The stewards of the race have disqualified Rubens Barrichello from the Australian Grand Prix because the Brazilian jumped the right light at the end of the pitlane. As Barrichello lost his sixth position Kimi Raikkonen moves up to eighth to earn to earn at least one point.
At the finishing stages of the Australian Grand Prix Rubens Barrichello entered the pitlane while the safety car was out. His team, Honda F1, refuelled his car but this was not allowed as the safety car was still out. When exciting the pitlane the lights at the end of the pitlane were still red, indicating the pitlane was closed. Barrichello was penalized with a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for refuelling, but stewards of the race didn't punish him for jumping the red light until about an hour after the race.
Barrichello's disqualification moved Nakajima up to sixth, Bourdais to seventh and Raikkonen eighth.
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