2008 Turkey Grand Prix

The 2008 Turkey Grand Prix took place on May 11th at the Istanbul Park Circuit in Istanbul and was the fifth race of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship . The winner was Felipe Massa ( Ferrari ) before Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren-Mercedes ) and Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari).

Reports

background

After the Spanish Grand Prix , Kimi Raikkonen led the world championship ahead of Felipe Massa and Robert Kubica . There was an anniversary: Rubens Barrichello drove a GP for the 257th time and broke Riccardo Patrese's 15-year-old record . After the Japanese motorsport racing team Super Aguri was denied access to the racetrack at the Turkish Grand Prix, Aguri announced the withdrawal of his team from Formula 1.

Qualifying

In qualifying, Felipe Massa was on pole position for the third time in Istanbul in front of Kovalainen , Hamilton, Raikkonen, Kubica, Webber , Alonso and Trulli .

run

Before the race there was a message for Rubens Barrichello that the race started a little later than planned due to a problem. Then the start began. In T1, Fisichella and Nakajima touched . The race was over for both of them. Kovalainen and Raikkonen also got too close, causing Kovalainen to suffer a flat tire. The safety car had to go out because of Fisichella's rear-end collision. After the safety car, Raikkonen drove past Alonso and after the first few laps of the stops he overtook Kovalainen. Hamilton was clearly faster and tried to overtake Massa. He had stopped three laps earlier and passed on the track. Bourdais fell out after a suspension break. Then Hamilton pitted for the second time. But he had to make three stops. Later nothing happened except a battle. Massa won ahead of Hamilton, Raikkonen, Kubica, Heidfeld , Alonso, Webber and Rosberg .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari F2008	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	2	Felipe Massa
BMW Sauber F1 Team	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber F1.08	BMW 2.4 V8	B.
	4th	Robert Kubica
ING Renault F1 Team	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault R28	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	6th	Nelson Piquet Jr.
AT&T Williams	7th	Nico Rosberg	Williams FW30	Toyota 2.4 V8	B.
	8th	Kazuki Nakajima
Red Bull Racing	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull RB4	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	10	Mark Webber
Panasonic Toyota Racing	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota TF108	Toyota 2.4 V8	B.
	12	Timo Glock
Scuderia Toro Rosso	14th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso STR2B	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	15th	Sebastian Vettel
Honda Racing F1 Team	16	Jenson Button	Honda RA108	Honda 2.4 V8	B.
	17th	Rubens Barrichello
Force India F1 Team	20th	Adrian Sutil	Force India VJM01	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	21st	Giancarlo Fisichella
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	22nd	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren MP4-23	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	23	Heikki Kovalainen

classification

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 25.994	1: 26,192	1: 27.617	1
2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 26.736	1: 26.290	1: 27.808	2
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 26,192	1: 26.477	1: 27.923	3
4th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 26.457	1: 26.050	1: 27.936	4th
5	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	1: 26.761	1: 26.129	1: 28.390	5
6th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 26.773	1: 26.466	1: 28.417	6th
7th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 26.836	1: 26.522	1: 28.422	7th
8th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 26.695	1: 26.822	1: 28.836	8th
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	1: 27.107	1: 26.607	1: 28.882	9
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1: 26.939	1: 26.520	1: 29.959	10
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 27.367	1: 27.012		11
12	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1: 27.355	1: 27.219		12
13	Jenson Button	Honda	1: 27.428	1: 27.298		13
14th	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 27.442	1: 27.412		14th
15th	Timo Glock	Toyota	1: 26.614	1: 27.806		15th
16	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 27.547			16
17th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1: 27.568			17th
18th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 27.621			18th
19th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1: 27.807			20th
20th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1: 28.325			19th

Remarks

1. ↑ Fisichella was moved three places back because he ran over the red pit lights in free practice.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	58	2	1: 26: 49.451	1	1: 26.666 (16.)
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58	3	+ 3.779	3	1: 26.529 (31st)
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	58	2	+ 4.271	4th	1: 26.506 (20.)
4th	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	58	2	+ 21.945	5	1: 26.780 (17.)
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	58	2	+ 38.741	9	1: 27.219 (20.)
6th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	58	2	+ 53.724	7th	1: 27.280 (57.)
7th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	58	2	+1: 04.229	6th	1: 27.630 (14th)
8th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	58	2	+1: 11.406	11	1: 27.795 (55th)
9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	58	2	+1: 15.270	10	1: 27.966 (41st)
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	58	2	+1: 16.344	8th	1: 27.926 (52nd)
11	Jenson Button	Honda	57	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 27,998 (57.)
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	57	3	+ 1 lap	2	1: 27.640 (55th)
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	57	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 28.303 (28.)
14th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	57	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 28.017 (56.)
15th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	57	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 27.867 (40.)
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	57	3	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 28.780 (35th)
17th	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	4th	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 28,180 (38th)
-	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	24	1	DNF	18th	1: 28.745 (19.)
-	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1	0	DNF	16	-
-	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	0	0	DNF	20th	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first eight of the race got 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 35 02  Felipe Massa Ferrari 28 03  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 28 04th  Robert Kubica BMW clean 24 05  Nick Heidfeld BMW clean 20th 06th  Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 14th 07th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 10 08th  Jarno Trulli Toyota 9 09  Fernando Alonso Renault 9 10  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 8th 11  Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 5

Item driver constructor Points 12  Jenson Button Honda 3 13  Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2 14th  David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 0 15th  Timo Glock Toyota 0 16  Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 0 17th  Rubens Barrichello Honda 0 18th  Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 0 19th  Takuma Sato Great Aguri Honda 0 20th  Anthony Davidson Great Aguri Honda 0 21st  Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 0 22nd  Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 63 02  BMW clean 44 03  McLaren Mercedes 42 04th  Williams-Toyota 13 05  Red Bull-Renault 10 06th  Toyota 9

Item constructor Points 07th  Renault 9 08th  Honda 3 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2 10  Force India-Ferrari 0 11  Great Aguri Honda 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Super Aguri locked out in Istanbul" (Motorsport-total.com on May 4, 2008)
2. ↑ "Super Aguri leaves the World Championship" (Motorsport-total.com on May 6, 2008)