Race · Round 18 of 18 ·
2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
Felipe Massa won for Ferrari from pole at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 2 of the starters were not classified. This round settled the drivers' title for Sir Lewis Hamilton.
- Circuit
- Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Winner
- Felipe MassaFerrari
- Pole
- Felipe Massa
- Fastest lap
- Felipe Massa
- Entries
- 2018 classified
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | F2008 | 1 | 71 | Finished | 10 | fastest lap |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | R28 | 6 | 71 | Finished | 8 | |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | F2008 | 3 | 71 | Finished | 6 | |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | — | 7 | 71 | Finished | 5 | |
| 5 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | MP4-23 | 4 | 71 | Finished | 4 | |
| 6 | Timo Glock | Toyota | TF108 | 10 | 71 | Finished | 3 | |
| 7 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | MP4-23 | 5 | 71 | Finished | 2 | |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | TF108 | 2 | 71 | Finished | 1 | |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | RB4 | 12 | 71 | Finished | 0 | |
| 10 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | F1.08 | 8 | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 11 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | F1.08 | PL | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 12 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | FW30 | 18 | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 13 | Jenson Button | Honda | RA108 | 17 | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 14 | Sébastien Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | — | 9 | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | RA108 | 15 | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 16 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | VJM01 | 20 | 69 | Finished | 0 | |
| 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | FW30 | 16 | 69 | Finished | 0 | |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | VJM01 | 19 | 69 | Finished | 0 | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | R28 | 11 | 0 | Accident | 0 | |
| DNF | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | RB4 | 14 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
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.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 | 1:11.830 | 1:11.875 | 1:12.368 | — | — |
| 2 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 11 | 1:12.226 | 1:12.107 | 1:12.737 | +0.369 | +0.369 |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1 | 1:12.083 | 1:11.950 | 1:12.825 | +0.457 | +0.088 |
| 4 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 22 | 1:12.213 | 1:11.856 | 1:12.830 | +0.462 | +0.005 |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 23 | 1:12.366 | 1:11.768 | 1:12.917 | +0.549 | +0.087 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 5 | 1:12.214 | 1:12.090 | 1:12.967 | +0.599 | +0.050 |
| 7 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 15 | 1:12.390 | 1:11.845 | 1:13.082 | +0.714 | +0.115 |
| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 3 | 1:12.371 | 1:12.026 | 1:13.297 | +0.929 | +0.215 |
| 9 | Sébastien Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 14 | 1:12.498 | 1:12.075 | 1:14.105 | +1.737 | +0.808 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 12 | 1:12.223 | 1:11.909 | 1:14.230 | +1.862 | +0.125 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 6 | 1:12.348 | 1:12.137 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 10 | 1:12.409 | 1:12.289 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 4 | 1:12.381 | 1:12.300 | — | — | — |
| 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | 9 | 1:12.690 | 1:12.717 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 17 | 1:12.548 | 1:13.139 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 8 | 1:12.800 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jenson Button | Honda | 16 | 1:12.810 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 7 | 1:13.002 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 21 | 1:13.426 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 20 | 1:13.508 | — | — | — | — |
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.
Who stopped first, between neighbours
| Drivers, in grid order | Grid | Result | First recorded stop, lap | Stopped first | Grid to flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso | 1 · 6 | 1 · 2 | 10 · 9 | Fernando Alonso | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Jarno Trulli | 1 · 2 | 1 · 8 | 10 · 11 | Felipe Massa | Kept their order |
| Kimi Raikkonen · Fernando Alonso | 3 · 6 | 3 · 2 | 11 · 9 | Fernando Alonso | Swapped places |
| Heikki Kovalainen · Fernando Alonso | 5 · 6 | 7 · 2 | 10 · 9 | Fernando Alonso | Swapped places |
| Fernando Alonso · Sebastian Vettel | 6 · 7 | 2 · 4 | 9 · 9 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Jarno Trulli · Kimi Raikkonen | 2 · 3 | 8 · 3 | 11 · 11 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Kimi Raikkonen · Sebastian Vettel | 3 · 7 | 3 · 4 | 11 · 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Kept their order |
| Kimi Raikkonen · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 3 · 4 | 3 · 5 | 11 · 11 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel | 4 · 7 | 5 · 4 | 11 · 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Swapped places |
| Sebastian Vettel · Nick Heidfeld | 7 · 8 | 4 · 10 | 9 · 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Timo Glock | 4 · 10 | 5 · 6 | 11 · 8 | Timo Glock | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Heikki Kovalainen | 4 · 5 | 5 · 7 | 11 · 10 | Heikki Kovalainen | Kept their order |
| Heikki Kovalainen · Timo Glock | 5 · 10 | 7 · 6 | 10 · 8 | Timo Glock | Swapped places |
| Sébastien Bourdais · Timo Glock | 9 · 10 | 14 · 6 | 8 · 8 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Jarno Trulli · Heikki Kovalainen | 2 · 5 | 8 · 7 | 11 · 10 | Heikki Kovalainen | Swapped places |
| Jarno Trulli · Mark Webber | 2 · 12 | 8 · 9 | 11 · 9 | Mark Webber | Kept their order |
| Nick Heidfeld · Mark Webber | 8 · 12 | 10 · 9 | 10 · 9 | Mark Webber | Swapped places |
| Nick Heidfeld · Sébastien Bourdais | 8 · 9 | 10 · 14 | 10 · 8 | Sébastien Bourdais | Kept their order |
| Jenson Button · Nico Rosberg | 17 · 18 | 13 · 12 | 7 · 7 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Nico Rosberg · Giancarlo Fisichella | 18 · 19 | 12 · 18 | 7 · 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Kept their order |
| Sébastien Bourdais · Jenson Button | 9 · 17 | 14 · 13 | 8 · 7 | Jenson Button | Swapped places |
| Kazuki Nakajima · Jenson Button | 16 · 17 | 17 · 13 | 8 · 7 | Jenson Button | Swapped places |
| Sébastien Bourdais · Rubens Barrichello | 9 · 15 | 14 · 15 | 8 · 9 | Sébastien Bourdais | Kept their order |
| Rubens Barrichello · Adrian Sutil | 15 · 20 | 15 · 16 | 9 · 8 | Adrian Sutil | Kept their order |
| Rubens Barrichello · Kazuki Nakajima | 15 · 16 | 15 · 17 | 9 · 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Kept their order |
| Kazuki Nakajima · Adrian Sutil | 16 · 20 | 17 · 16 | 8 · 8 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Giancarlo Fisichella · Adrian Sutil | 19 · 20 | 18 · 16 | 2 · 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Swapped places |
| Kazuki Nakajima · Giancarlo Fisichella | 16 · 19 | 17 · 18 | 8 · 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Kept their order |
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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 | 1:12.305 | — | — | 24 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 22 | 1:12.495 | +0.190 | +0.190 | 23 |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1 | 1:12.507 | +0.202 | +0.012 | 18 |
| 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 4 | 1:12.874 | +0.569 | +0.367 | 24 |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 23 | 1:12.925 | +0.620 | +0.051 | 20 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 5 | 1:13.061 | +0.756 | +0.136 | 26 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 10 | 1:13.298 | +0.993 | +0.237 | 24 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 6 | 1:13.378 | +1.073 | +0.080 | 39 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 3 | 1:13.426 | +1.121 | +0.048 | 28 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 12 | 1:13.466 | +1.161 | +0.040 | 33 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 11 | 1:13.600 | +1.295 | +0.134 | 24 |
| 12 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 7 | 1:13.621 | +1.316 | +0.021 | 23 |
| 13 | Sébastien Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 14 | 1:13.649 | +1.344 | +0.028 | 30 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 17 | 1:13.676 | +1.371 | +0.027 | 28 |
| 15 | Jenson Button | Honda | 16 | 1:13.766 | +1.461 | +0.090 | 13 |
| 16 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 8 | 1:13.806 | +1.501 | +0.040 | 24 |
| 17 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 15 | 1:13.836 | +1.531 | +0.030 | 30 |
| 18 | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | 9 | 1:13.861 | +1.556 | +0.025 | 19 |
| 19 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 20 | 1:14.704 | +2.399 | +0.843 | 21 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 21 | 1:14.821 | +2.516 | +0.117 | 21 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 5 | 1:12.296 | — | — | 43 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 | 1:12.353 | +0.057 | +0.057 | 41 |
| 3 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 11 | 1:12.435 | +0.139 | +0.082 | 44 |
| 4 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1 | 1:12.600 | +0.304 | +0.165 | 32 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 10 | 1:12.650 | +0.354 | +0.050 | 45 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 15 | 1:12.687 | +0.391 | +0.037 | 47 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 6 | 1:12.703 | +0.407 | +0.016 | 44 |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 7 | 1:12.761 | +0.465 | +0.058 | 42 |
| 9 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 22 | 1:12.827 | +0.531 | +0.066 | 33 |
| 10 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 8 | 1:12.886 | +0.590 | +0.059 | 42 |
| 11 | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | 9 | 1:12.896 | +0.600 | +0.010 | 38 |
| 12 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 4 | 1:12.971 | +0.675 | +0.075 | 48 |
| 13 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 3 | 1:13.038 | +0.742 | +0.067 | 49 |
| 14 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 12 | 1:13.041 | +0.745 | +0.003 | 39 |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 23 | 1:13.213 | +0.917 | +0.172 | 37 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 17 | 1:13.221 | +0.925 | +0.008 | 39 |
| 17 | Sébastien Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 14 | 1:13.273 | +0.977 | +0.052 | 41 |
| 18 | Jenson Button | Honda | 16 | 1:13.341 | +1.045 | +0.068 | 49 |
| 19 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 20 | 1:13.428 | +1.132 | +0.087 | 32 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 21 | 1:13.691 | +1.395 | +0.263 | 33 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 5 | 1:12.141 | — | — | 19 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 22 | 1:12.212 | +0.071 | +0.071 | 18 |
| 3 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 23 | 1:12.225 | +0.084 | +0.013 | 18 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 | 1:12.312 | +0.171 | +0.087 | 17 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 15 | 1:12.389 | +0.248 | +0.077 | 19 |
| 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 3 | 1:12.402 | +0.261 | +0.013 | 19 |
| 7 | Sébastien Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 14 | 1:12.426 | +0.285 | +0.024 | 18 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 10 | 1:12.453 | +0.312 | +0.027 | 18 |
| 9 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 6 | 1:12.457 | +0.316 | +0.004 | 24 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 11 | 1:12.457 | +0.316 | +0.000 | 19 |
| 11 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 7 | 1:12.625 | +0.484 | +0.168 | 16 |
| 12 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1 | 1:12.698 | +0.557 | +0.073 | 18 |
| 13 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 12 | 1:12.712 | +0.571 | +0.014 | 22 |
| 14 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 4 | 1:12.971 | +0.830 | +0.259 | 22 |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 8 | 1:13.054 | +0.913 | +0.083 | 19 |
| 16 | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | 9 | 1:13.058 | +0.917 | +0.004 | 22 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 17 | 1:13.135 | +0.994 | +0.077 | 24 |
| 18 | Jenson Button | Honda | 16 | 1:13.278 | +1.137 | +0.143 | 23 |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 21 | 1:13.460 | +1.319 | +0.182 | 22 |
| 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 20 | 1:13.680 | +1.539 | +0.220 | 22 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Photographs from this race
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The cars in this race
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Ferrari F2008
Luca Badoer 2008 test · Mypoorbrain · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Renault R28
Nelson Piquet 2008 test 3 · Darren · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
McLaren MP4-23
Lewis Hamilton 2008 China · Tim Wang from Beijing, China · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Toyota TF108
Jarno Trulli 2008 Britain 2 · Marc Evans from Newbury, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Red Bull RB4
David Coulthard - Toro Rosso (4204012255) · kevinmcgill from Den Bosch, Netherlands · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
BMW Sauber F1.08
Nick Heidfeld 2008 test · Mypoorbrain · CC BY 2.0 · uncheckedA photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
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Williams FW30
Kazuki Nakajima 2008 Britain · Marc Evans from Newbury, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Honda RA108
Barrichello Canada 2008 · Mark McArdle · CC BY-SA 2.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 18 of 2008
- Grand Prix
- Brazilian Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- Current layout · 4.309 km · 15 turns
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Ferrari
- Entrant
- Ferrari
- 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.