2008 Japanese Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 12 October 2008
Winner:	Fernando Alonso Renault
Pole position:	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap:	Felipe Massa Ferrari
Circuit:	Fuji, 67 laps
Round:	16 of 18

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	67	1hr 30m 21.892s	10
2	+4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	67	+5.283s	8
3	-1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	67	+6.400s	6
4	+8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	67	+20.570s	5
5	+2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	67	+23.767s	4
6	+3	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	67	+39.207s	3
7	-2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	67	+46.158s	2
8	+5	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	67	+50.811s	1
9	+7	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	67	+54.120s
10		Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	67	+59.085s (25.000s)
11	+4	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	67	+1m 02.096s
12	-11	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	67	+1m 18.900s
13	+4	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	66	+1 lap
14	+4	Jenson Button	Honda	66	+1 lap
15	-1	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	66	+1 lap
R		Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	21	DNF
R		Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	16	DNF
R		Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	8	DNF
R		Timo Glock	Toyota	6	DNF
R		David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	0	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:18.404
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:18.644
3	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:18.821
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:18.852
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:18.874
6	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:18.979
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:19.026
8	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:19.118
9	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:19.638
10	Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:20.167
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:18.187
12	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:18.274
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:18.354
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:18.597
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:18.672
16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:18.835
17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:18.882
18	Jenson Button	Honda	1:19.100
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:19.163
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:19.910

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:18.404
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:18.644	0.240
3	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:18.821	0.417
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:18.852	0.448
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:18.874	0.470
6	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:18.979	0.575
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:19.026	0.622
8	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:19.118	0.714
9	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:19.638	1.234
10	Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:20.167	1.763
Q2
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:18.187
12	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:18.274
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:18.354
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:18.597
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:18.672
Q1
16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:18.835
17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:18.882
18	Jenson Button	Honda	1:19.100
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:19.163
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:19.910

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	84
2	Felipe Massa	79
3	Robert Kubica	72
4	Kimi Raikkonen	63
5	Nick Heidfeld	56
6	Heikki Kovalainen	51
7	Fernando Alonso	48
8	Sebastian Vettel	30
9	Jarno Trulli	30
10	Mark Webber	21
11	Timo Glock	20
12	Nelsinho Piquet	18
13	Nico Rosberg	17
14	Rubens Barrichello	11
15	Kazuki Nakajima	9
16	David Coulthard	8
17	Sebastien Bourdais	4
18	Jenson Button	3

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	142
2	McLaren-Mercedes	135
3	BMW Sauber-BMW	128
4	Renault	66
5	Toyota	50
6	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	34
7	Red Bull-Renault	29
8	Williams-Toyota	26
9	Honda	14

Statistics & Milestones

Wins

Driver: 21st for Fernando Alonso

Constructor: 35th for Red Bull

Podiums

Driver: 55th for Kimi Raikkonen, 51st for Fernando Alonso, 8th for Robert Kubica

Constructor: 618th for Ferrari, 93rd for Renault, 21st for Sauber/BMW Sauber

Poles

Driver: 12th for Lewis Hamilton

Constructor: 140th for McLaren

Fastest laps

Driver: 10th for Felipe Massa

Constructor: 217th for Ferrari

Front row starts

Driver: 29th for Kimi Raikkonen, 20th for Lewis Hamilton

Points finishes

Driver: 50th for Felipe Massa, 25th for Robert Kubica

See also

• Japanese Grand Prix
• Fuji Circuit
• 2008 World Championship season