / Ferrari 056	55	engine	0	2
8	15	1	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2008 / Ferrari 056	54	engine	0	1
dsq	10	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda RA108 / Honda RA808E	58	disqualified	0	0
ret	2	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber F1.08 / BMW P86/8	47	crash	0	0
ret	18	12	Timo Glock	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF108 / Toyota RVX-08	43	crash	0	0
ret	19	18	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri F1	Super Aguri SA08 / Honda RA808E	32	transmission	0	0
ret	20	6	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	ING Renault F1 Team	Renault R28 / Renault RS27	30	clutch	0	0
ret	4	2	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2008 / Ferrari 056	29	engine	0	0
ret	8	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB4 / Renault RS27	25	crash	0	0
ret	6	11	Jarno Trulli	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF108 / Toyota RVX-08	19	electrical	0	0
ret	22	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM-01 / Ferrari 056	8	hydraulics	0	0
ret	14	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB4 / Renault RS27	1	crash	0	0
ret	12	16	Jenson Button	Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda RA108 / Honda RA808E	1	crash	0	0
ret	21	19	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri F1	Super Aguri SA08 / Honda RA808E	0	crash	0	0
ret	9	15	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR2B / Ferrari 056	0	crash	0	0
ret	16	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM-01 / Ferrari 056	0	crash	0	0

Fastest Lap: 218.385 kph by Heikki Kovalainen

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3	#21,15,19,16,10,2,18,8 accident turns 1/2
	4	25	22
	26	29	4	#2,14 accident turns 1/2
	30	43	14
	44	48	5	#12 accident turn 12
	49	58	10
Percent of race run under caution: 20.7% Average green flag run: 15.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Lewis Hamilton	1	17	17
Heikki Kovalainen	18	21	4
Lewis Hamilton	22	42	21
Heikki Kovalainen	43	46	4
Lewis Hamilton	47	58	12

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Lewis Hamilton	10
2	Nick Heidfeld	8	-2
3	Nico Rosberg	6	-4
4	Fernando Alonso	5	-5
5	Heikki Kovalainen	4	-6
6	Kazuki Nakajima	3	-7
7	Sebastien Bourdais	2	-8
8	Kimi Raikkonen	1	-9