Malaysian Grand Prix 2008

Sepang
23 March 2008
56 laps
310.4 km
5.543 km a lap

Pole positionFelipe MassaFerrari · 1:35.748
Fastest lapNick Heidfeld1:35.366 · lap 55
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Kimi Räikkönen	1	Ferrari	2	56	1:31:18.555	10
2	Robert Kubica	4	BMW Sauber · BMW	4	56	+19.570	8
3	Heikki Kovalainen	23	McLaren · Mercedes	8	56	+38.450	6
4	Jarno Trulli	11	Toyota	3	56	+45.832	5
5	Lewis Hamilton	22	McLaren · Mercedes	9	56	+46.548	4
6	Nick Heidfeldfastest lap	3	BMW Sauber · BMW	5	56	+49.833	3
7	Mark Webber	10	Red Bull · Renault	6	56	+1:08.130	2
8	Fernando Alonso	5	Renault	7	56	+1:10.041	1
9	David Coulthard	9	Red Bull · Renault	12	56	+1:16.220
10	Jenson Button	16	Honda	11	56	+1:26.214
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	6	Renault	13	56	+1:32.202
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	21	Force India · Ferrari	17	55	+1 lap
13	Rubens Barrichello	17	Honda	14	55	+1 lap
14	Nico Rosberg	7	Williams · Toyota	16	55	+1 lap
15	Anthony Davidson	19	Super Aguri · Honda	21	55	+1 lap
16	Takuma Sato	18	Super Aguri · Honda	19	54	+2 laps
17	Kazuki Nakajima	8	Williams · Toyota	22	54	+2 laps
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	15	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	15	39	Hydraulics
DNF	Felipe Massa	2	Ferrari	1	30	Spun off
DNF	Adrian Sutil	20	Force India · Ferrari	20	5	Hydraulics
DNF	Timo Glock	12	Toyota	10	1	Collision
DNF	Sébastien Bourdais	14	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	18	0	Spun off

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 32, Felipe Massa 16, Robert Kubica 8. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Kimi Räikkönen	2	2	1	2	1	32
Robert Kubica	4	3	3	1	2	8
Heikki Kovalainen	8	7	4	3	3
Jarno Trulli	3	6	5	5	4
Lewis Hamilton	9	5	7	4	5
Nick Heidfeld	5	8	8	8	6
Mark Webber	6	4	6	9	7
Fernando Alonso	7	9	9	10	8
David Coulthard	12	10	10	6	9
Jenson Button	11	11	11	7	10
Nelson Piquet Jr.	13	12	12	11	11
Giancarlo Fisichella	17	16	16	13	12
Rubens Barrichello	14	15	15	12	13
Nico Rosberg	16	19	17	14	14
Anthony Davidson	21	18	18	15	15
Takuma Sato	19	17	19	16	16
Kazuki Nakajima	22	13	13	17	17
Sebastian Vettel	15	14	14	–	out
Felipe Massa	1	1	2	–	out	16
Adrian Sutil	20	–	–	–	out
Timo Glock	10	–	–	–	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.

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Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Kimi Räikkönen	+1.9	0.0	+6.2	0.0
Robert Kubica	+12.1	+18.5	0.0	+19.6
Heikki Kovalainen	+25.0	+36.3	+21.5	+38.5
Jarno Trulli	+22.3	+37.5	+53.6	+45.8
Lewis Hamilton	+20.8	+48.8	+34.6	+46.5
Nick Heidfeld	+26.9	+49.6	+63.0	+49.8
Mark Webber	+20.3	+48.2	+66.4	+68.1
Fernando Alonso	+38.8	+54.4	+69.5	+70.0
David Coulthard	+44.4	+64.8	+56.3	+76.2
Jenson Button	+46.2	+66.0	+58.4	+86.2
Nelson Piquet Jr.	+47.5	+67.4	+90.3	+92.2
Giancarlo Fisichella	+58.6	+90.2	+121.8	+131.1
Rubens Barrichello	+57.8	+85.8	+110.9	+133.5
Nico Rosberg	+94.4	+90.7	+136.1	+142.7
Anthony Davidson	+67.8	+112.5	+162.1	+190.8
Takuma Sato	+63.0	+114.8	+170.6	+204.1
Kazuki Nakajima	+48.1	+73.7	+175.5	+215.1
Sebastian Vettel	+55.9	+81.2	–	out
Felipe Massa	0.0	+4.8	–	out
Adrian Sutil	–	–	–	out
Timo Glock	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:35.347	1:34.412	1:35.748
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:35.645	1:34.188	1:36.230
3	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:35.227	1:34.759	1:36.613
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.392	1:34.627	1:36.709
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:35.205	1:34.825	1:36.711
6	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:35.794	1:34.811	1:36.727
7	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:35.729	1:34.648	1:36.753
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:35.440	1:34.967	1:37.009
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:35.983	1:35.140	1:38.450
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:35.891	1:35.000	1:39.656
11	Jenson Button	Honda	1:35.847	1:35.208
12	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:36.058	1:35.408
13	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:36.074	1:35.562
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:36.198	1:35.622
15	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:36.111	1:35.648
16	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:35.843	1:35.670
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:36.240
18	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:36.388
19	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:36.677
20	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	1:37.087
21	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:37.101
22	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri	1:37.481

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Heikki Kovalainen	P3	P8	5 places – 5
Lewis Hamilton	P4	P9	5 places – 5
Kazuki Nakajima	P18	P22	10 places – 10

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Sebastian Vettel	1	24	29.252 s
Felipe Massa	1	17	29.913 s
Nick Heidfeld	2	17, 41	27.944 s
Robert Kubica	2	21, 43	28.121 s
Jenson Button	2	22, 43	28.205 s
David Coulthard	2	23, 44	28.307 s
Fernando Alonso	2	22, 41	28.534 s
Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	24, 40	28.678 s
Jarno Trulli	2	17, 40	28.692 s
Heikki Kovalainen	2	20, 45	28.723 s
Mark Webber	2	16, 39	29.249 s
Anthony Davidson	2	20, 39	29.311 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	18, 38	29.511 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	20, 38	30.125 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	19, 44	30.255 s
Kazuki Nakajima	2	16, 29	30.474 s
Takuma Sato	2	18, 35	30.627 s
Nico Rosberg	2	2, 29	33.756 s
Rubens Barrichello	3	24, 39, 46	18.949 s

Every stop, lap by lap (37)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
2	Nico Rosberg	1	38.701 s
16	Kazuki Nakajima	1	30.474 s
16	Mark Webber	1	31.528 s
17	Felipe Massa	1	29.913 s
17	Nick Heidfeld	1	30.255 s
17	Jarno Trulli	1	30.926 s
18	Kimi Räikkönen	1	29.511 s
18	Takuma Sato	1	30.627 s
19	Lewis Hamilton	1	41.548 s
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	30.125 s
20	Anthony Davidson	1	30.945 s
20	Heikki Kovalainen	1	31.880 s
21	Robert Kubica	1	30.507 s
22	Fernando Alonso	1	30.071 s
22	Jenson Button	1	30.459 s
23	David Coulthard	1	31.229 s
24	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1	28.678 s
24	Sebastian Vettel	1	29.252 s
24	Rubens Barrichello	1	29.566 s
29	Kazuki Nakajima	2	30.755 s
29	Nico Rosberg	2	33.756 s
35	Takuma Sato	2	30.981 s
38	Kimi Räikkönen	2	30.139 s
38	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	30.231 s
39	Rubens Barrichello	2	28.516 s
39	Mark Webber	2	29.249 s
39	Anthony Davidson	2	29.311 s
40	Jarno Trulli	2	28.692 s
40	Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	29.264 s
41	Nick Heidfeld	2	27.944 s
41	Fernando Alonso	2	28.534 s
43	Robert Kubica	2	28.121 s
43	Jenson Button	2	28.205 s
44	David Coulthard	2	28.307 s
44	Lewis Hamilton	2	30.255 s
45	Heikki Kovalainen	2	28.723 s
46	Rubens Barrichello	3	18.949 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Nick Heidfeld	55	1:35.366
2	Kimi Räikkönen	37	1:35.405	+0.039
3	Lewis Hamilton	53	1:35.462	+0.096
4	Jenson Button	56	1:35.715	+0.349
5	Felipe Massa	15	1:35.914	+0.548
6	Robert Kubica	39	1:35.921	+0.555
7	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:35.922	+0.556
8	Jarno Trulli	53	1:36.068	+0.702
9	David Coulthard	55	1:36.206	+0.840
10	Fernando Alonso	40	1:36.288	+0.922

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 2. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 2
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	14
2	Kimi Räikkönen	11	▲6
3	Nick Heidfeld	11	▼1
4	Heikki Kovalainen	10	▲1
5	Robert Kubica	8
6	Nico Rosberg	6	▼3
7	Fernando Alonso	6	▼3
8	Jarno Trulli	5
9	Kazuki Nakajima	3	▼3
10	Sébastien Bourdais	2	▼3

Constructors' championship after round 2
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	McLaren	24
2	BMW Sauber	19	▲1
3	Ferrari	11	▲3
4	Williams	9	▼2
5	Renault	6	▼1
6	Toyota	5
7	Red Bull	2
8	Toro Rosso	2	▼3
9	Honda	0
10	Force India	0