Seasons/18 races

2008 season

Title decided in round 18

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World ChampionLewis Hamilton98 points · 5 wins
Constructors' championFerrari172 points

Races18
Different winners7
Pole-sitters6
Not classified22%81 of 368 starts

Points: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight.

The title was decided in round 18: Brazilian Grand Prix on 2 Nov 2008.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Lewis Hamilton	10	14	14	20	28	38	38	38	48	58	62	70	76	78	84	84	94	98
Felipe Massa	0	0	10	18	28	34	38	48	48	54	54	64	74	77	77	79	87	97
Kimi Räikkönen	1	11	19	29	35	35	35	43	48	51	57	57	57	57	57	63	69	75
Robert Kubica	0	8	14	19	24	32	42	46	46	48	49	55	58	64	64	72	75	75
Fernando Alonso	5	6	6	6	9	9	9	10	13	13	18	18	23	28	38	48	53	61
Nick Heidfeld	8	11	16	16	20	20	28	28	36	41	41	41	49	53	56	56	60	60
Heikki Kovalainen	4	10	14	14	14	15	15	20	24	28	38	43	43	51	51	51	51	53
Sebastian Vettel	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	5	5	6	6	9	13	23	27	30	30	35
Jarno Trulli	0	5	8	9	9	9	12	18	20	20	22	26	26	26	26	30	30	31
Timo Glock	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	13	15	15	15	20	20	22	25
Mark Webber	0	2	4	8	10	15	15	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	21
Nelson Piquet Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10	13	13	13	13	13	18	19	19
Nico Rosberg	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	17	17	17	17
Rubens Barrichello	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Kazuki Nakajima	3	3	3	5	5	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
David Coulthard	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8
Sébastien Bourdais	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Jenson Button	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Giancarlo Fisichella	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adrian Sutil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takuma Sato	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Davidson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The constructors' championship, round by round

Ferrari172
McLaren151
BMW Sauber135
Renault80
Toyota56
Toro Rosso39
Red Bull29
Williams26
3 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ferrari	1	11	29	47	63	69	73	91	96	105	111	121	131	134	134	142	156	172
McLaren	14	24	28	34	42	53	53	58	72	86	100	113	119	129	135	135	145	151
BMW Sauber	8	19	30	35	44	52	70	74	82	89	90	96	107	117	120	128	135	135
Renault	5	6	6	6	9	9	9	12	15	23	31	31	36	41	51	66	72	80
Toyota	0	5	8	9	9	9	17	23	25	25	35	41	41	41	46	50	52	56
Toro Rosso	2	2	2	2	2	6	7	7	7	8	8	11	17	27	31	34	34	39
Red Bull	0	2	4	8	10	15	21	24	24	24	24	24	25	26	28	29	29	29
Williams	9	9	10	12	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	26	26	26	26
Honda	0	0	0	3	3	6	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Force India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Super Aguri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	5	98
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	97
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	75
4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1	75
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	2	61
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber		60
7	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1	53
8	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1	35
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota		31
10	Timo Glock	Toyota		25
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull		21
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault		19
13	Nico Rosberg	Williams		17
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda		11
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams		9
16	David Coulthard	Red Bull		8
17	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso		4
18	Jenson Button	Honda		3
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India		0
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India		0
21	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri		0
22	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri		0

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
1	Ferrari	172
2	McLaren	151
3	BMW Sauber	135
4	Renault	80
5	Toyota	56
6	Toro Rosso	39
7	Red Bull	29
8	Williams	26
9	Honda	14
10	Force India	0
11	Super Aguri	0

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 2008
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pts
HAM (Lewis Hamilton)	1^P	5	13	3	2	1	Ret^P	10	1	1^P	5^P	2	3^P	7	3	12^P	1^P^F	5	98
MAS (Felipe Massa)	Ret	Ret^P	1	2	1^P	3^P	5	1	13	3	17	1^P^F	1	6	13^P	7^F	2	1^P^F	97
RAI (Kimi Räikkönen)	8	1	2	1^P^F	3^F	9^F	Ret^F	2^P^F	4^F	6	3^F	Ret	18^F	9^F	15^F	3	3	3	75
KUB (Robert Kubica)	Ret	2	3^P	4	4	2	1	5	Ret	7	8	3	6	3	11	2	6	11	75
ALO (Fernando Alonso)	4	8	10	Ret	6	10	Ret	8	6	11	4	Ret	4	4	1	1	4	2	61
HEI (Nick Heidfeld)	2	6^F	4	9	5	14	2	13	2	4^F	10	9	2	5	6	9	5	10	60
KOV (Heikki Kovalainen)	5^F	3	5^F	Ret	12	8	9	4	5^P	5	1	4	10	2	10	Ret	Ret	7	53
VET (Sebastian Vettel)	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	5	8	12	Ret	8	Ret	6	5	1^P	5	6	9	4	35
TRU (Jarno Trulli)	Ret	4	6	8	10	13	6	3	7	9	7	5	16	13	Ret	5	Ret	8	31
GLO (Timo Glock)	Ret	Ret	9	11	13	12	4	11	12	Ret	2	7	9	11	4	Ret	7	6	25
WEB (Mark Webber)	Ret	7	7	5	7	4	12	6	10	Ret	9	12	8	8	Ret	8	14	9	21
PIQ (Nelson Piquet Jr.)	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	6	11	Ret	10	Ret	4	8	Ret	19
ROS (Nico Rosberg)	3	14	8	Ret	8	Ret	10	16	9	10	14	8	12	14	2	11	15	12	17
BAR (Rubens Barrichello)	Ret	13	11	Ret	14	6	7	14	3	Ret	16	16	Ret	17	Ret	13	11	15	11
NAK (Kazuki Nakajima)	6	17	14	7	Ret	7	Ret	15	8	14	13	15	14	12	8	15	12	17	9
COU (David Coulthard)	Ret	9	18	12	9	Ret	3	9	Ret	13	11	17	11	16	7	Ret	10	Ret	8
BOU (Sébastien Bourdais)	7	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	17	11	12	18	10	7	18	12	10	13	14	4
BUT (Jenson Button)	Ret	10	Ret	6	11	11	11	Ret	Ret	17	12	13	15	15	9	14	16	13	3
FIS (Giancarlo Fisichella)	Ret	12	12	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	16	15	14	17	Ret	14	Ret	17	18	0
SUT (Adrian Sutil)	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	13	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	0
SAT (Takuma Sato)	Ret	16	17	13															0
DAV (Anthony Davidson)	Ret	15	16	Ret															0

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Australia	Albert Park	16 Mar 2008	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
2	Malaysia	Sepang	23 Mar 2008	Felipe Massa	Kimi Räikkönen
3	Bahrain	Bahrain	6 Apr 2008	Robert Kubica	Felipe Massa
4	Spain	Catalunya	27 Apr 2008	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen
5	Turkey	İstanbul Park	11 May 2008	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa
6	Monaco	Monaco	25 May 2008	Felipe Massa	Lewis Hamilton
7	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	8 Jun 2008	Lewis Hamilton	Robert Kubica
8	France	Magny-Cours	22 Jun 2008	Kimi Räikkönen	Felipe Massa
9	Great Britain	Silverstone	6 Jul 2008	Heikki Kovalainen	Lewis Hamilton
10	Germany	Hockenheimring	20 Jul 2008	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	3 Aug 2008	Lewis Hamilton	Heikki Kovalainen
12	Europe	Valencia	24 Aug 2008	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	7 Sept 2008	Lewis Hamilton	Felipe Massa
14	Italy	Monza	14 Sept 2008	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	28 Sept 2008	Felipe Massa	Fernando Alonso
16	Japan	Fuji	12 Oct 2008	Lewis Hamilton	Fernando Alonso
17	China	Shanghai	19 Oct 2008	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
18	BrazilTitle decided	José Carlos Pace	2 Nov 2008	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
BMW Sauber	BMW Sauber F1 Team	F1.08	BMW P86/8 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	F2008	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Felipe Massa, Kimi Räikkönen
Force India	Force India F1 Team	VJM01	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Adrian Sutil, Giancarlo Fisichella
Honda	Honda Racing F1 Team	RA108	Honda RA808E 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello
McLaren	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	MP4-23	Mercedes FO 108V 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Heikki Kovalainen, Lewis Hamilton
Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	RB4	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	David Coulthard, Mark Webber
Renault	ING Renault F1 Team	R28	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Fernando Alonso, Nelson Piquet Jr.
Super Aguri	Super Aguri F1 Team	SA08	Honda RA808E 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Anthony Davidson, Takuma Sato
Toro Rosso	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR2B, STR3	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Sebastian Vettel, Sébastien Bourdais
Toyota	Panasonic Toyota Racing	TF108	Toyota RVX-08 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Jarno Trulli, Timo Glock
Williams	AT&T Williams	FW30	Toyota RVX-08 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Kazuki Nakajima, Nico Rosberg

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Felipe Massa instead of Lewis Hamilton.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Felipe Massa	73	97	P2
2	Lewis Hamilton	71	98	P1
3	Kimi Räikkönen	61	75	P3
4	Robert Kubica	46	75	P4
5	Nick Heidfeld	38	60	P6
6	Fernando Alonso	37	61	P5
7	Heikki Kovalainen	34	53	P7
8	Sebastian Vettel	17	35	P8
9	Timo Glock	12	25	P10
10	Jarno Trulli	11	31	P9
11	Nico Rosberg	10	17	P13
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	9	19	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Felipe Massa instead of Lewis Hamilton.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Felipe Massa	71	97	P2
2	Lewis Hamilton	70	98	P1
3	Kimi Räikkönen	52	75	P3
4	Robert Kubica	48	75	P4
5	Fernando Alonso	39	61	P5
6	Nick Heidfeld	38	60	P6
7	Heikki Kovalainen	32	53	P7
8	Sebastian Vettel	19	35	P8
9	Timo Glock	13	25	P10
10	Jarno Trulli	13	31	P9
11	Nico Rosberg	10	17	P13
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	10	19	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Felipe Massa instead of Lewis Hamilton.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Felipe Massa	77	97	P2
2	Lewis Hamilton	75	98	P1
3	Kimi Räikkönen	54	75	P3
4	Robert Kubica	49	75	P4
5	Fernando Alonso	41	61	P5
6	Nick Heidfeld	38	60	P6
7	Heikki Kovalainen	33	53	P7
8	Sebastian Vettel	20	35	P8
9	Timo Glock	13	25	P10
10	Jarno Trulli	13	31	P9
11	Nico Rosberg	10	17	P13
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	10	19	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Felipe Massa instead of Lewis Hamilton.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Felipe Massa	83	97	P2
2	Lewis Hamilton	80	98	P1
3	Kimi Räikkönen	56	75	P3
4	Robert Kubica	50	75	P4
5	Fernando Alonso	43	61	P5
6	Nick Heidfeld	38	60	P6
7	Heikki Kovalainen	34	53	P7
8	Sebastian Vettel	21	35	P8
9	Timo Glock	13	25	P10
10	Jarno Trulli	13	31	P9
11	Nico Rosberg	10	17	P13
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	10	19	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Lewis Hamilton	243	98	P1
2	Felipe Massa	240	97	P2
3	Kimi Räikkönen	189	75	P3
4	Robert Kubica	184	75	P4
5	Fernando Alonso	154	61	P5
6	Nick Heidfeld	150	60	P6
7	Heikki Kovalainen	136	53	P7
8	Sebastian Vettel	93	35	P8
9	Jarno Trulli	86	31	P9
10	Timo Glock	66	25	P10
11	Mark Webber	65	21	P11
12	Nico Rosberg	49	17	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Lewis Hamilton	244	98	P1
2	Felipe Massa	243	97	P2
3	Kimi Räikkönen	196	75	P3
4	Robert Kubica	184	75	P4
5	Fernando Alonso	154	61	P5
6	Nick Heidfeld	152	60	P6
7	Heikki Kovalainen	138	53	P7
8	Sebastian Vettel	93	35	P8
9	Jarno Trulli	86	31	P9
10	Timo Glock	66	25	P10
11	Mark Webber	65	21	P11
12	Nico Rosberg	49	17	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Lewis Hamilton	243	98	P1
2	Felipe Massa	240	97	P2
3	Kimi Räikkönen	189	75	P3
4	Robert Kubica	184	75	P4
5	Fernando Alonso	154	61	P5
6	Nick Heidfeld	150	60	P6
7	Heikki Kovalainen	136	53	P7
8	Sebastian Vettel	93	35	P8
9	Jarno Trulli	86	31	P9
10	Timo Glock	66	25	P10
11	Mark Webber	65	21	P11
12	Nico Rosberg	49	17	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.