By Phil Huff
March 14 2008
The first laps of 2008 have been completed at Melbourne, with Honda Racing F1's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello getting firmly stuck in to the midfield pack. Up front, surprising nobody, were Ferrari and McLaren, with Kimi Raikkonen setting the fastest lap of the day. Here's the best times from both sessions combined...
| Pos | Driver | Team | Engine | Car | Best Lap | Gap | |
| 1 | Raikkonen | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2008 | 1:26.461 | ||
| 2 | Hamilton | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4/23 | 1:26.559 | 0.098 | |
| 3 | Massa | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2008 | 1:26.958 | 0.497 | |
| 4 | Kovalainen | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4/23 | 1:27.114 | 0.653 | |
| 5 | Webber | Red Bull | Renault | R28 | 1:27.473 | 1.012 | |
| 6 | Coulthard | Red Bull | Renault | R28 | 1:28.037 | 1.576 | |
| 7 | Trulli | Toyota | Toyota | TF108 | 1:28.292 | 1.831 | |
| 8 | Rosberg | Williams | Toyota | FW30 | 1:28.352 | 1.891 | |
| 9 | Alonso | Renault | Renault | R28 | 1:28.360 | 1.899 | |
| 10 | Fisichella | Force India | Ferrari | VJM01 | 1:28.469 | 2.008 | |
| 11 | Kubica | BMW Sauber | BMW | F1.08 | 1:28.579 | 2.118 | |
| 12 | Button | Honda | Honda | RA108 | 1:28.632 | 2.171 | |
| 13 | Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | BMW | F1.08 | 1:28.731 | 2.270 | |
| 14 | Barrichello | Honda | Honda | RA108 | 1:28.849 | 2.388 | |
| 15 | Glock | Toyota | Toyota | TF108 | 1:28.913 | 2.452 | |
| 16 | Vettel | Toro Rosso | Ferrari | STR2B | 1:28.957 | 2.496 | |
| 17 | Nakajima | Williams | Toyota | FW30 | 1:29.077 | 2.616 | |
| 18 | Sutil | Force India | Ferrari | VJM01 | 1:29.161 | 2.700 | |
| 19 | Bourdais | Toro Rosso | Ferrari | STR2B | 1:29.363 | 2.902 | |
| 20 | Piquet | Renault | Renault | R28 | 1:29.518 | 3.057 | |
| 21 | Sato | Super Aguri | Honda | SA08A | 1:30.663 | 4.202 | |
| 22 | Davidson | Super Aguri | Honda | SA08A | 1:31.527 | 5.066 |
