Kazuki Nakajima promoted to sixth

By Andrew Hooper
March 17 2008

 
 Nakajima promoted to sixth
 

AT&T Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima would be promoted to sixth in the results for the 2008 Australian Grand Prix as a result of Rubens Barrichello been disqualified from the race after jumping the red light at the end of the pit lane near the end of the race.

Replays on the television showed that Barrichello had left the pit lane when the red light was still on during a safety car period.

This would see Kazuki up to sixth position from his original seventh. Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais is now seventh and Kimi Raikkonen scoring the final point despite not finishing the race. Below is the revised result.

 
Pos  Driver        Team                   
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)
 2.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)
 3.  Rosberg       AT&T Williams-Toyota  (B)
 4.  Alonso        Renault               (B)
 5.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)
 6.  Nakajima      AT&T Williams-Toyota  (B)
 7.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)
 8.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap
Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)    50
Glock         Toyota                (B)    44
Sato          Super Aguri-Honda     (B)    33
Piquet        Renault               (B)    31
Massa         Ferrari               (B)    30
Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault      (B)    26
Trulli        Toyota                (B)    20
Sutil         Force India-Ferrari   (B)    9
Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)    1
Button        Honda                 (B)    1
Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda     (B)    1
Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)    1
Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari   (B)    1
Barrichello   Honda                 (B)    DQ
 

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