"The 2008 Formula One season was the 59th season of the Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars recognised by the F\u00E9d\u00E9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) \u2014 the governing body of motorsport \u2014 as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The season was contested over eighteen rounds, which started in Australia on 16 March and ended in Brazil on 2 November."@en . . .