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Barrichello disqualified from Australian GP

Rubens Barrichello has been disqualified from the Australian Grand Prix after jumping the red light at the end of the pitlane near the end of the race

The Honda Racing driver finished the race in sixth position but was under investigation after television images showed the Brazilian had left the pitlane when the red light was still on during a safety car period.

Barrichello had already been hit with a 10-second stop-and-go for refuelling when it was not allowed.

Honda team boss Nick Fry confirmed after the race that Barrichello has been disqualified.

That moved Williams's Kazuki Nakajima up to sixth position, with Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais in seventh and world champion Kimi Raikkonen scoring the final point despite not finishing the race.

Revised results and standings:

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                   
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)
 2.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)
 3.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)
 4.  Alonso        Renault               (B)
 5.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)
 6.  Nakajima      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


World Championship standings, round 1:

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Hamilton      10        1.  McLaren-Mercedes       14
 2.  Heidfeld       8        2.  Williams-Toyota         9
 3.  Rosberg        6        3.  BMW Sauber              8
 4.  Alonso         5        4.  Renault                 5
 5.  Kovalainen     4        5.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari      2
 6.  Nakajima       3        6.  Ferrari                 1
 7.  Bourdais       2
 8.  Raikkonen      1

All timing unofficial

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