2008 Japanese Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

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 numbers	The 2008 Japanese Grand Prix was the: 801st World Championship race 24th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix 4th and last World Championship race at Fuji
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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

Notes

Sebastien Bourdais received a 25-second time penalty for colliding with Felipe Massa. He originally finished P6.

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

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Wins: 21st for Fernando Alonso (last win until 2010; last for Renault); 35th and last for Renault
Podiums: 55th for Kimi Raikkonen; 51st for Fernando Alonso; 8th for Robert Kubica; 618th for Ferrari; 93rd for Renault; 15th for BMW Sauber
Poles: 12th for Lewis Hamilton; 140th for McLaren
Fastest laps: 10th for Felipe Massa (29th driver to set ten fastest laps, 4th Brazilian driver); 217th for Ferrari
Front row starts: 29th for Kimi Raikkonen; 20th for Lewis Hamilton (36th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 10th British driver)
Points finishes: 50th for Felipe Massa; 25th for Robert Kubica