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Grand Prix of Australia - 16 March 2008
Melbourne
Anthony, Super Aguri F1 SA08A on the
grid, Australian GP
(Images: SAF1)
Anthony Davidson
Car 19 (SA08A-05)
Position DNF No: of Laps 0 Fastest Lap Time -
Weather Hot, dry and sunny (10.5-12.1% day relative humidity)
Air Temperature 36.1-38.2°C (day min-max)
Track Temperature 46.6-51.6°C (day min-max)
The Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne today was not without incident for everyone out on the track.
Super Aguri F1 Team driver Anthony endured dry and extremely hot weather conditions during what turned out to be an eventful inaugural race of the 2008 season.
Anthony made a clean get-away, however at turn three on lap one he became sandwiched between two cars which came to an arrowhead in front of him. His race immediately came to an end when he had to retire to the
pits.
Anthony Davidson: “It is disappointing to have an early retirement from the Australian Grand Prix. I am really frustrated that I couldn’t do the laps that I wanted to today and finish the race, as that was my main aim. We haven’t had much time in the car this weekend or in testing and it was really important to get that done today, so it is gutting not to have done that. I feel that through no fault of my own I was sandwiched between two cars, trying to avoid the inevitable. I tried to brake to get away from it and the cars right and left just rode over my front wheels, so there was no where for me to go.”
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
“I would like to thank all my staff and drivers as I know that it was a very difficult winter period for the team. We are now here in Australia and although we have not completed enough pre-season testing, I think that everyone has done an excellent job this week, even though we had limited running in Friday’s practice, Qualifying and in the race. Anthony was very unlucky after the
start. We did not finish both cars, but we are here, we have started the 2008 season and our fighting spirit has not diminished.”
Result:
Pos. Driver Team Tires Time
1 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:34:50.616
2 N. Heidfeld BMW + 5.478
3 N. Rosberg Williams + 8.163
4 F. Alonso Renault + 17.181
5 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 18.014
6 K. Nakajima Williams + 1 laps
Did not finish
7 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso + 3 laps
8 K. Raikkonen Ferrari + 5 laps
9 R. Kubica BMW + 10 laps
10 T. Glock Toyota + 14 laps
11 T. Sato Super Aguri + 27 laps
12 N. Piquet jr. Renault + 28 laps
13 F. Massa Ferrari + 29 laps
14 D. Coulthard Red Bull + 33 laps
15 J. Trulli Toyota + 38 laps
16 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 49 laps
17 M. Webber Red Bull + 57 laps
18 J. Button Honda + 57 laps
19 A. Davidson Super Aguri + 58 laps
20 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso + 58 laps
21 G. Fisichella Force India F1 + 58 laps
22 R. Barrichello Honda no time
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