Race · Round 6 of 18 ·
2008 Monaco Grand Prix
Sir Lewis Hamilton won for McLaren from 3rd on the grid at Circuit de Monaco. 6 of the starters were not classified.
Wet · High of 21 °C, 6.8 mm of 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
- Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco
- Winner
- Sir Lewis HamiltonMcLaren
- Pole
- Felipe Massa
- Fastest lap
- Kimi Raikkonen
- Entries
- 2014 classified
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | MP4-23 | 3 | 76 | Finished | 10 | |
| 2 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | F1.08 | 5 | 76 | Finished | 8 | |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | F2008 | 1 | 76 | Finished | 6 | |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | RB4 | 9 | 76 | Finished | 5 | |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | — | 19 | 76 | Finished | 4 | |
| 6 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | RA108 | 14 | 76 | Finished | 3 | |
| 7 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | FW30 | 13 | 76 | Finished | 2 | |
| 8 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | MP4-23 | 4 | 76 | Finished | 1 | |
| 9 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | F2008 | 2 | 76 | Finished | 0 | fastest lap |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | R28 | 7 | 75 | Finished | 0 | |
| 11 | Jenson Button | Honda | RA108 | 11 | 75 | Finished | 0 | |
| 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | TF108 | 10 | 75 | Finished | 0 | |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | TF108 | 8 | 75 | Finished | 0 | |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | F1.08 | 12 | 72 | Finished | 0 | |
| DNF | Adrian Sutil | Force India | VJM01 | 18 | 67 | Collision damage | 0 | |
| DNF | Nico Rosberg | Williams | FW30 | 6 | 59 | Accident | 0 | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | R28 | 17 | 47 | Accident | 0 | |
| DNF | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | VJM01 | 20 | 36 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| DNF | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | RB4 | 15 | 7 | Accident | 0 | |
| DNF | Sébastien Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | — | 16 | 7 | Collision | 0 |
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
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.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 | 1:15.190 | 1:15.110 | 1:15.787 | — | 0 m | — |
| 2 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1 | 1:15.717 | 1:15.404 | 1:15.815 | +0.028 | 1 m | +0.028 |
| 3 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 22 | 1:15.582 | 1:15.322 | 1:15.839 | +0.052 | 2 m | +0.024 |
| 4 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 23 | 1:15.295 | 1:15.389 | 1:16.165 | +0.378 | 17 m | +0.326 |
| 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 4 | 1:15.977 | 1:15.483 | 1:16.171 | +0.384 | 17 m | +0.006 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 7 | 1:15.935 | 1:15.287 | 1:16.548 | +0.761 | 34 m | +0.377 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 5 | 1:16.646 | 1:15.827 | 1:16.852 | +1.065 | 47 m | +0.304 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 11 | 1:16.306 | 1:15.598 | 1:17.203 | +1.416 | 62 m | +0.351 |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 10 | 1:16.074 | 1:15.745 | 1:17.343 | +1.556 | 69 m | +0.140 |
| 10 | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | 9 | 1:16.086 | 1:15.839 | — | — | 32 m | — |
| 11 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 12 | 1:16.285 | 1:15.907 | — | — | 35 m | — |
| 12 | Jenson Button | Honda | 16 | 1:16.259 | 1:16.101 | — | — | 44 m | — |
| 13 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 3 | 1:16.650 | 1:16.455 | — | — | 60 m | — |
| 14 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 8 | 1:16.756 | 1:16.479 | — | — | 61 m | — |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 17 | 1:16.208 | 1:16.537 | — | — | 63 m | — |
| 16 | Sébastien Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 14 | 1:16.806 | — | — | — | 72 m | — |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 6 | 1:16.933 | — | — | — | 77 m | — |
| 18 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 15 | 1:16.955 | — | — | — | 78 m | — |
| 19 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 20 | 1:17.225 | — | — | — | 90 m | — |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 21 | 1:17.823 | — | — | — | 117 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, Qualifying
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.
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
| Drivers, in grid order | Grid | Result | First recorded stop, lap | Stopped first | Grid to flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi Raikkonen · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 2 · 3 | 9 · 1 | 13 · 6 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Swapped places |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Robert Kubica | 3 · 5 | 1 · 2 | 6 · 26 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Heikki Kovalainen | 3 · 4 | 1 · 8 | 6 · 34 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Robert Kubica | 1 · 5 | 3 · 2 | 33 · 26 | Robert Kubica | Swapped places |
| Heikki Kovalainen · Robert Kubica | 4 · 5 | 8 · 2 | 34 · 26 | Robert Kubica | Swapped places |
| Felipe Massa · Kimi Raikkonen | 1 · 2 | 3 · 9 | 33 · 13 | Kimi Raikkonen | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Mark Webber | 1 · 9 | 3 · 4 | 33 · 48 | Felipe Massa | Kept their order |
| Jarno Trulli · Mark Webber | 8 · 9 | 13 · 4 | 8 · 48 | Jarno Trulli | Swapped places |
| Mark Webber · Sebastian Vettel | 9 · 19 | 4 · 5 | 48 · 52 | Mark Webber | Kept their order |
| Mark Webber · Timo Glock | 9 · 10 | 4 · 12 | 48 · 4 | Timo Glock | Kept their order |
| Rubens Barrichello · Sebastian Vettel | 14 · 19 | 6 · 5 | 54 · 52 | Sebastian Vettel | Swapped places |
| Kazuki Nakajima · Rubens Barrichello | 13 · 14 | 7 · 6 | 52 · 54 | Kazuki Nakajima | Swapped places |
| Heikki Kovalainen · Kazuki Nakajima | 4 · 13 | 8 · 7 | 34 · 52 | Heikki Kovalainen | Swapped places |
| Nick Heidfeld · Kazuki Nakajima | 12 · 13 | 14 · 7 | 17 · 52 | Nick Heidfeld | Swapped places |
| Kimi Raikkonen · Heikki Kovalainen | 2 · 4 | 9 · 8 | 13 · 34 | Kimi Raikkonen | Swapped places |
| Kimi Raikkonen · Fernando Alonso | 2 · 7 | 9 · 10 | 13 · 8 | Fernando Alonso | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Jenson Button | 7 · 11 | 10 · 11 | 8 · 1 | Jenson Button | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Jarno Trulli | 7 · 8 | 10 · 13 | 8 · 8 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Timo Glock · Jenson Button | 10 · 11 | 12 · 11 | 4 · 1 | Jenson Button | Swapped places |
| Jenson Button · Nick Heidfeld | 11 · 12 | 11 · 14 | 1 · 17 | Jenson Button | Kept their order |
| Jarno Trulli · Timo Glock | 8 · 10 | 13 · 12 | 8 · 4 | Timo Glock | Swapped places |
| Jarno Trulli · Nick Heidfeld | 8 · 12 | 13 · 14 | 8 · 17 | Jarno Trulli | 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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1 | 1:15.948 | — | 0 m | — | 26 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 22 | 1:16.216 | +0.268 | 12 m | +0.268 | 27 |
| 3 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 23 | 1:16.248 | +0.300 | 13 m | +0.032 | 28 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 | 1:16.292 | +0.344 | 15 m | +0.044 | 26 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 7 | 1:16.653 | +0.705 | 31 m | +0.361 | 27 |
| 6 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 4 | 1:16.834 | +0.886 | 39 m | +0.181 | 23 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 5 | 1:17.498 | +1.550 | 68 m | +0.664 | 25 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 17 | 1:17.511 | +1.563 | 69 m | +0.013 | 26 |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 10 | 1:17.798 | +1.850 | 81 m | +0.287 | 23 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 21 | 1:17.835 | +1.887 | 83 m | +0.037 | 26 |
| 11 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 12 | 1:17.942 | +1.994 | 88 m | +0.107 | 26 |
| 12 | Jenson Button | Honda | 16 | 1:18.153 | +2.205 | 97 m | +0.211 | 26 |
| 13 | Sébastien Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 14 | 1:18.245 | +2.297 | 101 m | +0.092 | 30 |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 3 | 1:18.263 | +2.315 | 102 m | +0.018 | 13 |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 8 | 1:18.274 | +2.326 | 102 m | +0.011 | 28 |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 11 | 1:18.360 | +2.412 | 106 m | +0.086 | 16 |
| 17 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 20 | 1:18.360 | +2.412 | 106 m | +0.000 | 25 |
| 18 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 6 | 1:18.955 | +3.007 | 132 m | +0.595 | 32 |
| 19 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 15 | 1:19.176 | +3.228 | 142 m | +0.221 | 35 |
| 20 | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | 9 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 22 | 1:15.140 | — | 0 m | — | 40 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 7 | 1:15.533 | +0.393 | 17 m | +0.393 | 39 |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1 | 1:15.572 | +0.432 | 19 m | +0.039 | 42 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 | 1:15.869 | +0.729 | 32 m | +0.297 | 37 |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 23 | 1:15.881 | +0.741 | 33 m | +0.012 | 39 |
| 6 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 4 | 1:16.296 | +1.156 | 51 m | +0.415 | 34 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 5 | 1:16.310 | +1.170 | 52 m | +0.014 | 27 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | Honda | 16 | 1:16.351 | +1.211 | 54 m | +0.041 | 45 |
| 9 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 8 | 1:16.372 | +1.232 | 55 m | +0.021 | 40 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 17 | 1:16.418 | +1.278 | 57 m | +0.046 | 32 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 3 | 1:16.426 | +1.286 | 57 m | +0.008 | 44 |
| 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 12 | 1:16.688 | +1.548 | 69 m | +0.262 | 46 |
| 13 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 10 | 1:17.094 | +1.954 | 87 m | +0.406 | 39 |
| 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | 9 | 1:17.131 | +1.991 | 88 m | +0.037 | 39 |
| 15 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 6 | 1:17.246 | +2.106 | 94 m | +0.115 | 35 |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 21 | 1:17.251 | +2.111 | 94 m | +0.005 | 33 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 11 | 1:17.379 | +2.239 | 99 m | +0.128 | 28 |
| 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 14 | 1:17.581 | +2.441 | 108 m | +0.202 | 38 |
| 19 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 20 | 1:18.176 | +3.036 | 135 m | +0.595 | 31 |
| 20 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 15 | 1:18.225 | +3.085 | 137 m | +0.049 | 38 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 23 | 1:16.567 | — | 0 m | — | 11 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 22 | 1:17.084 | +0.517 | 23 m | +0.517 | 15 |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1 | 1:17.177 | +0.610 | 27 m | +0.093 | 21 |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 7 | 1:17.503 | +0.936 | 41 m | +0.326 | 26 |
| 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 4 | 1:17.687 | +1.120 | 49 m | +0.184 | 22 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 | 1:17.691 | +1.124 | 49 m | +0.004 | 26 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 10 | 1:17.856 | +1.289 | 56 m | +0.165 | 22 |
| 8 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 20 | 1:17.883 | +1.316 | 57 m | +0.027 | 23 |
| 9 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 8 | 1:18.147 | +1.580 | 69 m | +0.264 | 26 |
| 10 | Jenson Button | Honda | 16 | 1:18.225 | +1.658 | 72 m | +0.078 | 27 |
| 11 | Sébastien Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 14 | 1:18.367 | +1.800 | 78 m | +0.142 | 16 |
| 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 12 | 1:18.424 | +1.857 | 81 m | +0.057 | 26 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 17 | 1:18.455 | +1.888 | 82 m | +0.031 | 19 |
| 14 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 6 | 1:18.615 | +2.048 | 89 m | +0.160 | 25 |
| 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 15 | 1:18.651 | +2.084 | 91 m | +0.036 | 29 |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 5 | 1:18.795 | +2.228 | 97 m | +0.144 | 24 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 11 | 1:18.858 | +2.291 | 100 m | +0.063 | 25 |
| 18 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 3 | 1:19.024 | +2.457 | 107 m | +0.166 | 23 |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 21 | 1:19.131 | +2.564 | 112 m | +0.107 | 10 |
| 20 | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | 9 | 1:20.805 | +4.238 | 185 m | +1.674 | 17 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 3
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Photographs from this race
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The cars in this race
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McLaren MP4-23
Lewis Hamilton 2008 China · Tim Wang from Beijing, China · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
BMW Sauber F1.08
Nick Heidfeld 2008 test · Mypoorbrain · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Ferrari F2008
Luca Badoer 2008 test · Mypoorbrain · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Red Bull RB4
David Coulthard - Toro Rosso (4204012255) · kevinmcgill from Den Bosch, Netherlands · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Honda RA108
Barrichello Canada 2008 · Mark McArdle · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Williams FW30
Kazuki Nakajima 2008 Britain · Marc Evans from Newbury, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · uncheckedA photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
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Renault R28
Nelson Piquet 2008 test 3 · Darren · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Toyota TF108
Jarno Trulli 2008 Britain 2 · Marc Evans from Newbury, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 6 of 2008
- Grand Prix
- Monaco Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
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- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- McLaren
- Entrant
- McLaren-Mercedes
- 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.