Race · Round 15 of 18 · 28 September 2008

2008 Singapore Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso won for Renault from 15th on the grid at Marina Bay Street Circuit. 5 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 29 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Marina Bay Street CircuitSingapore, Singapore
Winner: Fernando AlonsoRenault
Pole: Felipe Massa
Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen
Entries: 2015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R28	15	61	Finished	10
2	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW30	8	61	Finished	8
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-23	2	61	Finished	6
4	Timo Glock	Toyota	TF108	7	61	Finished	5
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	6	61	Finished	4
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.08	9	61	Finished	3
7	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB4	14	61	Finished	2
8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	FW30	10	61	Finished	1
9	Jenson Button	Honda	RA108	12	61	Finished	0
10	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	MP4-23	5	61	Finished	0
11	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.08	4	61	Finished	0
12	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	17	61	Finished	0
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2008	1	61	Finished	0
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	VJM01	PL	61	Finished	0
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F2008	3	57	Accident	0	fastest lap
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	TF108	11	50	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM01	19	49	Accident	0
DNF	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB4	13	29	Electrical	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA108	18	14	Engine	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	R28	16	13	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 marina-bay-1 · 5.073 km · 23 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
Fernando Alonso	15	1	61
Nico Rosberg	8	2	61
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	3	61
Timo Glock	7	4	61
Sebastian Vettel	6	5	61
Nick Heidfeld	9	6	61
David Coulthard	14	7	61
Kazuki Nakajima	10	8	61
Jenson Button	12	9	61
Heikki Kovalainen	5	10	61
Robert Kubica	4	11	61
Sébastien Bourdais	17	12	61
Felipe Massa	1	13	61
Giancarlo Fisichella	PL	14	61
Kimi Raikkonen	3	15	57
Jarno Trulli	11	DNF	50
Adrian Sutil	19	DNF	49
Mark Webber	13	DNF	29
Rubens Barrichello	18	DNF	14
Nelson Piquet Jr.	16	DNF	13

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:44.519	1:44.014	1:44.801	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:44.501	1:44.932	1:45.465	+0.664	32 m	+0.664
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:44.282	1:44.232	1:45.617	+0.816	39 m	+0.152
4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:44.740	1:44.519	1:45.779	+0.978	47 m	+0.162
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:44.311	1:44.207	1:45.873	+1.072	52 m	+0.094
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:45.548	1:44.520	1:45.964	+1.163	56 m	+0.091
7	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:45.042	1:44.261	1:46.244	+1.443	70 m	+0.280
8	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:45.184	1:44.441	1:46.328	+1.527	74 m	+0.084
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:45.103	1:44.429	1:46.611	+1.810	87 m	+0.283
10	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:45.127	1:44.826	1:47.547	+2.746	133 m	+0.936
11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:45.642	1:45.038	—	—	50 m	—
12	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:45.660	1:45.133	—	—	54 m	—
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:45.493	1:45.212	—	—	58 m	—
14	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:46.028	1:45.298	—	—	63 m	—
15	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:44.971	—	—	—	33 m	—
16	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:46.037	—	—	—	85 m	—
17	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:46.389	—	—	—	102 m	—
18	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:46.583	—	—	—	112 m	—
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:47.940	—	—	—	178 m	—
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	—	—	—	—	—	—

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)
Fernando Alonso	1	61	2	12, 41	28.1, 26.2
Nico Rosberg	2	61	3	15, 28, 40	27.2, 29.0, 27.1
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	61	2	17, 42	32.6, 25.9
Timo Glock	4	61	2	17, 46	30.5, 24.6
Sebastian Vettel	5	61	2	17, 43	30.5, 25.8
Nick Heidfeld	6	61	2	17, 43	27.9, 25.1
David Coulthard	7	61	2	14, 42	41.3, 28.3
Kazuki Nakajima	8	61	2	17, 42	28.1, 26.8
Jenson Button	9	61	2	17, 35	27.0, 26.8
Heikki Kovalainen	10	61	2	17, 34	34.4, 26.7
Robert Kubica	11	61	3	16, 27, 33	29.4, 28.8, 26.6
Sébastien Bourdais	12	61	2	18, 33	25.7, 28.0
Felipe Massa	13	61	3	17, 24, 31	123.4, 15.8, 25.9
Giancarlo Fisichella	14	61	1	29	31.4
Kimi Raikkonen	15	57	2	17, 50	49.6, 25.0
Jarno Trulli	DNF	50	1	33	28.3
Adrian Sutil	DNF	49	2	17, 39	30.6, 27.7
Mark Webber	DNF	29	1	14	31.5
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	14	1	14	28.5
Nelson Piquet Jr.	DNF	13	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
Nico Rosberg · Fernando Alonso	8 · 15	2 · 1	15 · 12	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Fernando Alonso	14 · 15	7 · 1	14 · 12	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg	2 · 8	3 · 2	17 · 15	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Timo Glock · Nico Rosberg	7 · 8	4 · 2	17 · 15	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Nick Heidfeld	8 · 9	2 · 6	15 · 17	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	13 · 3	17 · 17	Same lap	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Kimi Raikkonen	2 · 3	3 · 15	17 · 17	Same lap	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Timo Glock	2 · 7	3 · 4	17 · 17	Same lap	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Timo Glock	6 · 7	5 · 4	17 · 17	Same lap	Swapped places
Heikki Kovalainen · Sebastian Vettel	5 · 6	10 · 5	17 · 17	Same lap	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Nick Heidfeld	6 · 9	5 · 6	17 · 17	Same lap	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · David Coulthard	9 · 14	6 · 7	17 · 14	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Kazuki Nakajima	9 · 10	6 · 8	17 · 17	Same lap	Kept their order
Kazuki Nakajima · David Coulthard	10 · 14	8 · 7	17 · 14	David Coulthard	Swapped places
Kazuki Nakajima · Jenson Button	10 · 12	8 · 9	17 · 17	Same lap	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Jenson Button	5 · 12	10 · 9	17 · 17	Same lap	Swapped places
Robert Kubica · Heikki Kovalainen	4 · 5	11 · 10	16 · 17	Robert Kubica	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Robert Kubica	3 · 4	15 · 11	17 · 16	Robert Kubica	Swapped places
Robert Kubica · Sébastien Bourdais	4 · 17	11 · 12	16 · 18	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Sébastien Bourdais	1 · 17	13 · 12	17 · 18	Felipe Massa	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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:45.518	—	0 m	—	20
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:45.598	+0.080	4 m	+0.080	23
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:45.961	+0.443	21 m	+0.363	24
4	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:46.463	+0.945	45 m	+0.502	20
5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:46.618	+1.100	53 m	+0.155	23
6	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:46.710	+1.192	57 m	+0.092	25
7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:46.725	+1.207	58 m	+0.015	29
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:46.964	+1.446	69 m	+0.239	24
9	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:47.175	+1.657	80 m	+0.211	30
10	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:47.277	+1.759	84 m	+0.102	30
11	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:47.570	+2.052	98 m	+0.293	28
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:47.662	+2.144	103 m	+0.092	23
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:47.706	+2.188	105 m	+0.044	27
14	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:48.097	+2.579	124 m	+0.391	16
15	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:48.517	+2.999	144 m	+0.420	23
16	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:48.725	+3.207	154 m	+0.208	19
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:48.839	+3.321	159 m	+0.114	24
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:48.906	+3.388	163 m	+0.067	25
19	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:49.064	+3.546	170 m	+0.158	29
20	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:53.703	+8.185	393 m	+4.639	4

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	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:45.654	—	0 m	—	30
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:45.752	+0.098	5 m	+0.098	28
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:45.793	+0.139	7 m	+0.041	31
4	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:45.797	+0.143	7 m	+0.004	31
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:46.164	+0.510	24 m	+0.367	34
6	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:46.384	+0.730	35 m	+0.220	36
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:46.580	+0.926	44 m	+0.196	25
8	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:46.901	+1.247	60 m	+0.321	32
9	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:47.013	+1.359	65 m	+0.112	32
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:47.046	+1.392	67 m	+0.033	22
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:47.137	+1.483	71 m	+0.091	15
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:47.145	+1.491	71 m	+0.008	35
13	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:47.300	+1.646	79 m	+0.155	33
14	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:47.487	+1.833	88 m	+0.187	24
15	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:47.640	+1.986	95 m	+0.153	31
16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:47.760	+2.106	101 m	+0.120	36
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:47.965	+2.311	111 m	+0.205	12
18	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:48.009	+2.355	113 m	+0.044	25
19	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:48.059	+2.405	115 m	+0.050	28
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:48.311	+2.657	127 m	+0.252	36

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	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:44.506	—	0 m	—	19
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:45.119	+0.613	30 m	+0.613	13
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:45.246	+0.740	36 m	+0.127	16
4	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:45.249	+0.743	36 m	+0.003	18
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:45.386	+0.880	43 m	+0.137	17
6	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:45.409	+0.903	44 m	+0.023	20
7	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:45.425	+0.919	45 m	+0.016	17
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:45.450	+0.944	46 m	+0.025	21
9	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:45.477	+0.971	47 m	+0.027	19
10	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:45.599	+1.093	53 m	+0.122	18
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:45.689	+1.183	57 m	+0.090	19
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:45.982	+1.476	72 m	+0.293	18
13	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:45.982	+1.476	72 m	+0.000	13
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:46.073	+1.567	76 m	+0.091	21
15	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:46.180	+1.674	81 m	+0.107	23
16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:46.221	+1.715	83 m	+0.041	19
17	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:46.482	+1.976	96 m	+0.261	10
18	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:46.794	+2.288	111 m	+0.312	6
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:47.166	+2.660	129 m	+0.372	14
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:47.727	+3.221	156 m	+0.561	19

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: 15 of 2008
Grand Prix: Singapore Grand Prix
Dates: 28 Sep 2008
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.063 km · 23 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Renault
Entrant: Renault
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.