2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 2 November 2008
Winner	Felipe Massa Ferrari
Pole position	Felipe Massa Ferrari
Fastest lap	Felipe Massa Ferrari
Circuit	Interlagos, 71 laps
Round	18 of 18
Race numbers	The 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix was the: 803rd World Championship race 36th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix 26th World Championship race at Interlagos 2008 Drivers’ title decider 2008 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	71	1hr 34m 11.435s	10
2	+4	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	71	+13.298s	8
3		(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	71	+16.235s	6
4	+3	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	71	+38.011s	5
5	-1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+38.907s	4
6	+4	(DEU) Timo Glock	Toyota	71	+44.368s	3
7	-2	(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+55.074s	2
8	-6	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Toyota	71	+1m 08.463s	1
9	+3	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	+1m 19.666s
10	-2	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	70	+1 lap
11	PL	(POL) Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	70	+1 lap
12	+6	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	70	+1 lap
13	+4	(GBR) Jenson Button	Honda	70	+1 lap
14	-5	(FRA) Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	+1 lap
15		(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Honda	70	+1 lap
16	+4	(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	69	+2 laps
17	-1	(JPN) Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	69	+2 laps
18	+1	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	69	+2 laps
R		(BRA) Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	0	DNF
R		(GBR) David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	0	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:12.368
2	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:12.737	0.369
3	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:12.825	0.457
4	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.830	0.462
5	(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.917	0.549
6	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:12.967	0.599
7	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:13.082	0.714
8	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:13.297	0.929
9	(FRA) Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:14.105	1.737
10	(DEU) Timo Glock	Toyota	1:14.230	1.862
Q2
11	(BRA) Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:12.137
12	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:12.289
13	(POL) Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:12.300
14	(GBR) David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:12.717
15	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:13.139
Q1
16	(JPN) Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:12.800
17	(GBR) Jenson Button	Honda	1:12.810
18	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:13.002
19	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:13.426
20	(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:13.508

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Last start: David Coulthard; Honda
Milestone race start: 150th for Nick Heidfeld (28th driver to start 150 races, 4th German driver)
World Champion: 1st title for Lewis Hamilton (30th driver to win the World Championship, 9th British champion; first British champion since 1996); 16th title for Ferrari (1st constructor to win 16 championships)
Wins: 11th and last for Felipe Massa; 209th for Ferrari
Podiums: 57th for Kimi Raikkonen; 52nd for Fernando Alonso; 27th for Felipe Massa; 621st & 622nd for Ferrari; 94th for Renault
Poles: 15th for Felipe Massa (last until 2014; last for Ferrari); 203rd for Ferrari
Fastest laps: 11th for Felipe Massa; 218th for Ferrari
Front row starts: 24th for Felipe Massa (last until 2010); 10th for Jarno Trulli (55th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 5th Italian driver; first since 2005)
Pole & win: 8th and last for Felipe Massa
Win & fastest lap: 4th and last for Felipe Massa
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap): 4th and last for Felipe Massa