2008 Formula 1 World Championship

1st

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren

98 pts

2nd

Felipe Massa

Ferrari

97 pts

3rd

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

75 pts

1st

Ferrari

172 pts

Pitwall › Seasons › 2008 Formula 1 World Championship

Races

2008 Australian Grand Prix

First race

Mar 16, 2008

Date first race

2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

Last race

Nov 2, 2008

Date last race

MAS (6)

Most wins

HAM (7)

Most pole positions

HAM (10), MAS (10)

Most podiums

KUB (14), HAM (14)

Most in points

RAI (10)

Most fastest laps

SUT (11)

Most DNF

2008 standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	5	10	98
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	10	97	-1
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	9	75	-23
4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1	7	75	-23
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	2	3	61	-37
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	0	4	60	-38
7	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1	3	53	-45
8	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1	1	35	-63
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	0	1	31	-67
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	0	1	25	-73
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull	0	0	21	-77
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	0	1	19	-79
13	Nico Rosberg	Williams	0	2	17	-81
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	0	1	11	-87
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	0	0	9	-89
16	David Coulthard	Red Bull	0	1	8	-90
17	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	0	0	4	-94
18	Jenson Button	Honda	0	0	3	-95
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	0	0	0	-98
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	0	0	0	-98
21	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	0	0	0	-98
22	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri	0	0	0	-98

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	Ferrari	8	19	172
2	McLaren	Mercedes	6	13	151	-21
3	BMW Sauber	BMW	1	11	135	-37
4	Renault	Renault	2	4	80	-92
5	Toyota	Toyota	0	2	56	-116
6	Toro Rosso	Ferrari	1	1	39	-133
7	Red Bull	Renault	0	1	29	-143
8	Williams	Toyota	0	2	26	-146
9	Honda	Honda	0	1	14	-158
10	Force India	Ferrari	0	0	0	-172
11	Super Aguri	Honda	0	0	0	-172

2008 schedule

	Race	Date	Winner	2nd	3rd	Pole position
1	2008 Australian Grand Prix	Mar 16	#22 Lewis Hamilton	Nick Heidfeld	Nico Rosberg	Lewis Hamilton
2	2008 Malaysian Grand Prix	Mar 23	#1 Kimi Räikkönen	Robert Kubica	Heikki Kovalainen	Felipe Massa
3	2008 Bahrain Grand Prix	Apr 6	#2 Felipe Massa	Kimi Räikkönen	Robert Kubica	Robert Kubica
4	2008 Spanish Grand Prix	Apr 27	#1 Kimi Räikkönen	Felipe Massa	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen
5	2008 Turkish Grand Prix	May 11	#2 Felipe Massa	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen	Felipe Massa
6	2008 Monaco Grand Prix	May 25	#22 Lewis Hamilton	Robert Kubica	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa
7	2008 Canadian Grand Prix	Jun 8	#4 Robert Kubica	Nick Heidfeld	David Coulthard	Lewis Hamilton
8	2008 French Grand Prix	Jun 22	#2 Felipe Massa	Kimi Räikkönen	Jarno Trulli	Kimi Räikkönen
9	2008 British Grand Prix	Jul 6	#22 Lewis Hamilton	Nick Heidfeld	Rubens Barrichello	Heikki Kovalainen
10	2008 German Grand Prix	Jul 20	#22 Lewis Hamilton	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Felipe Massa	Lewis Hamilton
11	2008 Hungarian Grand Prix	Aug 3	#23 Heikki Kovalainen	Timo Glock	Kimi Räikkönen	Lewis Hamilton
12	2008 European Grand Prix	Aug 24	#2 Felipe Massa	Lewis Hamilton	Robert Kubica	Felipe Massa
13	2008 Belgian Grand Prix	Sep 7	#2 Felipe Massa	Nick Heidfeld	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
14	2008 Italian Grand Prix	Sep 14	#15 Sebastian Vettel	Heikki Kovalainen	Robert Kubica	Sebastian Vettel
15	2008 Singapore Grand Prix	Sep 28	#5 Fernando Alonso	Nico Rosberg	Lewis Hamilton	Felipe Massa
16	2008 Japanese Grand Prix	Oct 12	#5 Fernando Alonso	Robert Kubica	Kimi Räikkönen	Lewis Hamilton
17	2008 Chinese Grand Prix	Oct 19	#22 Lewis Hamilton	Felipe Massa	Kimi Räikkönen	Lewis Hamilton
18	2008 Brazilian Grand Prix	Nov 2	#2 Felipe Massa	Fernando Alonso	Kimi Räikkönen	Felipe Massa

Position heatmap

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
HAM	293	210	98	84	68	40	34	17	15	29	9	34	32	38	9	20	9	25	1	0	0
MAS	364	214	121	38	24	54	33	17	8	12	12	15	33	20	28	18	30	16	0	0	0
RAI	178	192	189	105	91	79	67	30	21	16	22	27	6	7	10	1	1	0	0	0	0
KUB	68	119	215	178	106	79	52	83	44	34	7	10	8	6	28	10	34	3	0	0	0
ALO	62	62	49	159	123	105	77	70	77	81	42	33	16	5	8	25	4	0	1	1	0
HEI	21	92	32	73	136	62	87	102	94	120	108	72	47	12	10	13	11	20	0	0	0
KOV	31	96	150	109	126	78	106	31	49	44	33	49	36	20	17	9	15	10	2	0	0
VET	49	23	9	19	72	78	103	88	78	35	38	68	26	22	22	23	41	10	4	2	0
TRU	13	25	70	63	99	176	117	130	93	57	15	19	32	41	13	12	26	6	1	2	0
GLO	3	11	32	70	52	54	83	61	144	102	72	81	67	39	37	28	8	0	5	0	1
WEB	0	5	22	69	54	121	112	106	107	111	119	57	48	29	13	9	12	4	0	0	0
PIQ	13	15	23	29	27	44	49	86	30	67	89	64	27	45	69	48	12	36	3	0	0
ROS	11	25	26	61	21	7	39	102	71	97	65	65	74	51	83	91	109	27	39	0	0
BAR	7	15	18	17	17	37	51	52	39	47	101	118	73	94	95	71	99	23	13	0	0
NAK	0	4	10	0	4	1	43	48	90	56	33	46	97	123	158	76	92	108	35	0	0
COU	1	4	38	8	26	15	21	31	120	82	59	76	76	73	40	19	23	33	67	0	0
BOU	3	5	4	16	37	57	14	17	6	15	58	72	123	113	102	63	58	53	57	11	0
BUT	0	0	0	0	4	17	12	19	16	67	139	105	160	155	58	24	52	44	9	54	1
FIS	0	0	11	1	6	1	12	23	6	22	39	41	58	90	116	117	61	104	54	48	0
SUT	0	0	0	17	23	11	3	0	0	6	12	11	19	19	38	161	70	104	121	54	18
SAT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	24	18	18	8	13	40	56	17	5	4	0
DAV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	30	27	29	16	1	0

Laps in the lead

Pos.	Driver	Laps
1	Felipe Massa	364
2	Lewis Hamilton	293
3	Kimi Räikkönen	178
4	Robert Kubica	68
5	Fernando Alonso	62
6	Sebastian Vettel	49
7	Heikki Kovalainen	31
8	Nick Heidfeld	21
9	Nelson Piquet Jr.	13
10	Jarno Trulli	13
11	Nico Rosberg	11
12	Rubens Barrichello	7
13	Timo Glock	3
14	Sébastien Bourdais	3
15	David Coulthard	1

Lewis Hamilton is the 2008 Formula 1 World Champion. Hamilton won 5 out of 18 races and scored a total of 98 points. With 1 points behind Felipe Massa finished the season in second place and Kimi Räikkönen as third. Ferrari won the 2008 Formula 1 constructor championship, with a total of 172 points.

The season started with the 2008 Australian Grand Prix on March 16. The last race of the season was the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix on November 2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
HAM	293	210	98	84	68	40	34	17	15	29	9	34	32	38	9	20	9	25	1	0	0
MAS	364	214	121	38	24	54	33	17	8	12	12	15	33	20	28	18	30	16	0	0	0
RAI	178	192	189	105	91	79	67	30	21	16	22	27	6	7	10	1	1	0	0	0	0
KUB	68	119	215	178	106	79	52	83	44	34	7	10	8	6	28	10	34	3	0	0	0
ALO	62	62	49	159	123	105	77	70	77	81	42	33	16	5	8	25	4	0	1	1	0
HEI	21	92	32	73	136	62	87	102	94	120	108	72	47	12	10	13	11	20	0	0	0
KOV	31	96	150	109	126	78	106	31	49	44	33	49	36	20	17	9	15	10	2	0	0
VET	49	23	9	19	72	78	103	88	78	35	38	68	26	22	22	23	41	10	4	2	0
TRU	13	25	70	63	99	176	117	130	93	57	15	19	32	41	13	12	26	6	1	2	0
GLO	3	11	32	70	52	54	83	61	144	102	72	81	67	39	37	28	8	0	5	0	1
WEB	0	5	22	69	54	121	112	106	107	111	119	57	48	29	13	9	12	4	0	0	0
PIQ	13	15	23	29	27	44	49	86	30	67	89	64	27	45	69	48	12	36	3	0	0
ROS	11	25	26	61	21	7	39	102	71	97	65	65	74	51	83	91	109	27	39	0	0
BAR	7	15	18	17	17	37	51	52	39	47	101	118	73	94	95	71	99	23	13	0	0
NAK	0	4	10	0	4	1	43	48	90	56	33	46	97	123	158	76	92	108	35	0	0
COU	1	4	38	8	26	15	21	31	120	82	59	76	76	73	40	19	23	33	67	0	0
BOU	3	5	4	16	37	57	14	17	6	15	58	72	123	113	102	63	58	53	57	11	0
BUT	0	0	0	0	4	17	12	19	16	67	139	105	160	155	58	24	52	44	9	54	1
FIS	0	0	11	1	6	1	12	23	6	22	39	41	58	90	116	117	61	104	54	48	0
SUT	0	0	0	17	23	11	3	0	0	6	12	11	19	19	38	161	70	104	121	54	18
SAT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	24	18	18	8	13	40	56	17	5	4	0
DAV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	30	27	29	16	1	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
HAM	293	210	98	84	68	40	34	17	15	29	9	34	32	38	9	20	9	25	1	0	0
MAS	364	214	121	38	24	54	33	17	8	12	12	15	33	20	28	18	30	16	0	0	0
RAI	178	192	189	105	91	79	67	30	21	16	22	27	6	7	10	1	1	0	0	0	0
KUB	68	119	215	178	106	79	52	83	44	34	7	10	8	6	28	10	34	3	0	0	0
ALO	62	62	49	159	123	105	77	70	77	81	42	33	16	5	8	25	4	0	1	1	0
HEI	21	92	32	73	136	62	87	102	94	120	108	72	47	12	10	13	11	20	0	0	0
KOV	31	96	150	109	126	78	106	31	49	44	33	49	36	20	17	9	15	10	2	0	0
VET	49	23	9	19	72	78	103	88	78	35	38	68	26	22	22	23	41	10	4	2	0
TRU	13	25	70	63	99	176	117	130	93	57	15	19	32	41	13	12	26	6	1	2	0
GLO	3	11	32	70	52	54	83	61	144	102	72	81	67	39	37	28	8	0	5	0	1
WEB	0	5	22	69	54	121	112	106	107	111	119	57	48	29	13	9	12	4	0	0	0
PIQ	13	15	23	29	27	44	49	86	30	67	89	64	27	45	69	48	12	36	3	0	0
ROS	11	25	26	61	21	7	39	102	71	97	65	65	74	51	83	91	109	27	39	0	0
BAR	7	15	18	17	17	37	51	52	39	47	101	118	73	94	95	71	99	23	13	0	0
NAK	0	4	10	0	4	1	43	48	90	56	33	46	97	123	158	76	92	108	35	0	0
COU	1	4	38	8	26	15	21	31	120	82	59	76	76	73	40	19	23	33	67	0	0
BOU	3	5	4	16	37	57	14	17	6	15	58	72	123	113	102	63	58	53	57	11	0
BUT	0	0	0	0	4	17	12	19	16	67	139	105	160	155	58	24	52	44	9	54	1
FIS	0	0	11	1	6	1	12	23	6	22	39	41	58	90	116	117	61	104	54	48	0
SUT	0	0	0	17	23	11	3	0	0	6	12	11	19	19	38	161	70	104	121	54	18
SAT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	24	18	18	8	13	40	56	17	5	4	0
DAV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	30	27	29	16	1	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
HAM	293	210	98	84	68	40	34	17	15	29	9	34	32	38	9	20	9	25	1	0	0
MAS	364	214	121	38	24	54	33	17	8	12	12	15	33	20	28	18	30	16	0	0	0
RAI	178	192	189	105	91	79	67	30	21	16	22	27	6	7	10	1	1	0	0	0	0
KUB	68	119	215	178	106	79	52	83	44	34	7	10	8	6	28	10	34	3	0	0	0
ALO	62	62	49	159	123	105	77	70	77	81	42	33	16	5	8	25	4	0	1	1	0
HEI	21	92	32	73	136	62	87	102	94	120	108	72	47	12	10	13	11	20	0	0	0
KOV	31	96	150	109	126	78	106	31	49	44	33	49	36	20	17	9	15	10	2	0	0
VET	49	23	9	19	72	78	103	88	78	35	38	68	26	22	22	23	41	10	4	2	0
TRU	13	25	70	63	99	176	117	130	93	57	15	19	32	41	13	12	26	6	1	2	0
GLO	3	11	32	70	52	54	83	61	144	102	72	81	67	39	37	28	8	0	5	0	1
WEB	0	5	22	69	54	121	112	106	107	111	119	57	48	29	13	9	12	4	0	0	0
PIQ	13	15	23	29	27	44	49	86	30	67	89	64	27	45	69	48	12	36	3	0	0
ROS	11	25	26	61	21	7	39	102	71	97	65	65	74	51	83	91	109	27	39	0	0
BAR	7	15	18	17	17	37	51	52	39	47	101	118	73	94	95	71	99	23	13	0	0
NAK	0	4	10	0	4	1	43	48	90	56	33	46	97	123	158	76	92	108	35	0	0
COU	1	4	38	8	26	15	21	31	120	82	59	76	76	73	40	19	23	33	67	0	0
BOU	3	5	4	16	37	57	14	17	6	15	58	72	123	113	102	63	58	53	57	11	0
BUT	0	0	0	0	4	17	12	19	16	67	139	105	160	155	58	24	52	44	9	54	1
FIS	0	0	11	1	6	1	12	23	6	22	39	41	58	90	116	117	61	104	54	48	0
SUT	0	0	0	17	23	11	3	0	0	6	12	11	19	19	38	161	70	104	121	54	18
SAT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	24	18	18	8	13	40	56	17	5	4	0
DAV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	30	27	29	16	1	0