POS.	DRIVER/TEAM	GAP/LAPS	LAPS
1	Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:34:50.616	58 laps
2	Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber	+5.48
3	Nico Rosberg AT&T Williams	+8.16
4	Fernando Alonso ING Renault F1	+17.18
5	Heikki Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	+18.01
6	Kazuki Nakajima AT&T Williams	+1 Lap
7	Sebastien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso	+3 Laps
8	Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	+5 Laps
9	Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1	47 Laps
10	Timo Glock Panasonic Toyota Racing	43 Laps
11	Takuma Sato Super Aguri F1	32 Laps
12	Nelson Piquet Jr ING Renault F1	30 Laps
13	Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	29 Laps
14	David Coulthard Red Bull Racing	25 Laps
15	Jarno Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing	19 Laps
16	Adrian Sutil Force India F1	8 Laps
17	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	0 Laps
18	Jenson Button Honda Racing F1	0 Laps
19	Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso	0 Laps
20	Anthony Davidson Super Aguri F1	0 Laps
21	Giancarlo Fisichella Force India F1	0 Laps
22	Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing F1	DSQ +52.45

16.03.2008 SUN

RACE

　 Takuma Sato endured dry and extremely hot weather conditions during what turned out to be an eventful inaugural race of the 2008 FIA F1 World Championship season. Despite the incidents though, he made a solid start to the Australian Grand Prix and gained several positions in his usual style on the opening lap.

After an encouraging middle stint however, his run ended on lap 32 when he stopped out on track with a no drive.

Takuma Sato:

　 "It was a difficult race for us. I did not get off the start well, but after that I fought back for position and gained a few places in the first lap, and that was an exciting moment battling in the first stint. After the first pitstop and a few laps we had a problem and I had to stop, which is a shame as everyone has done such a good job to get us here and make it happen. But I think that we collected very valuable information and data today, so I cannot wait to get started again in Malaysia."

POS.	DRIVER/TEAM	TIME LAPS
1	Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01:26.714
2	Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1	01:26.869
3	Heikki Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01:27.079
4	Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	01:27.178
5	Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1	01:27.236
6	Jarno Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing	01:28.527
7	Nico Rosberg AT&T Williams	01:28.687
8	David Coulthard Red Bull Racing	01:29.041
9	Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso	no time Q3
10	Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing F1	01:26.173
11	Fernando Alonso ING Renault F1	01:26.188
12	Jenson Button Honda Racing F1	01:26.259
13	Kazuki Nakajima AT&T Williams	01:26.413
14	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	no time Q2
15	Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	no time Q2
16	Giancarlo Fisichella Force India F1	01:27.207
17	Sebastien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso	01:27.446
18	Adrian Sutil Force India F1	01:27.859
19	Timo Glock Panasonic Toyota	01:29.593*
20	Takuma Sato Super Aguri F1	01:28.208
21	Nelson Piquet Jr ING Renault F1	01:28.330
22	Anthony Davidson Super Aguri F1	01:29.059

15.03.2008 SAT

QUALIFYING

　 Super Aguri experienced a better day on Saturday, the first qualifying day of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship season.

Takuma Sato:

　 "Very pleased with our performance today, and everything went well under the circumstances. We had a tough start to the weekend yesterday, but it seems as though Melbourne has welcomed us back again now."

"I enjoyed the first qualifying without traction control; the car was a little bit unbalanced in the beginning, but on the third run I picked up more grip and I was happier with the balance and I was able to set a quicker lap. I think we had a very good day and hopefully we shall be able to finish the race tomorrow."

POS.	DRIVER/TEAM	TIME LAPS
1	Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1	01:25.613
2	Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1	01:25.590
3	Fernando Alonso ING Renault F1	01:26.082
4	Nico Rosberg AT&T Williams	01:26.171
5	David Coulthard Red Bull Racing	01:26.385
6	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	01:26.407
7	Jenson Button Honda Racing F1	01:26.502
8	Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso	01:26.663
9	Giancarlo Fisichella Force India F1	01:26.682
10	Jarno Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing	01:26.882
11	Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	01:27.020
12	Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01:27.084
13	Timo Glock Panasonic Toyota Racing	01:27.162
14	Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari	01:27.163
15	Nelson Piquet Jr ING Renault F1	01:27.284
16	Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing F1	01:27.333
17	Adrian Sutil Force India F1	01:27.489
18	Sebastien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso	01:27.578
19	Kazuki Nakajima AT&T Williams	01:27.601
20	Heikki Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren	01:27.992
21	Takuma Sato Super Aguri F1	01:28.363
22	Anthony Davidson Super Aguri F1	01:28.912

14.03.2008 FRI

PRACTICE

POS.	DRIVER/TEAM	TIME LAPS
1	Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01:26.559
2	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	01:27.473
3	Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	01:27.640
4	Heikki Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01:27.683
5	David Coulthard Red Bull Racing	01:28.037
6	Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	01:28.208
7	Jarno Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing	01:28.292
8	Nico Rosberg AT&T Williams	01:28.352
9	Giancarlo Fisichella Force India F1	01:28.469
10	Timo Glock Panasonic Toyota Racing	01:28.582
11	Jenson Button Honda Racing F1	01:28.632
12	Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1	01:28.731
13	Fernando Alonso ING Renault F1	01:28.779
14	Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing F1	01:28.849
15	Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1	01:28.860
16	Kazuki Nakajima AT&T Williams	01:29.077
17	Adrian Sutil Force India F1	01:29.161
18	Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso	01:29.193
19	Nelson Piquet Jr ING Renault F1	01:29.518
20	Sebastien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso	01:29.605
21	Takuma Sato Super Aguri F1	01:30.663
22	Anthony Davidson Super Aguri F1	01:31.527

POS.	DRIVER/TEAM	TIME LAPS
1	Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	01:26.461
2	Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01:26.948
3	Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	01:26.958
4	Heikki Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01:27.114
5	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	01:28.263
6	Fernando Alonso ING Renault F1	01:28.360
7	Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1	01:28.579
8	Timo Glock Panasonic Toyota Racing	01:28.913
9	Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso	01:28.957
10	Jarno Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing	01:29.014
11	Jenson Button Honda Racing F1	01:29.124
12	Giancarlo Fisichella Force India F1	01:29.230
13	David Coulthard Red Bull Racing	01:29.301
14	Sebastien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso	01:29.363
15	Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing F1	01:29.533
16	Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1	01:29.561
17	Adrian Sutil Force India F1	01:30.155
18	Nelson Piquet Jr ING Renault F1	01:30.357
19	Takuma Sato Super Aguri F1	01:31.048
20	Anthony Davidson Super Aguri F1	01:31.771
21	Kazuki Nakajima AT&T Williams	01:35.053
22	Nico Rosberg AT&T Williams	no time

14.03.2008 FRI

PRACTICE

　 Takuma Sato and the Super Aguri F1 team commenced its 2008 season challenge on Friday with the inaugural outing of the SA08A at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne.

The first day of running got off to a hot and windy start with the team opting for installation laps, grid procedure simulation and systems checks for Takuma during the morning’s free practice session.

In the afternoon Taku was able to complete his planned test programme for the day.

Takuma Sato:

　 "I am pleased to have started our first day of the 2008 season. Of course we had some issues as our winter preparations were not completed and we had to evaluate many things on our very first day, but it was good to see the cars running and that the team is up-to-speed. There is a lot of work to do, naturally, but overall today was good."