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Home / Seasons / 2008 F1 World Championship Season / 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 November 2008
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round18 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
More 2008 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix
Next race2009 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari711hr 34m 11.435s10
2+4Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault71+13.298s8
3 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari71+16.235s6
4+3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari71+38.011s5
5-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes71+38.907s4
6+4Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockToyota71+44.368s3
7-2Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes71+55.074s2
8-6Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota71+1m 08.463s1
9+3Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault71+1m 19.666s 
10-2Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW70+1 lap 
11PLPoland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW70+1 lap 
12+6Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota70+1 lap 
13+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonHonda70+1 lap 
14-5France flag lazyload Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari70+1 lap 
15 Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloHonda70+1 lap 
16+4Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Ferrari69+2 laps 
17-1Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota69+2 laps 
18+1Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Ferrari69+2 laps 
R Brazil flag lazyload Nelsinho PiquetRenault0DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
2Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
5Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes
6Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault
7Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari
8Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
9France flag lazyload Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari
10Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockToyota
11Brazil flag lazyload Nelsinho PiquetRenault
12Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
13  
14United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault
15Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloHonda
16Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonHonda
18Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota
19Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Ferrari
20Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Ferrari
Started from the pit lane
 Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:12.368 
2Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota1:12.7370.369
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:12.8250.457
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.8300.462
5Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.9170.549
6Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault1:12.9670.599
7Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari1:13.0820.714
8Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:13.2970.929
9France flag lazyload Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari1:14.1051.737
10Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockToyota1:14.2301.862
Q2
11Brazil flag lazyload Nelsinho PiquetRenault1:12.137 
12Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:12.289 
13Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:12.300 
14United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault1:12.717 
15Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:13.139 
Q1
16Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:12.800 
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonHonda1:12.810 
18Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:13.002 
19Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Ferrari1:13.426 
20Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Ferrari1:13.508 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2008 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton98
2Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa97
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen75
4Poland flag lazyload Robert Kubica75
5Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso61
6Germany flag lazyload Nick Heidfeld60
7Finland flag lazyload Heikki Kovalainen53
8Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel35
9Italy flag lazyload Jarno Trulli31
10Germany flag lazyload Timo Glock25
11Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber21
12Brazil flag lazyload Nelsinho Piquet19
13Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg17
14Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello11
15Japan flag lazyload Kazuki Nakajima9
16United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard8
17France flag lazyload Sebastien Bourdais4
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button3

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari172
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes151
3Germany flag lazyload BMW Sauber-BMW135
4France flag lazyload Renault80
5Japan flag lazyload Toyota56
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari39
7Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault29
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Toyota26
9Japan flag lazyload Honda14

Statistics & milestones

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

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Interlagos circuit
  • 2008 World Championship season

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