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2008 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 2008 Formula One season was the 59th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It began on 16 March and ended on 2 November with eighteen Grand Prix races.

Lewis Hamilton won the driver's title by a point – by overtaking Toyota's Timo Glock on the final corner of the final grand prix of the season to claim the required 5th place finish – from Brazilian Felipe Massa while Massa's teammate, the 2007 world champion, Kimi Räikkönen was ranked third, with two wins. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro won the constructors' title.[1] In winning the title, Hamilton became the youngest driver ever to win the title and the first black driver to do so. He was also the first British champion since Damon Hill in 1996.[2]

Eleven teams competed in the championship, although Super Aguri withdrew on 6 May from the 2008 Formula One season due to financial troubles, completing four races. New technical rules for 2008 included the banning of traction control after it was re-introduced in 2001. 2008 also introduced two new street circuits. The Valencia Street Circuit and Marina Bay Street Circuit hosted the European GP and the new Singapore GP respectively. The Singapore GP was also the first Formula One event held at night.

This was the last season for the Honda team before they pulled out of F1 later in December due to the global economic crisis. Then, Ross Brawn bought the team and renamed it to Brawn GP in February of 2009 using the Mercedes-Benz engines. This was also the last Formula One season to race with grooved tyres, used since 1998, before slick tyres returned to Formula One in 2009.

It was the first time in the history of Formula One that all teams have used the same two drivers throughout the season and it was the first time that all the race cars were driving without traction control since 1994.

Pre-season testing[]

The first multi-team test session started in Jerez on 14 January 2008. Ferrari, McLaren and Toyota all tested their 2008 cars. Williams tested a modified version of the FW29 whilst Renault and Red Bull tested their 2007 entries. Honda, Toro Rosso, Super Aguri and Force India also attended. BMW Sauber was not in attendance as they were launching the F1.08.[3] Testing then moved to Valencia on 22 January. Renault and Williams were the only teams on the track for the first day of testing. They were both testing their 2008 challengers.[4] They were joined by every other team except Super Aguri for the next three days. 1 February saw testing move to Barcelona. Again, all teams but Super Aguri were in action. The first day of testing saw Kazuki Nakajima crash his FW30.[5] It also saw racist abuse directed at Lewis Hamilton. Williams withdrew from testing on day three to try to fix the problem that caused Nakajima's crash. Meanwhile on 4 February, Ferrari and Toyota moved to Bahrain to continue testing the F2008 and TF108.[6]

On 12 February testing returned to Jerez. Red Bull and Williams were the only teams in action on the first day.[7] The second day of testing saw all teams but Ferrari and Toyota (who were still in Bahrain) attending. After postponing their SA08 launch and cancelling testing at Valencia, Super Aguri turned up to test their SA07B interim car for the first time.[8]

Testing moved to Barcelona on 19 February. The first day of tests got underway in rain with Williams, Red Bull, Renault and Toyota present. Nico Rosberg topped the time sheets for Williams. BMW were instead testing on their own in Jerez.[9] Super Aguri did not turn up despite promising a Q&A with the media. They blamed circumstances beyond their control. On the second day Ferrari turned up and topped the time sheets with Felipe Massa on another wet track. McLaren joined on the final day and Williams finished on top with Nakajima. The final multi-team test began on 25 February with every team but Super Aguri attending. Lewis Hamilton topped the time sheets faster than both Kimi Räikkönen and Michael Schumacher. McLaren continued to outpace Ferrari on day two with both drivers on top and Toyota were fastest with Jarno Trulli on the final day.

Teams and Drivers[]

There were a total of seven teams signed up to compete in the championship through an agreement with Formula One Management, with the other four major manufacturers in the Grand Prix Manufacturers’ Association (GPMA) having signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the 2006 Spanish Grand Prix. All teams in both groups have two spots each on the 2008 grid. The following teams and drivers competed in the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship:[10]

Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No. Race drivers Rounds No. Test driver(s)
25px Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F2008

[11]

Ferrari 056 B 1 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen[12] All 31 25px Italy Luca Badoer[13]
25px Spain Marc Gené[13]
25px Germany Michael Schumacher[14]
2 25px Brazil Felipe Massa[15] All
25px Germany BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber F1.08

[16]

BMW P86/8 B 3 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld[17] All 32 25px Austria Christian Klien[18]
25px Template:Country alias Estonia Marko Asmer[18]
4 25px Flag of Poland Robert Kubica[17] All
25px France ING Renault F1 Team Renault R28

[19]

Renault RS27 B 5 25px Spain Fernando Alonso[20] All 33 25px Brazil Lucas di Grassi[21]
25px France Romain Grosjean[22]
25px Japan Sakon Yamamoto[23]
6 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr.[20] All
25px UK AT&T WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW30

[24]

Toyota RVX-08[25] B 7 25px Germany Nico Rosberg[26] All 34 25px Germany Nico Hülkenberg[27]
8 25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima[26] All
25px Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB4

[28]

Renault RS27 B 9 25px UK David Coulthard[29] All 35 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[30]
10 25px Australia Mark Webber[31] All
25px Japan Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota TF108

[32]

Toyota RVX-08 B 11 25px Italy Jarno Trulli[33] All 36 25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi[34]
12 25px Germany Timo Glock[35] All
25px Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR2B

[36]†
STR3[37]

Ferrari 056 B 14 25px France Sébastien Bourdais[38] All 37 25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley[39]
15 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel[40] All
25px Japan Honda Racing F1 Team Honda RA108

[41]

Honda RA808E B 16 25px UK Jenson Button [42] All 38 25px Austria Alexander Wurz[43]
25px UK Anthony Davidson[44]
25px UK Mike Conway[45]
25px Italy Luca Filippi[45]
17 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello[46] All
25px Japan Super Aguri F1 ‡ Super Aguri SA08

[47]

Honda RA808E B 18 25px Japan Takuma Sato[10] 1–4 39 none
19 25px UK Anthony Davidson[10] 1–4
25px Flag of India Force India Formula One Team Force India VJM-01

[48]

Ferrari 056[49] B 20 25px Germany Adrian Sutil[50] All 40 25px Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi[50]
21 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella[50] All
25px UK Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-23

[51]

Mercedes FO108V B 22 25px UK Lewis Hamilton[52] All 41 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa[53]
25px UK Gary Paffett[53]
23 25px Finland Heikki Kovalainen[54] All

‡ Super Aguri withdrew on 6 May from the 2008 Formula One season due to financial troubles.

New Entries[]

On 14 February 2006 the FIA president Max Mosley announced that all teams interested in competing in the 2008 World Championship would have a seven-day window during which they would have to submit an application to compete.[55] All eleven current teams applied, as well as several others. On April 28, 2006 the FIA announced that all of the current teams' applications for the 2008 season were granted, along with a new team Prodrive, fronted by the ex-BAR and -Benetton principal David Richards. There were 21 applications in total, several new teams applying included European Minardi F1 Team Ltd, Jordan Grand Prix, Direxiv and Carlin Motorsport. However despite the Prodrive application being accepted, Richards later announced that the team would not race in 2008 due to a dispute over the legality of customer cars.[56]

Team Changes[]

  • Rumours about the possible sale of the Spyker team had been abundant in the paddock throughout the last few months of the 2007 season. Only a year after Spyker bought the team from Midland, Indian businessman Vijay Mallya bought the team for €88 million, several million more than Spyker paid.[57] On 24 October 2007, Mallya was granted permission to change the team's name to Force India. Force India had a driver announcement ceremony in January 2008 where it was revealed that Sutil would be second driver partnered by first driver Giancarlo Fisichella and test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi.[50]
  • On 28 April 2006, rallying and motorsports technology firm Prodrive were officially granted entry to Formula One when the FIA announced the list of entrants to the 2008 Formula One World Championship. While a total of 21 teams applied for entry, the FIA had always maintained that only 12 teams would be granted entry, meaning only one new team would line up on the grid in 2008. FIA president Max Mosley revealed that Prodrive had found the finances to support their bid. Also, Prodrive's chief executive, David Richards, has experience as a Formula One team principal".[58] However on 23 November 2007, after lengthy negotiations between FIA president Max Mosley regarding customer cars, Richards announced that Prodrive F1 would not compete in the 2008 Formula One World Championship, as the legal situation left no time for the team to be set up.[59]
  • During the 2008 season on May 6, the Super Aguri team folded and withdrew from Formula One. The team was in dire financial straits at the end of 2007 as the team did not receive a payment on a sponsorship deal.[60] Super Aguri rejected a buyout offer in January 2008 from an Indian consortium led by the CEO of the Spice Group, on the condition Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan drove in the line-up, because it meant demoting or cutting one of the team's 2007 drivers.[61] Despite this Super Aguri were unable to sign any contracts until agreements had been reached with their sponsors.[62] Sato and Davidson were confirmed on 10 March.[63]Super Aguri announced that a major deal had been made with Magma Group to solve the team's financial problems, however this fell through, and on 6 May 2008, Super Aguri withdrew from the Formula One World Championship.[64] It affirmed a prediction at the start of the season by Max Mosley saying the team would not make it to the final race in Brazil.[65]

New car launches[]

Constructor Chassis Launch date Launch location
Ferrari F2008 6 January[66] 25px Italy Fiorano, Italy
Team McLaren-Mercedes MP4-23 7 January[67] 25px Germany Stuttgart, Germany
Toyota TF108 10 January[68] 25px Germany Cologne, Germany
BMW Sauber F1.08 14 January[69] 25px Germany Munich, Germany
Red Bull-Renault RB4 16 January[70] 25px Spain Circuito de Jerez, Spain
Honda RA108 29 January[71] 25px UK Brackley, United Kingdom
Renault R28 31 January[72] 25px France Paris, France
Force India-Ferrari* VJM-01 7 February[73] 25px Flag of India Mumbai, India
Williams-Toyota FW30 No official launch[74]
Toro Rosso-Ferrari* STR3 No official launch
Super Aguri-Honda SA08 No official launch

* Team started the season with updated versions of their 2007 car.

Notes

  • Renault and Honda both started testing their 2008 cars a week before their official launch.[75][76]
  • Although they did not have an official launch, Williams-Toyota gave the FW30 its track début on 21 January at Valencia during winter testing with a livery of former Formula One drivers on the nose cone who have driven for Williams in the past 30 years.[77] Their season livery was revealed at their photography studio in Oxfordshire on 3 March.
  • Toro Rosso started the 2008 season with an updated version of their 2007 STR2 car. Their new car the Toro Rosso STR3 made its début at the 6th round in Monaco Monaco.[78]

Driver changes[]

Changed teams

Entered F1

Exited F1

2008 Race Calendar[]

The FIA World Council approved the 2008 schedule on 24 October 2007. Singapore was Formula One's first ever night race.[79]

Round Official race title Grand Prix Circuit Date Time
Local UTC
1 ING Australian Grand Prix Australian GP 25px Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne 16 March 15:30 04:30
2 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysian GP 25px Flag of Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 23 March 15:00 07:00
3 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP 25px Template:Country alias Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Manama 6 April 14:30 11:30
4 Gran Premio de España Telefónica Spanish GP 25px Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 27 April 14:00 12:00
5 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP 25px Template:Country alias Turkey Istanbul Park 11 May 15:00 12:00
6 Grand Prix de Monaco Monaco GP 25px Monaco Circuit de Monaco 25 May 14:00 12:00
7 Grand Prix du Canada Canadian GP 25px Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 8 June 13:00 17:00
8 Grand Prix de France French GP 25px France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 22 June 14:00 12:00
9 Santander British Grand Prix British GP 25px UK Silverstone Circuit 6 July 13:00 12:00
10 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland German GP 25px Germany Hockenheimring 20 July 14:00 12:00
11 ING Magyar Nagydíj Hungarian GP 25px Flag of Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest 3 August 14:00 12:00
12 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe[80] European GP 25px Spain Valencia Street Circuit† 24 August 14:00 12:00
13 ING Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP 25px Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 7 September 14:00 12:00
14 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Italian GP 25px Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 14 September 14:00 12:00
15 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix‡ Singapore GP 25px Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit† 28 September 20:00 12:00
16 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP 25px Japan Fuji Speedway, Oyama 12 October 13:30 04:30
17 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP 25px Template:Country alias China Shanghai International Circuit 19 October 15:00 07:00
18 Grande Prêmio do Brasil Brazilian GP 25px Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 2 November 15:00 17:00

† New circuits
‡ Night Race

Calendar changes[]

  • Singapore hosted its first Grand Prix in 2008, with a contract for the next five years. The race, held on a street circuit designed by KBR, is Formula One's first night race.,[81] The practice and qualifying sessions also take place at night.[82]
  • The European Grand Prix took place at the Valencia Street Circuit in 2008, changing from the Nürburgring which hosted the event up until 2007. Because both German circuits share the right to host an F1 race, the German Grand Prix took place at Hockenheimring in 2008. It will continue to alternate between these two circuits yearly.
  • The Indianapolis Motor Speedway did not hold a Grand Prix in 2008; however, a possible return to Indianapolis in the future has not been completely ruled out.[83]
  • In the run up to the 2007 French Grand Prix it was reported that it would be the last Grand Prix to be held at Magny-Cours.[84] Some alternatives suggested for the French Grand Prix included Paul Ricard or a new circuit near Disneyland Paris or Charles de Gaulle airport. However on 24 July 2007 it was reported that Bernie Ecclestone had "agreed in principle to maintain the race at Magny-Cours in 2008, and even 2009, if there were no other alternatives."[85]

Rule changes[]

  • A standard Electronic Control Unit was supplied by Microsoft MES, a joint venture between Microsoft and McLaren Electronic Systems.[86]
  • Traction control and Launch control banned along with several other electronic aids including engine braking reduction.[87]
  • An engine freeze to last five years was started in 2008,[88] with the first unscheduled engine change of the season not leading to the usual 10 place grid penalty.[89]
  • Fuel of the cars must have been made up of at least 5.75% biological materials.[90]
  • Gearboxes to last four races, 5 place grid penalty for a gear box change. If a driver did not finish a race, he was allowed to change the gearbox for the next race without receiving a penalty.[91]
  • Improved cockpit protection.[92]
  • The use of a spare car was restricted. Each competing team would not be allowed to have more than two cars available for use at any time. In this context, a car was considered as such if it was a partially assembled survival cell, fitted with an engine, any front suspension, bodywork, radiators, oil tanks or heat exchangers.[91]
  • Bridgestone will be the official tyre supplier for the 2008–2010 seasons.[93] They would also be marking their extreme wet weather tyres with a white line in the central groove to differentiate it from the softer wet weather tyre compound.[94]
  • No competing team was allowed to carry out more than 30,000 km (18,641 mi) of testing during the 2008 calendar year.[91]

Qualifying[]

  • The first part of qualifying lengthened to 20 minutes, and final part of qualifying shortened to 10 minutes. Teams taking part in Q3 would no longer be allowed to add fuel back to the car after qualifying to eliminate 'fuel-burn' phase.
  • A minimum lap time for each qualifying session was implemented from Round 3 in Bahrain to stop cars coasting back to the pits at dangerously low speeds as seen in Round 2 in Malaysia. Both Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were demoted five grid places after the stewards decided that they had impeded Nick Heidfeld and Fernando Alonso. The minimum lap time was different for each race. For example, it was 1:39 in Bahrain.
  • From 8 May 2008, the FIA announced that, following Super Aguri's departure from Formula One, the qualifying procedures changed. Rather than six drivers being eliminated at the end of Q1, only the five lowest-qualified drivers would be eliminated. This increased the likelihood that one of the midfield contenders would drop out, as only the top 15 drivers would go through to Q2. The Q2-Q3 transition remained unchanged.[95]

Results and standings[]

Grands Prix[]

Rd. Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor Report
1 25px Australia Australian Grand Prix 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px Finland Heikki Kovalainen 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
2 25px Flag of Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Italy Ferrari Report
3 25px Template:Country alias Bahrain Bahrain Grand Prix 25px Flag of Poland Robert Kubica 25px Finland Heikki Kovalainen 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Italy Ferrari Report
4 25px Spain Spanish Grand Prix 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Italy Ferrari Report
5 25px Template:Country alias Turkey Turkish Grand Prix 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Italy Ferrari Report
6 25px Monaco Monaco Grand Prix 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
7 25px Canada Canadian Grand Prix 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Flag of Poland Robert Kubica 25px Germany BMW Sauber Report
8 25px France French Grand Prix 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Italy Ferrari Report
9 25px UK British Grand Prix 25px Finland Heikki Kovalainen 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
10 25px Germany German Grand Prix 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
11 25px Flag of Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Finland Heikki Kovalainen 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
12 25px Spain European Grand Prix 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Italy Ferrari Report
13 25px Belgium Belgian Grand Prix 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Italy Ferrari Report
14 25px Italy Italian Grand Prix 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel 25px Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari Report
15 25px Singapore Singapore Grand Prix 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 25px Spain Fernando Alonso 25px France Renault Report
16 25px Japan Japanese Grand Prix 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Spain Fernando Alonso 25px France Renault Report
17 25px Template:Country alias China Chinese Grand Prix 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
18 25px Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 25px Italy Ferrari Report

Drivers[]

Pos Driver AUS
25px Australia 		MAL
25px Flag of Malaysia 		BHR
25px Template:Country alias Bahrain 		ESP
25px Spain 		TUR
25px Template:Country alias Turkey 		MON
25px Monaco 		CAN
25px Canada 		FRA
25px France 		GBR
25px UK 		GER
25px Germany 		HUN
25px Flag of Hungary 		EUR
25px Spain 		BEL
25px Belgium 		ITA
25px Italy 		SIN
25px Singapore 		JPN
25px Japan 		CHN
25px Template:Country alias China 		BRA
25px Brazil 		Points
1 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 1 5 13 3 2 1 Ret 10 1 1 5 2 3 7 3 12 1 5 98
2 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Ret Ret 1 2 1 3 5 1 13 3 17† 1 1 6 13 7 2 1 97
3 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 8† 1 2 1 3 9 Ret 2 4 6 3 Ret 18† 9 15† 3 3 3 75
4 POL Robert Kubica Ret 2 3 4 4 2 1 5 Ret 7 8 3 6 3 11 2 6 11 75
5 25px Spain Fernando Alonso 4 8 10 Ret 6 10 Ret 8 6 11 4 Ret 4 4 1 1 4 2 61
6 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld 2 6 4 9 5 14 2 13 2 4 10 9 2 5 6 9 5 10 60
7 25px Finland Heikki Kovalainen 5 3 5 Ret 12 8 9 4 5 5 1 4 10† 2 10 Ret Ret 7 53
8 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 5 8 12 Ret 8 Ret 6 5 1 5 6 9 4 35
9 25px Italy Jarno Trulli Ret 4 6 8 10 13 6 3 7 9 7 5 16 13 Ret 5 Ret 8 31
10 25px Germany Timo Glock Ret Ret 9 11 13 12 4 11 12 Ret 2 7 9 11 4 Ret 7 6 25
11 25px Australia Mark Webber Ret 7 7 5 7 4 12 6 10 Ret 9 12 8 8 Ret 8 14 9 21
12 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr. Ret 11 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 7 Ret 2 6 11 Ret 10 Ret 4 8 Ret 19
13 25px Germany Nico Rosberg 3 14 8 Ret 8 Ret 10 16 9 10 14 8 12 14 2 11 15 12 17
14 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello DSQ 13 11 Ret 14 6 7 14 3 Ret 16 16 Ret 17 Ret 13 11 15 11
15 25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima 6 17 14 7 Ret 7 Ret 15 8 14 13 15 14 12 8 15 12 17 9
16 25px UK David Coulthard Ret 9 18 12 9 Ret 3 9 Ret 13 11 17 11 16 7 Ret 10 Ret 8
17 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 7† Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 13 17 11 12 18 10 7 18 12 10 13 14 4
18 25px UK Jenson Button Ret 10 Ret 6 11 11 11 Ret Ret 17 12 13 15 15 9 14 16 13 3
19 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Ret 12 12 10 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 16 15 14 17 Ret 14 Ret 17 18 0
20 25px Germany Adrian Sutil Ret Ret 19 Ret 16 Ret Ret 19 Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 19 Ret Ret Ret 16 0
21 25px Japan Takuma Sato Ret 16 17 13 WD 0
22 25px UK Anthony Davidson Ret 15 16 Ret WD 0
Pos Driver AUS
25px Australia 		MAL
25px Flag of Malaysia 		BHR
25px Template:Country alias Bahrain 		ESP
25px Spain 		TUR
25px Template:Country alias Turkey 		MON
25px Monaco 		CAN
25px Canada 		FRA
25px France 		GBR
25px UK 		GER
25px Germany 		HUN
25px Flag of Hungary 		EUR
25px Spain 		BEL
25px Belgium 		ITA
25px Italy 		SIN
25px Singapore 		JPN
25px Japan 		CHN
25px Template:Country alias China 		BRA
25px Brazil 		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish, inc. non-classified finish
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Light blue Practiced only (PO)
Friday test driver (TD) - 2003-2007 only
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Injured or ill (Inj)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)


Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Constructors[]

Pos Constructor Car
No. 		AUS
25px Australia 		MAL
25px Flag of Malaysia 		BHR
25px Template:Country alias Bahrain 		ESP
25px Spain 		TUR
25px Template:Country alias Turkey 		MON
25px Monaco 		CAN
25px Canada 		FRA
25px France 		GBR
25px UK 		GER
25px Germany 		HUN
25px Flag of Hungary 		EUR
25px Spain 		BEL
25px Belgium 		ITA
25px Italy 		SIN
25px Singapore 		JPN
25px Japan 		CHN
25px Template:Country alias China 		BRA
25px Brazil 		Pts
1 25px Italy Ferrari 1 8† 1 2 1 3 9 Ret 2 4 6 3 Ret 18† 9 15† 3 3 3 172
2 Ret Ret 1 2 1 3 5 1 13 3 17† 1 1 6 13 7 2 1
2 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes 22 1 5 13 3 2 1 Ret 10 1 1 5 2 3 7 3 12 1 5 151
23 5 3 5 Ret 12 8 9 4 5 5 1 4 10 2 10 Ret Ret 7
3 25px Germany BMW Sauber 3 2 6 4 9 5 14 2 13 2 4 10 9 2 5 6 9 5 10 135
4 Ret 2 3 4 4 2 1 5 Ret 7 8 3 6 3 11 2 6 11
4 25px France Renault 5 4 8 10 Ret 6 10 Ret 8 6 11 4 Ret 4 4 1 1 4 2 80
6 Ret 11 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 7 Ret 2 6 11 Ret 10 Ret 4 8 Ret
5 25px Japan Toyota 11 Ret 4 6 8 10 13 6 3 7 9 7 5 16 11 Ret 5 Ret 8 56
12 Ret Ret 9 11 13 12 4 11 12 Ret 2 7 9 13 4 Ret 7 6
6 25px Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 14 7† Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 13 17 11 12 18 10 7 18 12 10 13 14 39
15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 5 8 12 Ret 8 Ret 6 5 1 5 6 9 4
7 25px Austria Red Bull-Renault 9 Ret 9 18 12 9 Ret 3 9 Ret 13 11 17 11 16 7 Ret 10 Ret 29
10 Ret 7 7 5 7 4 12 6 10 Ret 9 12 8 8 Ret 8 14 9
8 25px UK Williams-Toyota 7 3 14 8 Ret 8 Ret 10 16 9 10 14 8 12 14 2 11 15 12 26
8 6 17 14 7 Ret 7 Ret 15 8 14 13 15 14 12 8 15 12 17
9 25px Japan Honda 16 Ret 10 Ret 6 11 11 11 Ret Ret 17 12 13 15 15 9 14 16 13 14
17 DSQ 13 11 Ret 14 6 7 14 3 Ret 16 16 Ret 17 Ret 13 11 15
10 25px Flag of India Force India-Ferrari 20 Ret Ret 19 Ret 16 Ret Ret 19 Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 19 Ret Ret Ret 16 0
21 Ret 12 12 10 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 16 15 14 17 Ret 14 Ret 17 18
11 25px Japan Super Aguri-Honda‡ 18 Ret 16 17 13 WD 0
19 Ret 15 16 Ret WD
Pos Constructor Car
No. 		AUS
25px Australia 		MAL
25px Flag of Malaysia 		BHR
25px Template:Country alias Bahrain 		ESP
25px Spain 		TUR
25px Template:Country alias Turkey 		MON
25px Monaco 		CAN
25px Canada 		FRA
25px France 		GBR
25px UK 		GER
25px Germany 		HUN
25px Flag of Hungary 		EUR
25px Spain 		BEL
25px Belgium 		ITA
25px Italy 		SIN
25px Singapore 		JPN
25px Japan 		CHN
25px Template:Country alias China 		BRA
25px Brazil 		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish, inc. non-classified finish
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Light blue Practiced only (PO)
Friday test driver (TD) - 2003-2007 only
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Injured or ill (Inj)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)


Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

‡ Super Aguri withdrew from the Formula One world championship on May 6, 2008, with immediate effect.[96] The company went into administration a day later.[97]

Statistics[]

Drivers[]

Pos Driver Constructor(s) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F.laps Points
1 25px UK Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 18 5 10 7 1 98
2 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 18 6 10 6 3 97
3 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 18 2 9 2 10 75
4 25px Flag of Poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 18 1 7 1 0 75
5 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 18 2 3 0 0 61
6 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 18 0 4 0 2 60
7 25px Finland Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 18 1 3 1 2 53
8 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18 1 1 1 0 35
9 25px Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 18 0 1 0 0 31
10 25px Germany Timo Glock Toyota 18 0 1 0 0 25
11 25px Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 18 0 0 0 0 21
12 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 18 0 1 0 0 19
13 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 18 0 2 0 0 17
14 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 18 0 1 0 0 11
15 25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 18 0 0 0 0 9
16 25px UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 18 0 1 0 0 8
17 25px France Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18 0 0 0 0 4
18 25px UK Jenson Button Honda 18 0 0 0 0 3
19 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 18 0 0 0 0 0
20 25px Germany Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 18 0 0 0 0 0
21 25px Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 4 0 0 0 0 0
22 25px UK Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 4 0 0 0 0 0

Constructors[]

Pos Constructor Chassis Engine Starts Wins Podiums Poles F.laps Points
1 25px Italy Ferrari F2008 Ferrari 36 8 19 8 13 172
2 25px UK McLaren MP4-23 Mercedes 36 6 13 8 3 151
3 25px Germany BMW Sauber F1.08 BMW 36 1 11 1 2 135
4 25px France Renault R28 Renault 36 2 4 0 0 80
5 25px Japan Toyota TF108 Toyota 36 0 2 0 0 56
6 25px Italy Toro Rosso STR2B, STR3 Ferrari 36 1 1 1 0 39
7 25px Austria Red Bull RB4 Renault 36 0 1 0 0 29
8 25px UK Williams FW30 Toyota 36 0 2 0 0 26
9 25px Japan Honda RA108 Honda 36 0 1 0 0 14
10 25px Flag of India Force India VJM-01 Ferrari 36 0 0 0 0 0
11 25px Japan Super Aguri SA08 Honda 8 0 0 0 0 0

Report[]

The 2008 Formula 1 season was one of the closest in the history of the sport. Kimi Räikkönen rivaled Lewis Hamilton during the first half of the season, and Felipe Massa challenged Hamilton through the second half. The championship came down to a single overtake of Timo Glock by Lewis Hamilton to surpass Felipe Massa by one point.

TV coverage[]

All broadcasters of Formula One worldwide take what is known as the world feed for the majority of their race coverage. The host broadcaster which produces the world feed has access to trackside, onboard and pitlane cameras. Timing, position and other graphics are also added to the world feed before it is provided to the broadcasters. For the 2008 season, Formula One Management, owner of the commercial rights to the sport acted as host broadcaster for 16 of the 18 rounds of the championship.[98]

  • In the Arab world, practice, qualifications and races were broadcast exclusively by Al Jazeera Sports.
  • In Australia, qualification was aired early in the morning on the race day. The race had recently been shown live on Ten HD. If it started at 10:00pm AEST, it would be shown later on Network Ten, however if at a different time, it would be shown live.
  • In Brazil, all races and qualifications were broadcast by Rede Globo.
  • In Canada, the races were shown on TSN, although in Quebec, it also aired on RDS.
  • In France, both qualifications and races were broadcast by TF1.
  • In Greece ALPHA TV broadcast the Grands Prix live.
  • In India, all races were broadcast by ESPNStar alliance, primarily on Star Sports.
  • In Japan, Fuji TV broadcast all the races and qualifications, digests in terrestrial channel and live in satellite channel (Fuji CS721) via SKY PerfecTV. In parallel with the two channels, the company started broadcasting high-definition live program in HD satellite channel (Fuji CSHD) after the 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix.
  • In Malaysia, the race is broadcast live on Pay-TV Astro's ESPNStar Star-Sport's channel. Free TV channel RTM's shows the race delayed, and takes the ITV commentary feed.
  • In Mexico, all races were broadcast live on Fox Sports, and by Televisa's XHTV Canal 4 a few hours later using a tape delay broadcast.
  • In Singapore, Star Sports and ESPN broadcast qualification sessions on Saturday, and the race itself on Sunday.
  • In Sweden, the qualification was broadcast in both TV 6 and Viasat Motor simultaneously, although Viasat Motor did not have commercials.
  • In the United Kingdom, ITV provided the coverage for the last time before the BBC took over in 2009.
  • In the United States, all races were broadcast live on the Speed cable channel except for four races broadcast by the terrestrial Fox: the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, 2008 French Grand Prix, 2008 British Grand Prix and the 2008 German Grand Prix. However, only the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix was televised live, and others were tape delayed.
  • In Venezuela, all races were broadcast live on Televen, and by Meridiano Televisión a few hours later using a tape delay broadcast.

Race-fixing controversy[]

Main article: Renault Formula One crash controversy

In a scandal that became known as "Crashgate" in the media, during the 2009 season around the time of the Belgium Grand Prix, allegations by former Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. about his crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix led to charges of race-fixing against Renault and the departure of team boss Flavio Briatore and engineering director Pat Symonds.

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