Formula 1: Australian Grand Prix

The first race of the championship Formula 1 2008 - Australian Grand Prix 2008 - ended in triumph for McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton and a complete failure team Ferrari. Place on the podium next to the Hamilton took Nick Heidfeld and Nico Rosberg. Problems with Ferrari began during qualifying. Theoretically, McLaren would have to win a double victory, but then no luck for Heikki Kovalainen - a Finn just going to stop off on his final pit stop on the route out the safety car, but under new rules the pilot has no right to call in to change tires and refuel when seyfeti car driving on the highway. In the end, Heikki finished only fifth, the remainder of the race conducted in an exciting battle with Fernando Alonso, who through all the chaos brought his R28 at the finish line, finishing in fourth place. And the race was really chaotic. Hamilton took the initiative in their hands from the start, and Massa, who tried to circumvent Kovalainen, launched at the first corner (that's it, no email help!). Brazilian damaged his front wing machine and was forced to call in the pit lane for repairs. Immediately after Felipe trouble in the first corner waiting Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso), Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India), Mark Webber (Red Bull), Anthony Davidson (Super Aguri) and Jenson Button (Honda). All five have gone on the first lap, and the young Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima would drop to change the front wing. Kimi Raikkonen has successfully avoided that carnage and immediately broke the 15 th to 8 th position, but then Finn on 18 laps came under the Pilot Honda Rubens Barrichello, who superbly restrained attack "Iceman." After a period of seyfeti-penalty caused by blockage in the first corner, Hamilton continued to increase their advantage, breaking away from Robert Kubica in second, with each circle. For a native of Krakow, was teammate Heikki Kovalainen Lewis. Six of the best bringing up Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld and Jarno Trulli, Toyota but the pilot came on the first pit stop due to problems with electronics. Robert Kubica was the "easiest" of the leaders, so the BMW Sauber driver went to the first pit stop on lap 16. When Robert went to the track, he was stuck in traffic. Kovalainen, meanwhile, is easily reached the second place and Kimi Raikkonen, riding on the tactics of one pit stop, was third. Advances Felipe Massa were much less visible, and by 25 disk Brazilian and Red Bull driver David Coulthard has caused the second safety car period. Massa tried to circumvent Coulthard on the inside radius, the same as always, anyone and never missed ... As a result RB4 of David, soaring into the air, flew to the other side of the road, strewn with its sea of ??debris. Felipe rode away, but soon came down, and he - the engine stalled. After the restart immediately attacked Raikkonen Kovalainen. First, the external radius of the first corner. Did not happen. Then within the third rotation, but Kimi is too overdone with the speed and flew into the wounds-off zone, dropping to the tail back of the field. Later, exactly in the same place, Raikkonen lost a lot of time to spread. Lewis continued to lead with confidence, Kovalainen was second, while Heidfeld and Rosberg, swap on the first pit stop, stayed within sight of Heikki. And as soon as Kovalainen was about the last refuel and change of condition, Timo Glock crashed his car in the 12-meter turn. Seyfeti car had left their homes, and Heikki had to postpone his pit stop. Hamilton, of course, safely and without problems keep ahead of Heidfeld and Rosberg. Niko can be congratulated with the first podium in Formula 1. " Sebastian Burde rode to fourth place, but three laps to go the French out of Toro Rosso has summed up his car - Ret. Ret Burde raised fighting Alonso and Kovalainen on the fourth and fifth positions respectively. Raikkonen had to finish for this couple, but a couple of laps to go F2008 Finn stopped. Rubens Barrichello finished sixth, but race stewards said that the Brazilian left the pit stop at red lights, so he may be disqualified. The last get to the finish was Kazuki Nakajima, due to the collision which came Robert Kubica. Race Results 1. L. Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes - 1.34.50.616 seconds 2. N. Heidfeld, BMW Sauber - (+ 5.478) 3. N. Rosberg, Williams-Toyota - (+ 8.163) 4. Fernando Alonso, Renault - (+ 17.181) 5. H. Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes - (+ 18.014) 6. R. Barrichello, Honda - (+ 52.453) 7. K. Nakajima, Williams-Toyota - (+ 1 lap) 8. S. Burde, Toro Rosso-Ferrari - (+ 2 laps) 9. K. Raikkonen, Ferrari - (+ 3 laps) Not classified / gatherings: R. Kubica, BMW Sauber T. Glock, Toyota T. Sato, Super Aguri-Honda N. Piquet, Renault F. Massa, Ferrari D. Coulthard, Red Bull-Renault J. Trulli, Toyota A. Sutil, Force India-Ferrari M. Webber, Red Bull-Renault D. Button, Honda, E. Davidson, Super Aguri-Honda S. Vettel, Toro Rosso-Ferrari D. Fisichella, Force India-Ferrari