2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
18th of 18 races in the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXXVII Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil
Date:	November 2, 2008
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Length:	305.909 km in 71 laps of 4.309 km
Weather:	rain
Pole position
Driver:	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Time:	1: 12.368 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Time:	1: 13.736 min (lap 36)
Podium
First:	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Second:	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Third:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari

The 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix took place on November 2nd at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo and was the 18th race of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

With David Coulthard , Giancarlo Fisichella , Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen (once each) four former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

The situation in the drivers' world championship was similar to that of the previous year . Again came McLaren -Werkspilot Lewis Hamilton as the World Cup leading to São Paulo. In 2007, the Briton lost the title in the last race to Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen , who won the race, while Hamilton was only seventh. In 2008 Hamilton (94 points) came to Brazil with a lead of seven points over Felipe Massa (87 points). If the Ferrari driver won, Hamilton had to finish at least fifth to win the title.

The Grand Prix was the last Formula 1 race for David Coulthard , who had competed in Formula 1 since 1994 .

Qualifying

Felipe Massa secured the sixth pole position of the season in qualifying with a time of 1: 12.368 minutes . It was his third straight pole in Brazil. The second fastest time in qualifying was Jarno Trulli , which for him was the best starting position of the season. Kimi Raikkonen was third fastest. World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton secured starting position four.

The race

The race was won by Felipe Massa, who believed himself to be the new world champion for 30 seconds. A few laps before the end, heavy rain set in, forcing almost all drivers into the pits. Lewis Hamilton, who had to finish fifth to become world champion, was overtaken by Sebastian Vettel on the penultimate lap and pushed to sixth place. With two corners to go - Massa had already crossed the finish line and the Ferrari mechanics celebrated the supposed world title - Hamilton overtook Toyota driver Timo Glock , who was driving in the rain with dry tires, and secured fifth place. Massa finished second in the drivers 'championship and Scuderia won the constructors' cup. For Massa it was the last victory in his Formula 1 career.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	01	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari F2008	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	B.
	02	Felipe Massa
BMW Sauber F1 Team	03	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber F1.08	BMW P86 / 8 2.4 V8	B.
	04th	Robert Kubica
ING Renault F1 Team	05	Fernando Alonso	Renault R28	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	B.
	06th	Nelson Piquet junior
AT&T Williams	07th	Nico Rosberg	Williams FW30	Toyota RVX-08 2.4 V8	B.
	08th	Kazuki Nakajima
Red Bull Racing	09	David Coulthard	Red Bull RB4	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	B.
	10	Mark Webber
Panasonic Toyota Racing	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota TF108	Toyota RVX-08 2.4 V8	B.
	12	Timo Glock
Scuderia Toro Rosso	14th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso STR3	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	B.
	15th	Sebastian Vettel
Honda Racing F1 Team	16	Jenson Button	Honda RA108	Honda RA808E 2.4 V8	B.
	17th	Rubens Barrichello
Force India F1 Team	20th	Adrian Sutil	Force India VJM01	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	B.
	21st	Giancarlo Fisichella
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	22nd	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren MP4-23	Mercedes-Benz FO 108V 2.4 V8	B.
	23	Heikki Kovalainen

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 11.830	1: 11.909	1: 12.368	01
02	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 12.226	1: 12.107	1: 12.737	02
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 12.083	1: 11.950	1: 12.825	03
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 12.213	1: 11.856	1: 12.830	04th
05	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 12.366	1: 11.768	1: 12.917	05
06th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 12.214	1: 12.090	1: 12.967	06th
07th	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 12.390	1: 11.845	1: 13.082	07th
08th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	1: 12.371	1: 12.026	1: 13.297	08th
09	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 12.498	1: 12.075	1: 14.105	09
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1: 12.223	1: 11.909	1: 14.230	10
11	Nelson Piquet junior	Renault	1: 12.348	1: 12.137	-	11
12	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 12.409	1: 12.289	-	12
13	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	1: 12.381	1: 12,300	-	13
14th	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1: 12.690	1: 12.717	-	14th
15th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1: 12.548	1: 13.139	-	15th
16	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 12,800	-	-	16
17th	Jenson Button	Honda Racing	1: 12.810	-	-	17th
18th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 13.002	-	-	18th
19th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1: 13.426	-	-	19th
20th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1: 13.508	-	-	20th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	71		1: 34: 11.435	01	1: 13.736 (36th)
02	Fernando Alonso	Renault	71		+ 13.298	06th	1: 14.229 (39.)
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	71		+ 16.235	03	1: 14,117 (59.)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	71		+ 38.011	07th	1: 14.214 (25.)
05	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	71		+ 38.907	04th	1: 14.159 (31st)
06th	Timo Glock	Toyota	71		+ 44.368	10	1: 14.057 (32nd)
07th	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	71		+ 55.074	05	1: 14.207 (36th)
08th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	71		+1: 08.463	02	1: 14.167 (40.)
09	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71		+1: 19.666	12	1: 15.033 (40th)
10	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	70		+ 1 lap	08th	1: 14.652 (41st)
11	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	70		+ 1 lap	13	1: 14.375 (61.)
12	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	70		+ 1 lap	18th	1: 14.934 (35th)
13	Jenson Button	Honda	70		+ 1 lap	17th	1: 14.759 (59th)
14th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70		+ 1 lap	09	1: 14,951 (57.)
15th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	70		+ 1 lap	15th	1: 15.414 (35.)
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	69		+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 15.773 (60th)
17th	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	69		+ 2 rounds	16	1: 15.865 (50th)
18th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	69		+ 2 rounds	10	1: 15.212 (36.)
-	Nelson Piquet junior	Renault	00		DNF	14th	-
-	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	00		DNF	14th	-

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  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 98 02  Felipe Massa Ferrari 97 03  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 75 04th  Robert Kubica BMW clean 75 05  Fernando Alonso Renault 61 06th  Nick Heidfeld BMW clean 60 07th  Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 53 08th  Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 35 09  Jarno Trulli Toyota 31 10  Timo Glock Toyota 25th 11  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 21st 12  Nelson Piquet junior Renault 19th 13  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 17th

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Rubens Barrichello Honda 11 15th  Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 9 16  David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 8th 17th  Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4th 18th  Jenson Button Honda 3 19th  Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 0 20th  Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 0 21st  Takuma Satō Great Aguri Honda 0 22nd  Anthony Davidson Great Aguri Honda 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 172 02  McLaren-Mercedes 151 03  BMW clean 135 04th  Renault 80 05  Toyota 56 06th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 39

Item constructor Points 07th  Red Bull-Renault 29 08th  Williams-Toyota 26th 09  Honda 14th 10  Force India-Ferrari 0 11  Great Aguri Honda 0

Web links

Commons : Brazilian Grand Prix 2008  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix at Motorsport.com