Race · Round 12 of 18 · 24 August 2008

2008 European Grand Prix

Felipe Massa won for Ferrari from pole at Valencia Street Circuit. 3 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 31 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Valencia Street CircuitValencia, Spain
Winner: Felipe MassaFerrari
Pole: Felipe Massa
Fastest lap: Felipe Massa
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2008	1	57	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-23	2	57	Finished	8
3	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.08	3	57	Finished	6
4	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	MP4-23	5	57	Finished	5
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	TF108	7	57	Finished	4
6	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	6	57	Finished	3
7	Timo Glock	Toyota	TF108	13	57	Finished	2
8	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW30	9	57	Finished	1
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.08	8	57	Finished	0
10	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	10	57	Finished	0
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	R28	15	57	Finished	0
12	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB4	14	56	Finished	0
13	Jenson Button	Honda	RA108	16	56	Finished	0
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	VJM01	18	56	Finished	0
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	FW30	11	56	Finished	0
16	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA108	PL	56	Finished	0
17	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB4	17	56	Finished	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F2008	4	45	Engine	0
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM01	PL	41	Accident	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R28	12	0	Collision damage	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout valencia-1 · 5.419 km · 25 turns, F1DB’s figures
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.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Felipe Massa	1	1	57
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	2	57
Robert Kubica	3	3	57
Heikki Kovalainen	5	4	57
Jarno Trulli	7	5	57
Sebastian Vettel	6	6	57
Timo Glock	13	7	57
Nico Rosberg	9	8	57
Nick Heidfeld	8	9	57
Sébastien Bourdais	10	10	57
Nelson Piquet Jr.	15	11	57
Mark Webber	14	12	56
Jenson Button	16	13	56
Giancarlo Fisichella	18	14	56
Kazuki Nakajima	11	15	56
Rubens Barrichello	PL	16	56
David Coulthard	17	17	56
Kimi Raikkonen	4	DNF	45
Adrian Sutil	PL	DNF	41
Fernando Alonso	12	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:38.176	1:37.859	1:38.989	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:38.464	1:37.954	1:39.199	+0.210	11 m	+0.210
3	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:38.347	1:38.050	1:39.392	+0.403	22 m	+0.193
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:38.703	1:38.229	1:39.488	+0.499	27 m	+0.096
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:38.656	1:38.120	1:39.937	+0.948	52 m	+0.449
6	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:38.141	1:37.842	1:40.142	+1.153	63 m	+0.205
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:37.948	1:37.928	1:40.309	+1.320	72 m	+0.167
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:38.738	1:37.859	1:40.631	+1.642	90 m	+0.322
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:38.595	1:38.336	1:40.721	+1.732	95 m	+0.090
10	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:38.622	1:38.417	1:40.750	+1.761	96 m	+0.029
11	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:38.667	1:38.428	—	—	32 m	—
12	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:38.268	1:38.435	—	—	33 m	—
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:38.532	1:38.499	—	—	36 m	—
14	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:38.559	1:38.515	—	—	37 m	—
15	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:38.787	1:38.744	—	—	50 m	—
16	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:38.880	—	—	—	52 m	—
17	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:39.235	—	—	—	71 m	—
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:39.268	—	—	—	73 m	—
19	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:39.811	—	—	—	103 m	—
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:39.943	—	—	—	110 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Felipe Massa	1	57	2	15, 37	22.6, 22.4
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	57	2	17, 39	22.6, 20.7
Robert Kubica	3	57	2	18, 40	22.8, 21.0
Heikki Kovalainen	4	57	2	20, 43	22.8, 22.8
Jarno Trulli	5	57	2	19, 41	22.6, 20.5
Sebastian Vettel	6	57	2	17, 39	22.7, 22.6
Timo Glock	7	57	1	30	24.8
Nico Rosberg	8	57	2	20, 38	21.7, 21.5
Nick Heidfeld	9	57	2	22, 41	21.9, 20.4
Sébastien Bourdais	10	57	2	18, 37	22.3, 21.6
Nelson Piquet Jr.	11	57	1	33	23.0
Mark Webber	12	56	1	28	27.3
Jenson Button	13	56	1	29	24.3
Giancarlo Fisichella	14	56	1	28	26.8
Kazuki Nakajima	15	56	2	1, 30	27.8, 24.1
Rubens Barrichello	16	56	1	30	23.8
David Coulthard	17	56	2	14, 31	23.0, 23.6
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	45	2	18, 43	24.1, 29.7
Adrian Sutil	DNF	41	2	19, 36	21.5, 23.0
Fernando Alonso	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Felipe Massa · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	1 · 2	15 · 17	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Robert Kubica	2 · 3	2 · 3	17 · 18	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Robert Kubica · Heikki Kovalainen	3 · 5	3 · 4	18 · 20	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Jarno Trulli	5 · 7	4 · 5	20 · 19	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Sebastian Vettel	5 · 6	4 · 6	20 · 17	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Jarno Trulli	6 · 7	6 · 5	17 · 19	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Nick Heidfeld	7 · 8	5 · 9	19 · 22	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Timo Glock	6 · 13	6 · 7	17 · 30	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Timo Glock	9 · 13	8 · 7	20 · 30	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Timo Glock · Mark Webber	13 · 14	7 · 12	30 · 28	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Nico Rosberg	8 · 9	9 · 8	22 · 20	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Sébastien Bourdais	9 · 10	8 · 10	20 · 18	Sébastien Bourdais	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Sébastien Bourdais	8 · 10	9 · 10	22 · 18	Sébastien Bourdais	Kept their order
Sébastien Bourdais · Nelson Piquet Jr.	10 · 15	10 · 11	18 · 33	Sébastien Bourdais	Kept their order
Sébastien Bourdais · Kazuki Nakajima	10 · 11	10 · 15	18 · 1	Kazuki Nakajima	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Nelson Piquet Jr.	14 · 15	12 · 11	28 · 33	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Nelson Piquet Jr. · Jenson Button	15 · 16	11 · 13	33 · 29	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Jenson Button	14 · 16	12 · 13	28 · 29	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Giancarlo Fisichella	16 · 18	13 · 14	29 · 28	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Jenson Button · David Coulthard	16 · 17	13 · 17	29 · 14	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Kazuki Nakajima · Giancarlo Fisichella	11 · 18	15 · 14	1 · 28	Kazuki Nakajima	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Giancarlo Fisichella	17 · 18	17 · 14	14 · 28	David Coulthard	Swapped places

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 lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:40.496	—	0 m	—	29
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:40.654	+0.158	9 m	+0.158	27
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:40.822	+0.326	18 m	+0.168	21
4	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:41.099	+0.603	33 m	+0.277	31
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:41.163	+0.667	36 m	+0.064	23
6	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:41.281	+0.785	42 m	+0.118	24
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:41.317	+0.821	44 m	+0.036	27
8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:41.329	+0.833	45 m	+0.012	26
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:41.385	+0.889	48 m	+0.056	31
10	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:41.706	+1.210	65 m	+0.321	22
11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:41.830	+1.334	72 m	+0.124	27
12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:41.930	+1.434	77 m	+0.100	27
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:41.951	+1.455	78 m	+0.021	23
14	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:42.036	+1.540	83 m	+0.085	27
15	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:42.107	+1.611	87 m	+0.071	32
16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:42.453	+1.957	106 m	+0.346	23
17	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:42.460	+1.964	106 m	+0.007	29
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:43.075	+2.579	139 m	+0.615	25
19	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:43.312	+2.816	152 m	+0.237	23
20	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:43.524	+3.028	163 m	+0.212	24

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:39.477	—	0 m	—	30
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:39.497	+0.020	1 m	+0.020	39
3	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:39.546	+0.069	4 m	+0.049	35
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:39.678	+0.201	11 m	+0.132	31
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:39.712	+0.235	13 m	+0.034	31
6	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:39.954	+0.477	26 m	+0.242	30
7	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:39.967	+0.490	27 m	+0.013	32
8	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:40.149	+0.672	37 m	+0.182	35
9	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:40.439	+0.962	52 m	+0.290	32
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:40.500	+1.023	56 m	+0.061	23
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:40.585	+1.108	60 m	+0.085	24
12	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:40.607	+1.130	62 m	+0.022	34
13	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:40.696	+1.219	66 m	+0.089	23
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:40.742	+1.265	69 m	+0.046	34
15	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:40.877	+1.400	76 m	+0.135	32
16	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:40.982	+1.505	82 m	+0.105	36
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:40.999	+1.522	83 m	+0.017	32
18	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:41.084	+1.607	88 m	+0.085	35
19	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:41.246	+1.769	96 m	+0.162	38
20	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:41.377	+1.900	104 m	+0.131	31

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:38.754	—	0 m	—	15
2	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:38.877	+0.123	7 m	+0.123	18
3	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:39.009	+0.255	14 m	+0.132	16
4	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:39.270	+0.516	28 m	+0.261	17
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:39.276	+0.522	29 m	+0.006	18
6	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:39.300	+0.546	30 m	+0.024	16
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:39.314	+0.560	31 m	+0.014	13
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:39.335	+0.581	32 m	+0.021	18
9	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:39.421	+0.667	37 m	+0.086	16
10	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:39.452	+0.698	38 m	+0.031	20
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:39.597	+0.843	46 m	+0.145	17
12	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:39.628	+0.874	48 m	+0.031	10
13	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:39.652	+0.898	49 m	+0.024	17
14	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:39.802	+1.048	58 m	+0.150	14
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:39.810	+1.056	58 m	+0.008	20
16	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:39.919	+1.165	64 m	+0.109	22
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:40.019	+1.265	69 m	+0.100	21
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:40.059	+1.305	72 m	+0.040	21
19	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:40.512	+1.758	96 m	+0.453	20
20	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	—	—	—	—	2

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 12 of 2008
Grand Prix: European Grand Prix
Dates: 24 Aug 2008
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.