Lewis Hamilton Takes Pole At Australia

Lewis hamilton has gained pole position for the first race of the 2008 formula 1 season. Kimi Raikkonen had some bad luck with his Ferrari and had to retire from qualifying due to a problem with his oil pump, the result is that Raikkonen has to start 16th place on the grid.

Robert Kubica also had a flyer and has put his BMW on the front of the grid for the first time in his carreer, he will start in second place behind Hamilton. Heikki Kovalainen drove well and deserved the third spot on the grid with ferrari’s Felipe Massa coming in a close fourth on the grid. Fernando Alonso only managed 10th place, here is a full breakdown of qualifying.

Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne:
 1.  Lewis Hamilton (UK)          McLaren   1 minute 26.714 secs
 2.  Robert Kubica (Poland)       BMW Sauber            1:26.869
 3.  Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)  McLaren               1:27.079
 4.  Felipe Massa (Brazil)        Ferrari               1:27.178
 5.  Nick Heidfeld (Germany)      BMW Sauber            1:27.236
 6.  Jarno Trulli (Italy)         Toyota                1:28.527
 7.  Nico Rosberg (Germany)       Williams – Toyota     1:28.687
 8.  David Coulthard (Britain)    RedBull – Renault     1:29.041
 9.  Timo Glock (Germany)         Toyota                1:29.593
 10. Sebastian Vettel (Germany)   Toro Rosso – Ferrari  
 11. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil)  Honda                 1:26.173
 12. Fernando Alonso (Spain)      Renault               1:26.188
 13. Jenson Button (Britain)      Honda                 1:26.259
 14. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan)      Williams – Toyota     1:26.413
 15. Mark Webber (Australia)      RedBull – Renault
 16. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)     Ferrari
 17. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India – Ferrari 1:27.207
 18. Sebastien Bourdais (France)  Toro Rosso – Ferrari  1:27.446
 19. Adrian Sutil (Germany)       Force India – Ferrari 1:27.859
 20. Takuma Sato (Japan)          Super Aguri – Honda   1:28.208
 21. Nelsinho Piquet (Brazil)     Renault               1:28.330
 22. Anthony Davidson (UK)        Super Aguri – Honda   1:29.059