The 2008 Australian Grand Prix was lead from start to finish by McLaren's British driver, Lewis Hamilton. The race have been tough this year with only eight drivers getting points when the officials waved the chequered flag. “Coming into a new season, turning over a new leaf, we really wanted to get off on the right foot” Hamilton said after the race.
Ferrari had a very bad start with Massa involved in an accident with Coulthard retiring in the 26th lap and Kimi Raikkonen that suffered an engine failure, but managed to get 1 point for the eighth place.
Here is the race classification for the Australian Grand Prix:
1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:34:50.616
2. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber +00:05.478
3. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams - Toyota 00:08.163
4. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 00:17.181
5. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 00:18.014
6. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams - Toyota 1 lap
7r. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 3 laps
8r. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 5 laps
note: r=retired
Team classifications
1. McLaren-Mercedes 14pts
2. Williams-Toyota 9pts
3. BMW 8pts
4. Renault 5pts
5. STR-Ferrari 2 pts
6. Ferrari 1 pt
7. Toyota 0 pts
8. Super Aguri-Honda 0pts
9. Red Bull-Renault 0pts
10. Force India-Ferrari 0pts
11. Honda 0pts
Photo by varlen
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