2008 Australian Grand Prix 2008 Australian Grand Prix 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
2009 British Grand Prix the race while Hamilton said he was pushing his hardest despite finishing 16th. Away from the track action, the talk of the paddock was the threat of a breakaway series, with FIA President Max Mosley confident of a solution to the dispute. Commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone admitted for the first time the British Grand Prix would be returning to Silverstone if Donington Park was unable to host the 2010 event. "Cars that used KERS are marked with" "‡" 2009 British Grand Prix The 2009 British Grand Prix (formally the 2009 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula