Race · Round 10 of 18 · 20 July 2008

2008 German Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for McLaren from pole at Hockenheimring. 3 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Nelson Piquet Jr..

Circuit: HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMcLaren
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Nick Heidfeld
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-23	1	67	Finished	10
2	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	R28	17	67	Finished	8
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2008	2	67	Finished	6
4	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.08	12	67	Finished	5	fastest lap
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	MP4-23	3	67	Finished	4
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F2008	6	67	Finished	3
7	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.08	7	67	Finished	2
8	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	9	67	Finished	1
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	TF108	4	67	Finished	0
10	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW30	13	67	Finished	0
11	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R28	5	67	Finished	0
12	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	15	67	Finished	0
13	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB4	10	67	Finished	0
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	FW30	16	67	Finished	0
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM01	19	67	Finished	0
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	VJM01	20	67	Finished	0
17	Jenson Button	Honda	RA108	14	66	Finished	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA108	18	50	Collision damage	0
DNF	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB4	8	40	Oil leak	0
DNF	Timo Glock	Toyota	TF108	11	35	Suspension	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout hockenheimring-4 · 4.574 km · 17 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	1	67
Nelson Piquet Jr.	17	2	67
Felipe Massa	2	3	67
Nick Heidfeld	12	4	67
Heikki Kovalainen	3	5	67
Kimi Raikkonen	6	6	67
Robert Kubica	7	7	67
Sebastian Vettel	9	8	67
Jarno Trulli	4	9	67
Nico Rosberg	13	10	67
Fernando Alonso	5	11	67
Sébastien Bourdais	15	12	67
David Coulthard	10	13	67
Kazuki Nakajima	16	14	67
Adrian Sutil	19	15	67
Giancarlo Fisichella	20	16	67
Jenson Button	14	17	66
Rubens Barrichello	18	DNF	50
Mark Webber	8	DNF	40
Timo Glock	11	DNF	35

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:15.218	1:14.603	1:15.666	—	—
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:14.921	1:14.747	1:15.859	+0.193	+0.193
3	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:15.476	1:14.855	1:16.143	+0.477	+0.284
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:15.560	1:15.122	1:16.191	+0.525	+0.048
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:15.917	1:14.943	1:16.385	+0.719	+0.194
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:15.201	1:14.949	1:16.389	+0.723	+0.004
7	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:15.985	1:15.109	1:16.521	+0.855	+0.132
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:15.900	1:15.481	1:17.014	+1.348	+0.493
9	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:15.532	1:15.420	1:17.244	+1.578	+0.230
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:15.975	1:15.338	1:17.503	+1.837	+0.259
11	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:15.560	1:15.508	—	—	—
12	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:15.596	1:15.581	—	—	—
13	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:15.863	1:15.633	—	—	—
14	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:15.993	1:15.701	—	—	—
15	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:15.927	1:15.858	—	—	—
16	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:16.083	—	—	—	—
17	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:16.189	—	—	—	—
18	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:16.246	—	—	—	—
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:16.657	—	—	—	—
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:16.963	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	67	1	50
Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	67	1	35
Felipe Massa	3	67	1	38
Nick Heidfeld	4	67	2	27, 53
Heikki Kovalainen	5	67	0	None recorded
Kimi Raikkonen	6	67	1	22
Robert Kubica	7	67	1	38
Sebastian Vettel	8	67	2	21, 38
Jarno Trulli	9	67	1	38
Nico Rosberg	10	67	2	28, 38
Fernando Alonso	11	67	1	38
Sébastien Bourdais	12	67	2	23, 38
David Coulthard	13	67	2	21, 38
Kazuki Nakajima	14	67	2	29, 40
Adrian Sutil	15	67	2	25, 39
Giancarlo Fisichella	16	67	2	27, 37
Jenson Button	17	66	3	27, 35, 54
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	50	2	31, 49
Mark Webber	DNF	40	2	23, 38
Timo Glock	DNF	35	1	29

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nelson Piquet Jr.	1 · 17	1 · 2	50 · 35	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Felipe Massa	1 · 2	1 · 3	50 · 38	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Nelson Piquet Jr.	2 · 17	3 · 2	38 · 35	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Swapped places
Kazuki Nakajima · Nelson Piquet Jr.	16 · 17	14 · 2	29 · 35	Kazuki Nakajima	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Nick Heidfeld	2 · 12	3 · 4	38 · 27	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Nico Rosberg	12 · 13	4 · 10	27 · 28	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Kimi Raikkonen	5 · 6	11 · 6	38 · 22	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Robert Kubica	6 · 7	6 · 7	22 · 38	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Robert Kubica · Sebastian Vettel	7 · 9	7 · 8	38 · 21	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Sebastian Vettel	4 · 9	9 · 8	38 · 21	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · David Coulthard	9 · 10	8 · 13	21 · 21	Same lap	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Nico Rosberg	4 · 13	9 · 10	38 · 28	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Fernando Alonso	4 · 5	9 · 11	38 · 38	Same lap	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Nico Rosberg	5 · 13	11 · 10	38 · 28	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Jenson Button	13 · 14	10 · 17	28 · 27	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Sébastien Bourdais	5 · 15	11 · 12	38 · 23	Sébastien Bourdais	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Sébastien Bourdais	10 · 15	13 · 12	21 · 23	David Coulthard	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Sébastien Bourdais	14 · 15	17 · 12	27 · 23	Sébastien Bourdais	Swapped places
Sébastien Bourdais · Kazuki Nakajima	15 · 16	12 · 14	23 · 29	Sébastien Bourdais	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Kazuki Nakajima	10 · 16	13 · 14	21 · 29	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Kazuki Nakajima · Adrian Sutil	16 · 19	14 · 15	29 · 25	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Giancarlo Fisichella	19 · 20	15 · 16	25 · 27	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Giancarlo Fisichella	14 · 20	17 · 16	27 · 27	Same lap	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:15.537	—	—	22
2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:15.666	+0.129	+0.129	19
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:15.796	+0.259	+0.130	22
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:16.163	+0.626	+0.367	22
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:16.327	+0.790	+0.164	23
6	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:16.606	+1.069	+0.279	27
7	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:16.618	+1.081	+0.012	25
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:16.719	+1.182	+0.101	20
9	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:16.821	+1.284	+0.102	26
10	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:17.063	+1.526	+0.242	26
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:17.108	+1.571	+0.045	18
12	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:17.131	+1.594	+0.023	28
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:17.185	+1.648	+0.054	28
14	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:17.268	+1.731	+0.083	11
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:17.471	+1.934	+0.203	30
16	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:17.500	+1.963	+0.029	24
17	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:17.556	+2.019	+0.056	29
18	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:17.784	+2.247	+0.228	29
19	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:18.779	+3.242	+0.995	8
20	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:21.506	+5.969	+2.727	16

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:15.025	—	—	37
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:15.722	+0.697	+0.697	31
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:15.760	+0.735	+0.038	34
4	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:15.990	+0.965	+0.230	37
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:16.017	+0.992	+0.027	25
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:16.230	+1.205	+0.213	38
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:16.355	+1.330	+0.125	41
8	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:16.363	+1.338	+0.008	36
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:16.377	+1.352	+0.014	40
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:16.378	+1.353	+0.001	35
11	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:16.422	+1.397	+0.044	41
12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:16.530	+1.505	+0.108	45
13	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:16.542	+1.517	+0.012	38
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:16.677	+1.652	+0.135	28
15	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:16.734	+1.709	+0.057	42
16	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:16.781	+1.756	+0.047	44
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:16.829	+1.804	+0.048	21
18	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:16.860	+1.835	+0.031	14
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:17.008	+1.983	+0.148	39
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:17.047	+2.022	+0.039	37

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:15.621	—	—	18
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:15.693	+0.072	+0.072	21
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:15.839	+0.218	+0.146	21
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:15.943	+0.322	+0.104	18
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:16.037	+0.416	+0.094	24
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:16.133	+0.512	+0.096	25
7	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:16.161	+0.540	+0.028	21
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:16.196	+0.575	+0.035	19
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:16.380	+0.759	+0.184	19
10	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:16.405	+0.784	+0.025	20
11	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:16.447	+0.826	+0.042	22
12	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:16.515	+0.894	+0.068	19
13	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:16.530	+0.909	+0.015	18
14	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:16.636	+1.015	+0.106	27
15	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:16.808	+1.187	+0.172	23
16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:16.906	+1.285	+0.098	24
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:16.938	+1.317	+0.032	20
18	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:17.189	+1.568	+0.251	20
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:17.312	+1.691	+0.123	22
20	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:17.469	+1.848	+0.157	15

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 2008
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 20 Jul 2008
Layout raced: Shortened circuit · 4.574 km · 17 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.