2008 Italian Grand Prix
Racing data | ||
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14th of 18 races in the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship | ||
Surname: | Formula 1 Gran Premio d'Italia 2008 | |
Date: | September 14, 2008 | |
Place: | Monza | |
Course: | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | |
Length: | 306.72 km in 53 laps of 5.793 km
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Weather: | rain | |
Pole position | ||
Driver: | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
Time: | 1: 37.555 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver: | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari |
Time: | 1: 28.047 min (lap 53) | |
Podium | ||
First: | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
Second: | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes |
Third: | Robert Kubica | BMW clean |
The 2008 Italian Grand Prix (officially Formula 1 Gran Premio d'Italia 2008 ) took place on September 14th at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and was the fourteenth race of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship .
Reports
background
After the Belgian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' championship two points ahead of Felipe Massa and 18 points ahead of Robert Kubica . Ferrari led the constructors' championship by twelve points over McLaren-Mercedes and 24 points over BMW Sauber .
With Rubens Barrichello (twice), David Coulthard and Fernando Alonso (once each), three former winners competed in this Grand Prix.
training
Adrian Sutil set the fastest time in the first free practice, followed by Barrichello and Giancarlo Fisichella . Kimi Raikkonen finished the second free practice as the fastest. He was followed by Kubica and Nick Heidfeld . In the third free practice, three Germans drove the fastest times. Timo Glock secured the fastest time ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg .
qualification
Heikki Kovalainen set the best lap time in the first qualifying stage . The two Honda drivers, as well as Piquet Jr., Nakajima and Sutil were eliminated. Sebastian Vettel took the lead in the second segment. Hamilton, Raikkonen, Coulthard, Fisichella and Kubica were eliminated. In the final section, Vettel again set the fastest time and secured the first pole position of his Formula 1 career. Kovalainen and Webber placed themselves behind Vettel. At the age of 21 years and 72 days, he became the youngest driver to have achieved pole position.
run
Vettel won the race ahead of Kovalainen and Kubica and became the youngest Grand Prix winner to date at the age of 21 years and 73 days.
The remaining points were placed by Alonso ahead of Heidfeld, Massa, Hamilton and Webber.
Registration list
Classifications
Qualifying
Item | driver | constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | begin |
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1 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1: 35.464 | 1: 35.837 | 1: 37.555 | 1 |
2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1: 35.214 | 1: 35.843 | 1: 37.631 | 2 |
3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1: 36.001 | 1: 36.306 | 1: 38.117 | 3 |
4th | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1: 35.543 | 1: 36.175 | 1: 38.445 | 4th |
5 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1: 35.485 | 1: 35.898 | 1: 38.767 | 5 |
6th | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1: 35.536 | 1: 36.676 | 1: 38.894 | 6th |
7th | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1: 35.906 | 1: 36.008 | 1: 39.152 | 7th |
8th | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1: 36.297 | 1: 36.518 | 1: 39.751 | 8th |
9 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1: 35.737 | 1: 36.525 | 1: 39.787 | 9 |
10 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW clean | 1: 35.709 | 1: 36.626 | 1: 39.906 | 10 |
11 | Robert Kubica | BMW clean | 1: 35.553 | 1: 36.697 | - | 11 |
12 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1: 36.280 | 1: 36.698 | - | 12 |
13 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1: 36.485 | 1: 37.284 | - | 13 |
14th | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1: 35.965 | 1: 37.522 | - | 14th |
15th | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1: 35.394 | 1: 39.265 | - | 15th |
16 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1: 36.510 | - | - | 16 |
17th | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1: 36.630 | - | - | 17th |
18th | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1: 36.653 | - | - | 18th |
19th | Jenson Button | Honda | 1: 37.006 | - | - | 19th |
20th | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1: 37.417 | - | - | 20th |
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap |
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1 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 53 | 2 | 1: 26: 47.494 | 1 | 1: 30,510 (53rd) |
2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | 2 | +12,512 | 2 | 1: 30,300 (53rd) |
3 | Robert Kubica | BMW clean | 53 | 1 | + 20.471 | 11 | 1: 30.298 (52nd) |
4th | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 53 | 1 | + 23.903 | 8th | 1: 29.961 (51st) |
5 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW clean | 53 | 1 | + 27.748 | 10 | 1: 29.807 (53.) |
6th | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 53 | 2 | + 28.816 | 6th | 1: 29.696 (52nd) |
7th | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | 2 | + 29.912 | 15th | 1: 29.721 (52nd) |
8th | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 53 | 2 | + 32.048 | 3 | 1: 29.681 (52nd) |
9 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 53 | 2 | + 39.468 | 14th | 1: 28.047 (53.) |
10 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 53 | 1 | + 54.445 | 17th | 1: 30.918 (53rd) |
11 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 53 | 2 | + 58.888 | 9 | 1: 29.948 (53rd) |
12 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 53 | 1 | +1: 02.015 | 18th | 1: 30.215 (53.) |
13 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 53 | 2 | +1: 05.954 | 7th | 1: 30.853 (52nd) |
14th | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 53 | 2 | +1: 08.635 | 5 | 1: 30.019 (53rd) |
15th | Jenson Button | Honda | 53 | 2 | +1: 13.370 | 19th | 1: 29.827 (52nd) |
16 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 13 | 1: 32,459 (49.) |
17th | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 16 | 1: 33.918 (42nd) |
18th | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 4th | 1: 29.258 (52nd) |
19th | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 51 | 3 | + 2 rounds | 20th | 1: 33.458 (51st) |
- | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 11 | 0 | DNF | 12 | 1: 37.304 ( | 6.)
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
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Constructors' championship
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