BMW Sauber F1.08

BMW Sauber F1.08

Robert Kubica during test drives in the BMW Sauber F1.08
Constructor:	BMW Sauber F1
Designer:	Willy Rampf (Technical Director) Willem Toet (Head of Aerodynamics)
Predecessor:	BMW Sauber F1.07
Successor:	BMW Sauber F1.09
Technical specifications
Engine:	BMW P86 / 8 2.4 V8
Weight:	605 kg
statistics
Driver:	3. Nick Heidfeld, 4. Robert Kubica
First start:	2008 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 18th 1 1 2
World Cup points:	135
Podiums:	11
Leadership laps:	88 over 394.615 km

The BMW Sauber F1.08 is the third and thus penultimate Formula 1 - racing cars of BMW Sauber F1 . The Monoposto designed by Willy Rampf took part in all 18 races of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship and was driven by Nick Heidfeld from Germany and Robert Kubica from Poland .

After a successful start to the season, with three podiums and one pole position from the first three races, the team celebrated a historic double victory in round 7: Robert Kubica won the Canadian Grand Prix ahead of his teammate Nick Heidfeld. It was the first and only Grand Prix victory for the BMW Sauber F1 Team, which finished third in the 2008 constructors' championship with 135 points.

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
Formula 1 season 2008																				135	3.
N. Heidfeld	03	2	6th	4th	9	5	14th	2	13	2	4th	10	9	2	5	6th	9	5	10
R. Kubica	04th	DNF	2	3	4th	4th	2	1	5	DNF	7th	8th	3	6th	3	11	2	6th	11

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : BMW Sauber F1.08  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Formula 1 countdown 2008: BMW Sauber F1 Team (Motorsport-Total.com on March 10, 2008)
• Alonso impressed with BMW performance (Motorsport-Total.com on February 25, 2008)
• Theissen: "We have to take risks" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 16, 2008)
• Heidfeld with deer antlers (Motorsport-Total.com on January 23, 2008)
• Survey: BMW Sauber F1.08 the most beautiful car (Motorsport-Total.com on January 19, 2008)
• Rampf: Stability and drivability were the main goals (Motorsport-Total.com on January 14, 2008)
• Technical data of the BMW Sauber F1.08 (Motorsport-Total.com on January 14, 2008)