Race · Round 14 of 18 · 14 September 2008

2008 Italian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won for Scuderia Toro Rosso from pole at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. 1 of the starters was not classified. It was the first championship race win for Sebastian Vettel and for Scuderia Toro Rosso.

Wet · High of 16 °C, 9 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Autodromo Nazionale MonzaMonza, Italy
Winner: Sebastian VettelScuderia Toro Rosso
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen
Entries: 2019 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	1	53	Finished	10
2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	MP4-23	2	53	Finished	8
3	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.08	11	53	Finished	6
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R28	8	53	Finished	5
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.08	10	53	Finished	4
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2008	6	53	Finished	3
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-23	15	53	Finished	2
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB4	3	53	Finished	1
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F2008	14	53	Finished	0	fastest lap
10	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	R28	17	53	Finished	0
11	Timo Glock	Toyota	TF108	9	53	Finished	0
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	FW30	PL	53	Finished	0
13	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	TF108	7	53	Finished	0
14	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW30	5	53	Finished	0
15	Jenson Button	Honda	RA108	PL	53	Finished	0
16	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB4	13	52	Finished	0
17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA108	16	52	Finished	0
18	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	PL	52	Finished	0
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM01	20	51	Finished	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	VJM01	12	11	Accident	0

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

F1DB layout monza-7 · 5.793 km · 11 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
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	53
Heikki Kovalainen	2	2	53
Robert Kubica	11	3	53
Fernando Alonso	8	4	53
Nick Heidfeld	10	5	53
Felipe Massa	6	6	53
Sir Lewis Hamilton	15	7	53
Mark Webber	3	8	53
Kimi Raikkonen	14	9	53
Nelson Piquet Jr.	17	10	53
Timo Glock	9	11	53
Kazuki Nakajima	PL	12	53
Jarno Trulli	7	13	53
Nico Rosberg	5	14	53
Jenson Button	PL	15	53
David Coulthard	13	16	52
Rubens Barrichello	16	17	52
Sébastien Bourdais	PL	18	52
Adrian Sutil	20	19	51
Giancarlo Fisichella	12	DNF	11

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:35.464	1:35.837	1:37.555	—	0 m	—
2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:35.214	1:35.843	1:37.631	+0.076	5 m	+0.076
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:36.001	1:36.306	1:38.117	+0.562	33 m	+0.486
4	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:35.543	1:36.175	1:38.445	+0.890	53 m	+0.328
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:35.485	1:35.898	1:38.767	+1.212	72 m	+0.322
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:35.536	1:36.676	1:38.894	+1.339	80 m	+0.127
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:35.906	1:36.008	1:39.152	+1.597	95 m	+0.258
8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:36.297	1:36.518	1:39.751	+2.196	130 m	+0.599
9	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:35.737	1:36.525	1:39.787	+2.232	133 m	+0.036
10	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:35.709	1:36.626	1:39.906	+2.351	140 m	+0.119
11	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:35.553	1:36.697	—	—	52 m	—
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:36.280	1:36.698	—	—	52 m	—
13	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:36.485	1:37.284	—	—	87 m	—
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:35.965	1:37.522	—	—	102 m	—
15	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:35.394	1:39.265	—	—	207 m	—
16	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:36.510	—	—	—	79 m	—
17	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:36.630	—	—	—	86 m	—
18	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:36.653	—	—	—	88 m	—
19	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:37.006	—	—	—	109 m	—
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:37.417	—	—	—	134 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)
Sebastian Vettel	1	53	2	18, 36	30.8, 29.2
Heikki Kovalainen	2	53	2	22, 34	31.7, 29.8
Robert Kubica	3	53	1	34	30.6
Fernando Alonso	4	53	1	30	33.8
Nick Heidfeld	5	53	1	29	33.6
Felipe Massa	6	53	2	22, 33	30.8, 29.1
Sir Lewis Hamilton	7	53	2	27, 36	32.7, 28.5
Mark Webber	8	53	2	22, 34	30.7, 30.2
Kimi Raikkonen	9	53	2	26, 35	28.8, 29.0
Nelson Piquet Jr.	10	53	1	36	31.3
Timo Glock	11	53	2	25, 33	33.6, 29.1
Kazuki Nakajima	12	53	1	31	32.1
Jarno Trulli	13	53	2	26, 35	33.1, 29.0
Nico Rosberg	14	53	2	28, 33	36.2, 29.6
Jenson Button	15	53	2	22, 45	30.7, 27.7
David Coulthard	16	52	2	28, 50	36.5, 47.0
Rubens Barrichello	17	52	2	16, 43	31.8, 31.3
Sébastien Bourdais	18	52	2	21, 28	32.5, 29.0
Adrian Sutil	19	51	3	26, 37, 43	36.7, 30.7, 45.3
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	11	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
Sebastian Vettel · Heikki Kovalainen	1 · 2	1 · 2	18 · 22	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Robert Kubica	2 · 11	2 · 3	22 · 34	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Mark Webber	2 · 3	2 · 8	22 · 22	Same lap	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Robert Kubica	8 · 11	4 · 3	30 · 34	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Robert Kubica	10 · 11	5 · 3	29 · 34	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Fernando Alonso	7 · 8	13 · 4	26 · 30	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Nick Heidfeld	8 · 10	4 · 5	30 · 29	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Timo Glock	8 · 9	4 · 11	30 · 25	Timo Glock	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Nick Heidfeld	6 · 10	6 · 5	22 · 29	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Timo Glock · Nick Heidfeld	9 · 10	11 · 5	25 · 29	Timo Glock	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Felipe Massa	5 · 6	14 · 6	28 · 22	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Sir Lewis Hamilton	6 · 15	6 · 7	22 · 27	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Jarno Trulli	6 · 7	6 · 13	22 · 26	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Sir Lewis Hamilton	3 · 15	8 · 7	22 · 27	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Sir Lewis Hamilton	14 · 15	9 · 7	26 · 27	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Rubens Barrichello	15 · 16	7 · 17	27 · 16	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 14	8 · 9	22 · 26	Mark Webber	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Kimi Raikkonen	13 · 14	16 · 9	28 · 26	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nelson Piquet Jr.	14 · 17	9 · 10	26 · 36	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Nelson Piquet Jr.	9 · 17	11 · 10	25 · 36	Timo Glock	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Nelson Piquet Jr.	16 · 17	17 · 10	16 · 36	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Jarno Trulli	5 · 7	14 · 13	28 · 26	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Rubens Barrichello	13 · 16	16 · 17	28 · 16	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order

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	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:32.842	—	0 m	—	18
2	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:33.428	+0.586	37 m	+0.586	14
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:33.695	+0.853	53 m	+0.267	19
4	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:36.800	+3.958	247 m	+3.105	13
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:36.900	+4.058	253 m	+0.100	9
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:36.965	+4.123	257 m	+0.065	10
7	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:37.142	+4.300	268 m	+0.177	20
8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:37.214	+4.372	273 m	+0.072	13
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:37.392	+4.550	284 m	+0.178	5
10	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:37.754	+4.912	306 m	+0.362	13
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:38.057	+5.215	325 m	+0.303	11
12	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:38.303	+5.461	341 m	+0.246	7
13	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:39.062	+6.220	388 m	+0.759	12
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:40.233	+7.391	461 m	+1.171	5
15	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	—	—	—	—	1
16	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	—	—	—	—	2
17	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	—	—	—	—	1
18	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	—	—	—	—	1
19	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	—	—	—	—	1
20	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	—	—	—	—	1

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	1:23.861	—	0 m	—	31
2	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:23.931	+0.070	5 m	+0.070	26
3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:23.947	+0.086	6 m	+0.016	29
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:23.983	+0.122	8 m	+0.036	25
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:24.110	+0.249	17 m	+0.127	33
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:24.247	+0.386	27 m	+0.137	34
7	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:24.365	+0.504	35 m	+0.118	29
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:24.521	+0.660	46 m	+0.156	35
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:24.669	+0.808	56 m	+0.148	22
10	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:24.773	+0.912	63 m	+0.104	35
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:25.100	+1.239	86 m	+0.327	25
12	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:25.192	+1.331	92 m	+0.092	39
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:25.204	+1.343	93 m	+0.012	24
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:25.296	+1.435	99 m	+0.092	25
15	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:25.309	+1.448	100 m	+0.013	34
16	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:25.330	+1.469	101 m	+0.021	28
17	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:25.397	+1.536	106 m	+0.067	28
18	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:25.481	+1.620	112 m	+0.084	22
19	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:25.753	+1.892	131 m	+0.272	29
20	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:26.195	+2.334	161 m	+0.442	23

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	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:35.464	—	0 m	—	16
2	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:36.129	+0.665	40 m	+0.665	11
3	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:36.347	+0.883	54 m	+0.218	13
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:36.686	+1.222	74 m	+0.339	9
5	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:36.706	+1.242	75 m	+0.020	10
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:36.972	+1.508	92 m	+0.266	12
7	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:37.015	+1.551	94 m	+0.043	7
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:37.263	+1.799	109 m	+0.248	6
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:37.270	+1.806	110 m	+0.007	10
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:37.285	+1.821	111 m	+0.015	9
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:37.504	+2.040	124 m	+0.219	11
12	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:37.671	+2.207	134 m	+0.167	7
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:37.778	+2.314	140 m	+0.107	8
14	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:37.833	+2.369	144 m	+0.055	9
15	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:37.882	+2.418	147 m	+0.049	11
16	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:38.689	+3.225	196 m	+0.807	8
17	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:39.319	+3.855	234 m	+0.630	8
18	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:41.164	+5.700	346 m	+1.845	3
19	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:42.683	+7.219	438 m	+1.519	6
20	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:46.325	+10.861	659 m	+3.642	8

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: 14 of 2008
Grand Prix: Italian Grand Prix
Dates: 14 Sep 2008
Layout raced: Current layout · 5.793 km · 11 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Scuderia Toro Rosso
Entrant: Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.