French Grand Prix 2008

Magny-Cours
Nevers
22 June 2008
70 laps
308.8 km
4.411 km a lap

Pole positionKimi RäikkönenFerrari · 1:16.449
Fastest lapKimi Räikkönen1:16.630 · lap 16
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Felipe Massa	2	Ferrari	2	70	1:31:50.245	10
2	Kimi Räikkönenfastest lap	1	Ferrari	1	70	+17.984	8
3	Jarno Trulli	11	Toyota	4	70	+28.250	6
4	Heikki Kovalainen	23	McLaren · Mercedes	10	70	+28.929	5
5	Robert Kubica	4	BMW Sauber · BMW	5	70	+30.512	4
6	Mark Webber	10	Red Bull · Renault	6	70	+40.304	3
7	Nelson Piquet Jr.	6	Renault	9	70	+41.033	2
8	Fernando Alonso	5	Renault	3	70	+43.372	1
9	David Coulthard	9	Red Bull · Renault	7	70	+51.072
10	Lewis Hamilton	22	McLaren · Mercedes	13	70	+54.521
11	Timo Glock	12	Toyota	8	70	+57.738
12	Sebastian Vettel	15	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	12	70	+58.065
13	Nick Heidfeld	3	BMW Sauber · BMW	11	70	+1:02.079
14	Rubens Barrichello	17	Honda	20	69	+1 lap
15	Kazuki Nakajima	8	Williams · Toyota	15	69	+1 lap
16	Nico Rosberg	7	Williams · Toyota	19	69	+1 lap
17	Sébastien Bourdais	14	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	14	69	+1 lap
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	21	Force India · Ferrari	17	69	+1 lap
19	Adrian Sutil	20	Force India · Ferrari	18	69	+1 lap
DNF	Jenson Button	16	Honda	16	16	Collision damage

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Kimi Räikkönen 36, Felipe Massa 34. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 18	Lap 35	Lap 53	Finish	Laps led
Felipe Massa	2	2	2	1	1	34
Kimi Räikkönen	1	1	1	2	2	36
Jarno Trulli	4	3	3	3	3
Heikki Kovalainen	10	8	7	4	4
Robert Kubica	5	4	4	5	5
Mark Webber	6	6	6	6	6
Nelson Piquet Jr.	9	7	8	8	7
Fernando Alonso	3	12	5	7	8
David Coulthard	7	9	10	9	9
Lewis Hamilton	13	13	14	12	10
Timo Glock	8	5	9	10	11
Sebastian Vettel	12	10	11	11	12
Nick Heidfeld	11	11	13	13	13
Rubens Barrichello	20	17	17	15	14
Kazuki Nakajima	15	14	12	14	15
Nico Rosberg	19	19	15	17	16
Sébastien Bourdais	14	15	16	18	17
Giancarlo Fisichella	17	16	18	16	18
Adrian Sutil	18	18	19	19	19
Jenson Button	16	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 75 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 18	Lap 35	Lap 53	Last lap
Felipe Massa	+4.3	+3.2	0.0	0.0
Kimi Räikkönen	0.0	0.0	+37.2	+18.0
Jarno Trulli	+18.9	+32.4	+55.0	+28.3
Heikki Kovalainen	+38.1	+44.2	+59.3	+28.9
Robert Kubica	+23.3	+33.4	+60.2	+30.5
Mark Webber	+33.7	+43.2	+67.2	+40.3
Nelson Piquet Jr.	+37.4	+47.7	+72.0	+41.0
Fernando Alonso	+51.0	+38.6	+70.0	+43.4
David Coulthard	+41.9	+52.9	+79.9	+51.1
Lewis Hamilton	+51.4	+65.7	+83.4	+54.5
Timo Glock	+32.0	+51.1	+81.3	+57.7
Sebastian Vettel	+45.8	+57.3	+82.8	+58.1
Nick Heidfeld	+48.7	+58.5	+86.0	+62.1
Rubens Barrichello	+66.8	+86.6	+99.2	+98.3
Kazuki Nakajima	+58.4	+58.0	+96.7	+101.8
Nico Rosberg	+70.8	+73.1	+120.4	+102.4
Sébastien Bourdais	+59.3	+80.2	+126.1	+103.1
Giancarlo Fisichella	+65.9	+88.5	+106.5	+129.9
Adrian Sutil	+68.2	+95.4	+155.0	+149.8
Jenson Button	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:15.133	1:15.161	1:16.449
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:15.024	1:15.041	1:16.490
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:15.634	1:15.293	1:16.693
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:15.754	1:15.483	1:16.840
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:15.521	1:15.362	1:16.920
6	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:15.965	1:15.639	1:16.944
7	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:15.687	1:15.723	1:17.037
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:16.020	1:15.488	1:17.233
9	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:15.802	1:15.654	1:17.426
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:15.727	1:15.558	1:17.596
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:15.848	1:15.770
12	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:16.006	1:15.786
13	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:15.918	1:15.816
14	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:16.072	1:16.045
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:16.085	1:16.235
16	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:16.243
17	Jenson Button	Honda	1:16.306
18	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:16.330
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:16.971
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:17.053

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Heikki Kovalainen	P6	P10	5 places – 5
Lewis Hamilton	P3	P13	10 places – 10
Nico Rosberg	P15	P19	10 places – 10
Rubens Barrichello	P18	P20	5 places – 5

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Nico Rosberg	1	40	26.519 s
Jenson Button	1	5	28.958 s
Nick Heidfeld	2	29, 48	22.988 s
Heikki Kovalainen	2	25, 52	23.304 s
Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	25, 50	23.540 s
Rubens Barrichello	2	34, 56	23.550 s
David Coulthard	2	26, 52	23.811 s
Jarno Trulli	2	20, 50	23.848 s
Mark Webber	2	23, 49	23.864 s
Felipe Massa	2	23, 54	23.983 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	29, 48	24.241 s
Sébastien Bourdais	2	26, 46	24.384 s
Kazuki Nakajima	2	35, 58	24.545 s
Adrian Sutil	2	20, 43	24.766 s
Robert Kubica	2	20, 46	24.839 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	32, 54	24.871 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	21, 52	25.075 s
Fernando Alonso	2	15, 42	25.117 s
Timo Glock	2	21, 49	25.578 s
Lewis Hamilton	3	13, 19, 52	14.559 s

Every stop, lap by lap (39)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
5	Jenson Button	1	28.958 s
13	Lewis Hamilton	1	14.559 s
15	Fernando Alonso	1	25.117 s
19	Lewis Hamilton	2	25.864 s
20	Adrian Sutil	1	24.766 s
20	Robert Kubica	1	24.901 s
20	Jarno Trulli	1	25.888 s
21	Kimi Räikkönen	1	25.714 s
21	Timo Glock	1	26.655 s
23	Mark Webber	1	24.886 s
23	Felipe Massa	1	26.068 s
25	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1	25.269 s
25	Heikki Kovalainen	1	26.121 s
26	David Coulthard	1	26.127 s
26	Sébastien Bourdais	1	26.203 s
29	Nick Heidfeld	1	22.988 s
29	Sebastian Vettel	1	24.261 s
32	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	24.871 s
34	Rubens Barrichello	1	24.767 s
35	Kazuki Nakajima	1	24.950 s
40	Nico Rosberg	1	26.519 s
42	Fernando Alonso	2	26.310 s
43	Adrian Sutil	2	26.485 s
46	Sébastien Bourdais	2	24.384 s
46	Robert Kubica	2	24.839 s
48	Nick Heidfeld	2	23.899 s
48	Sebastian Vettel	2	24.241 s
49	Mark Webber	2	23.864 s
49	Timo Glock	2	25.578 s
50	Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	23.540 s
50	Jarno Trulli	2	23.848 s
52	Heikki Kovalainen	2	23.304 s
52	Lewis Hamilton	3	23.625 s
52	David Coulthard	2	23.811 s
52	Kimi Räikkönen	2	25.075 s
54	Felipe Massa	2	23.983 s
54	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	25.161 s
56	Rubens Barrichello	2	23.550 s
58	Kazuki Nakajima	2	24.545 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Kimi Räikkönen	16	1:16.630
2	Felipe Massa	20	1:16.729	+0.099
3	Heikki Kovalainen	46	1:17.134	+0.504
4	Robert Kubica	16	1:17.172	+0.542
5	Lewis Hamilton	40	1:17.453	+0.823
6	Mark Webber	22	1:17.507	+0.877
7	Jarno Trulli	12	1:17.567	+0.937
8	Fernando Alonso	39	1:17.641	+1.011
9	Nick Heidfeld	46	1:17.716	+1.086
10	Nelson Piquet Jr.	24	1:17.758	+1.128

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 8. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 8
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Felipe Massa	48	▲2
2	Robert Kubica	46	▼1
3	Kimi Räikkönen	43	▲1
4	Lewis Hamilton	38	▼2
5	Nick Heidfeld	28
6	Heikki Kovalainen	20
7	Jarno Trulli	18	▲1
8	Mark Webber	18	▼1
9	Fernando Alonso	10
10	Nico Rosberg	8

Constructors' championship after round 8
Pos	Team	Points
1	Ferrari	91
2	BMW Sauber	74
3	McLaren	58
4	Red Bull	24
5	Toyota	23
6	Williams	15
7	Renault	12
8	Honda	8
9	Toro Rosso	7
10	Force India	0