2008 Japanese Grand Prix

Circuit: Fuji SpeedwayOyama, Japan
Winner: Fernando AlonsoRenault
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Felipe Massa
Entries: 2015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R28	4	67	Finished	10
2	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.08	6	67	Finished	8
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F2008	2	67	Finished	6
4	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	R28	12	67	Finished	5
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	TF108	7	67	Finished	4
6	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	9	67	Finished	3
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2008	5	67	Finished	2	fastest lap
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB4	13	67	Finished	1
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.08	16	67	Finished	0
10	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	10	67	Finished	0
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW30	15	67	Finished	0
12	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-23	1	67	Finished	0
13	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA108	17	66	Finished	0
14	Jenson Button	Honda	RA108	18	66	Finished	0
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	FW30	14	66	Finished	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	VJM01	20	21	Gearbox	0
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	MP4-23	3	16	Engine	0
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM01	19	8	Puncture	0
DNF	Timo Glock	Toyota	TF108	8	6	Collision damage	0
DNF	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB4	11	0	Accident	0

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

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
Fernando Alonso	4	1	67
Robert Kubica	6	2	67
Kimi Raikkonen	2	3	67
Nelson Piquet Jr.	12	4	67
Jarno Trulli	7	5	67
Sebastian Vettel	9	6	67
Felipe Massa	5	7	67
Mark Webber	13	8	67
Nick Heidfeld	16	9	67
Sébastien Bourdais	10	10	67
Nico Rosberg	15	11	67
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	12	67
Rubens Barrichello	17	13	66
Jenson Button	18	14	66
Kazuki Nakajima	14	15	66
Giancarlo Fisichella	20	DNF	21
Heikki Kovalainen	3	DNF	16
Adrian Sutil	19	DNF	8
Timo Glock	8	DNF	6
David Coulthard	11	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:18.071	1:17.462	1:18.404	—	—
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:18.160	1:17.733	1:18.644	+0.240	+0.240
3	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:18.220	1:17.360	1:18.821	+0.417	+0.177
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:18.290	1:17.871	1:18.852	+0.448	+0.031
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:18.110	1:17.287	1:18.874	+0.470	+0.022
6	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:18.684	1:17.931	1:18.979	+0.575	+0.105
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:18.501	1:17.541	1:19.026	+0.622	+0.047
8	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:17.945	1:17.670	1:19.118	+0.714	+0.092
9	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:18.559	1:17.714	1:19.638	+1.234	+0.520
10	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:18.593	1:18.102	1:20.167	+1.763	+0.529
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:18.303	1:18.187	—	—	—
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:18.300	1:18.274	—	—	—
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:18.372	1:18.354	—	—	—
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:18.640	1:18.594	—	—	—
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:18.740	1:18.672	—	—	—
16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:18.835	—	—	—	—
17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:18.882	—	—	—	—
18	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:19.100	—	—	—	—
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:19.163	—	—	—	—
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:19.910	—	—	—	—

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
Fernando Alonso	1	67	2	18, 43
Robert Kubica	2	67	2	17, 46
Kimi Raikkonen	3	67	2	17, 48
Nelson Piquet Jr.	4	67	2	28, 52
Jarno Trulli	5	67	2	21, 50
Sebastian Vettel	6	67	2	23, 51
Felipe Massa	7	67	3	18, 19, 53
Mark Webber	8	67	1	34
Nick Heidfeld	9	67	1	40
Sébastien Bourdais	10	67	2	25, 50
Nico Rosberg	11	67	1	42
Sir Lewis Hamilton	12	67	3	2, 17, 40
Rubens Barrichello	13	66	1	38
Jenson Button	14	66	1	37
Kazuki Nakajima	15	66	2	1, 36
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	21	0	None recorded
Heikki Kovalainen	DNF	16	0	None recorded
Adrian Sutil	DNF	8	0	None recorded
Timo Glock	DNF	6	1	5
David Coulthard	DNF	0	0	None recorded

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
Fernando Alonso · Felipe Massa	4 · 5	1 · 7	18 · 18	Same lap	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Robert Kubica	4 · 6	1 · 2	18 · 17	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Robert Kubica	2 · 6	3 · 2	17 · 17	Same lap	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Robert Kubica	5 · 6	7 · 2	18 · 17	Robert Kubica	Swapped places
Robert Kubica · Jarno Trulli	6 · 7	2 · 5	17 · 21	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Kimi Raikkonen	1 · 2	12 · 3	2 · 17	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nelson Piquet Jr.	2 · 12	3 · 4	17 · 28	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Nelson Piquet Jr.	7 · 12	5 · 4	21 · 28	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Nelson Piquet Jr. · Mark Webber	12 · 13	4 · 8	28 · 34	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Sebastian Vettel	7 · 9	5 · 6	21 · 23	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Sebastian Vettel	5 · 9	7 · 6	18 · 23	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Sébastien Bourdais	9 · 10	6 · 10	23 · 25	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Mark Webber	5 · 13	7 · 8	18 · 34	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Nick Heidfeld	13 · 16	8 · 9	34 · 40	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Kazuki Nakajima	13 · 14	8 · 15	34 · 1	Kazuki Nakajima	Kept their order
Sébastien Bourdais · Nick Heidfeld	10 · 16	10 · 9	25 · 40	Sébastien Bourdais	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Nick Heidfeld	15 · 16	11 · 9	42 · 40	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Rubens Barrichello	16 · 17	9 · 13	40 · 38	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Sébastien Bourdais · Nico Rosberg	10 · 15	10 · 11	25 · 42	Sébastien Bourdais	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg	1 · 15	12 · 11	2 · 42	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Kazuki Nakajima · Nico Rosberg	14 · 15	15 · 11	1 · 42	Kazuki Nakajima	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Rubens Barrichello	1 · 17	12 · 13	2 · 38	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Jenson Button	17 · 18	13 · 14	38 · 37	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Kazuki Nakajima · Jenson Button	14 · 18	15 · 14	1 · 37	Kazuki Nakajima	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	1:18.910	—	—	23
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:19.063	+0.153	+0.153	24
3	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:19.279	+0.369	+0.216	20
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:19.399	+0.489	+0.120	31
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:19.473	+0.563	+0.074	30
6	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:19.743	+0.833	+0.270	35
7	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:20.121	+1.211	+0.378	30
8	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:20.160	+1.250	+0.039	26
9	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:20.182	+1.272	+0.022	34
10	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:20.217	+1.307	+0.035	25
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:20.288	+1.378	+0.071	26
12	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:20.350	+1.440	+0.062	28
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:20.620	+1.710	+0.270	24
14	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:20.628	+1.718	+0.008	23
15	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:20.657	+1.747	+0.029	33
16	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:20.753	+1.843	+0.096	32
17	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:20.769	+1.859	+0.016	27
18	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:20.823	+1.913	+0.054	37
19	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:20.905	+1.995	+0.082	24
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:21.014	+2.104	+0.109	28

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	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:18.383	—	—	44
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:18.426	+0.043	+0.043	41
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:18.463	+0.080	+0.037	40
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:18.491	+0.108	+0.028	40
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:18.725	+0.342	+0.234	39
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:18.734	+0.351	+0.009	39
7	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:18.734	+0.351	+0.000	36
8	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:18.761	+0.378	+0.027	23
9	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:18.803	+0.420	+0.042	32
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:18.863	+0.480	+0.060	45
11	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:18.865	+0.482	+0.002	39
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:18.888	+0.505	+0.023	43
13	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:18.981	+0.598	+0.093	41
14	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:19.040	+0.657	+0.059	41
15	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:19.258	+0.875	+0.218	42
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:19.287	+0.904	+0.029	41
17	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:19.327	+0.944	+0.040	36
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:19.482	+1.099	+0.155	44
19	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:19.894	+1.511	+0.412	41
20	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:19.999	+1.616	+0.105	42

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	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:25.087	—	—	19
2	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:25.171	+0.084	+0.084	25
3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:25.415	+0.328	+0.244	19
4	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:25.474	+0.387	+0.059	24
5	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:25.563	+0.476	+0.089	23
6	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:25.614	+0.527	+0.051	20
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:25.709	+0.622	+0.095	15
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:25.785	+0.698	+0.076	20
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:25.799	+0.712	+0.014	19
10	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:25.880	+0.793	+0.081	24
11	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:25.901	+0.814	+0.021	8
12	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:25.984	+0.897	+0.083	22
13	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:26.013	+0.926	+0.029	21
14	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:26.213	+1.126	+0.200	19
15	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:26.239	+1.152	+0.026	10
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:26.277	+1.190	+0.038	18
17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:26.662	+1.575	+0.385	22
18	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:26.922	+1.835	+0.260	26
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:27.357	+2.270	+0.435	12
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:27.918	+2.831	+0.561	17

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: 16 of 2008
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 12 Oct 2008
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Renault
Entrant: Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.