The Australian, who started from pole for the first time in his eight-year career, was given a drive-through penalty after bashing into Rubens Barrichello to stop the Brawn driver from edging past him on the opening lap.
His Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel claimed second place in his home race to cut the gap on world championship leader Jenson Button to 21 points. CNN International
Felipe Massa gave Ferrari its first podium finish of the season by coming in third ahead of Nico Rosberg of Williams.
Overall leader Jenson Button of Brawn GP was fifth to increase his total to 68 points. SI.com
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Pos Driver Team 1 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 2 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 4 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 5 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 6 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 8 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 9 Timo Glock Toyota 10 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 13 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 14 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 17 Jarno Trulli Toyota 18 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes Ret Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Ret Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari
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