Race · Round 7 of 18 · 8 June 2008

2008 Canadian Grand Prix

Robert Kubica won for BMW Sauber from 2nd on the grid at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. 7 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Robert Kubica and for BMW Sauber.

Dry · High of 29 °C, 4.5 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Circuit Gilles-VilleneuveMontreal, Canada
Winner: Robert KubicaBMW Sauber
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen
Entries: 2013 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.08	2	70	Finished	10
2	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.08	8	70	Finished	8
3	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB4	13	70	Finished	6
4	Timo Glock	Toyota	TF108	11	70	Finished	5
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2008	6	70	Finished	4
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	TF108	14	70	Finished	3
7	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA108	9	70	Finished	2
8	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	PL	70	Finished	1
9	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	MP4-23	7	70	Finished	0
10	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW30	5	70	Finished	0
11	Jenson Button	Honda	RA108	PL	70	Finished	0
12	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB4	10	70	Finished	0
13	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	18	69	Finished	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	VJM01	17	51	Spun off	0
DNF	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	FW30	12	46	Accident	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R28	4	44	Spun off	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	R28	15	39	Brakes	0
DNF	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-23	1	19	Collision	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F2008	3	19	Collision damage	0	fastest lap
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM01	16	13	Gearbox	0

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

F1DB layout montreal-6 · 4.361 km · 14 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
Robert Kubica	2	1	70
Nick Heidfeld	8	2	70
David Coulthard	13	3	70
Timo Glock	11	4	70
Felipe Massa	6	5	70
Jarno Trulli	14	6	70
Rubens Barrichello	9	7	70
Sebastian Vettel	PL	8	70
Heikki Kovalainen	7	9	70
Nico Rosberg	5	10	70
Jenson Button	PL	11	70
Mark Webber	10	12	70
Sébastien Bourdais	18	13	69
Giancarlo Fisichella	17	DNF	51
Kazuki Nakajima	12	DNF	46
Fernando Alonso	4	DNF	44
Nelson Piquet Jr.	15	DNF	39
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	DNF	19
Kimi Raikkonen	3	DNF	19
Adrian Sutil	16	DNF	13

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:16.909	1:17.034	1:17.886	—	0 m	—
2	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:17.471	1:17.679	1:18.498	+0.612	34 m	+0.612
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:17.301	1:17.364	1:18.735	+0.849	48 m	+0.237
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:17.415	1:17.488	1:18.746	+0.860	48 m	+0.011
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:17.991	1:17.891	1:18.844	+0.958	54 m	+0.098
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:17.231	1:17.353	1:19.048	+1.162	65 m	+0.204
7	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:17.287	1:17.684	1:19.089	+1.203	67 m	+0.041
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:18.082	1:17.781	1:19.633	+1.747	98 m	+0.544
9	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:18.256	1:18.020	1:20.848	+2.962	166 m	+1.215
10	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:17.582	1:17.523	—	—	28 m	—
11	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:18.321	1:18.031	—	—	56 m	—
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:17.638	1:18.062	—	—	58 m	—
13	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:18.168	1:18.238	—	—	68 m	—
14	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:18.039	1:18.327	—	—	73 m	—
15	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:18.505	1:18.393	—	—	77 m	—
16	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:18.916	—	—	—	114 m	—
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:19.108	—	—	—	125 m	—
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:19.165	—	—	—	128 m	—
19	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:23.565	—	—	—	377 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)
Robert Kubica	1	70	2	19, 49	35.1, 28.3
Nick Heidfeld	2	70	1	29	33.4
David Coulthard	3	70	1	37	31.3
Timo Glock	4	70	1	42	31.4
Felipe Massa	5	70	3	19, 21, 53	34.4, 31.0, 27.2
Jarno Trulli	6	70	1	39	30.7
Rubens Barrichello	7	70	1	36	31.2
Sebastian Vettel	8	70	1	37	44.7
Heikki Kovalainen	9	70	2	19, 53	38.7, 27.7
Nico Rosberg	10	70	3	19, 20, 35	50.8, 37.0, 28.4
Jenson Button	11	70	3	17, 19, 53	28.3, 28.3, 27.4
Mark Webber	12	70	2	29, 53	28.7, 27.6
Sébastien Bourdais	13	69	2	19, 42	32.2, 29.9
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	51	2	30, 44	58.4, 32.9
Kazuki Nakajima	DNF	46	1	33	30.2
Fernando Alonso	DNF	44	1	19	35.3
Nelson Piquet Jr.	DNF	39	1	19	31.7
Sir Lewis Hamilton	DNF	19	1	19	32.9
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	19	1	19	30.2
Adrian Sutil	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
Robert Kubica · Nick Heidfeld	2 · 8	1 · 2	19 · 29	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Nick Heidfeld	7 · 8	9 · 2	19 · 29	Heikki Kovalainen	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · David Coulthard	8 · 13	2 · 3	29 · 37	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Rubens Barrichello	8 · 9	2 · 7	29 · 36	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Timo Glock · David Coulthard	11 · 13	4 · 3	42 · 37	David Coulthard	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Jarno Trulli	13 · 14	3 · 6	37 · 39	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Timo Glock	6 · 11	5 · 4	19 · 42	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Timo Glock	10 · 11	12 · 4	29 · 42	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Felipe Massa	5 · 6	10 · 5	19 · 19	Same lap	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Jarno Trulli	6 · 14	5 · 6	19 · 39	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Heikki Kovalainen	6 · 7	5 · 9	19 · 19	Same lap	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Jarno Trulli	9 · 14	7 · 6	36 · 39	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Mark Webber	9 · 10	7 · 12	36 · 29	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Heikki Kovalainen	5 · 7	10 · 9	19 · 19	Same lap	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Sébastien Bourdais	10 · 18	12 · 13	29 · 19	Sébastien Bourdais	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	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:17.553	—	0 m	—	14
2	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:17.809	+0.256	14 m	+0.256	12
3	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:18.133	+0.580	33 m	+0.324	10
4	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:18.182	+0.629	35 m	+0.049	13
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:18.292	+0.739	42 m	+0.110	12
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:18.303	+0.750	42 m	+0.011	8
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:18.712	+1.159	65 m	+0.409	11
8	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:18.809	+1.256	71 m	+0.097	12
9	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:18.971	+1.418	80 m	+0.162	24
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:19.005	+1.452	82 m	+0.034	13
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:19.093	+1.540	87 m	+0.088	20
12	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:19.228	+1.675	94 m	+0.135	21
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:19.346	+1.793	101 m	+0.118	28
14	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:19.568	+2.015	113 m	+0.222	31
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:19.815	+2.262	127 m	+0.247	16
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:19.888	+2.335	131 m	+0.073	15
17	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:20.091	+2.538	143 m	+0.203	23
18	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:20.173	+2.620	147 m	+0.082	17
19	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:20.541	+2.988	168 m	+0.368	16
20	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:21.542	+3.989	224 m	+1.001	17

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:15.752	—	0 m	—	42
2	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:16.023	+0.271	16 m	+0.271	41
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:16.093	+0.341	20 m	+0.070	39
4	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:16.331	+0.579	33 m	+0.238	36
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:16.413	+0.661	38 m	+0.082	27
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:16.589	+0.837	48 m	+0.176	43
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:16.604	+0.852	49 m	+0.015	39
8	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:16.767	+1.015	58 m	+0.163	37
9	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:17.019	+1.267	73 m	+0.252	43
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:17.068	+1.316	76 m	+0.049	46
11	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:17.242	+1.490	86 m	+0.174	37
12	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:17.334	+1.582	91 m	+0.092	31
13	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:17.462	+1.710	98 m	+0.128	39
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:17.508	+1.756	101 m	+0.046	39
15	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:17.549	+1.797	103 m	+0.041	31
16	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:17.559	+1.807	104 m	+0.010	38
17	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:17.644	+1.892	109 m	+0.085	30
18	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:17.813	+2.061	119 m	+0.169	37
19	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:17.842	+2.090	120 m	+0.029	39
20	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:18.076	+2.324	134 m	+0.234	17

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	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:16.555	—	0 m	—	16
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:16.589	+0.034	2 m	+0.034	22
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:16.725	+0.170	10 m	+0.136	17
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:16.787	+0.232	13 m	+0.062	19
5	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:16.898	+0.343	20 m	+0.111	16
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:16.946	+0.391	22 m	+0.048	20
7	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:16.952	+0.397	23 m	+0.006	16
8	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:17.060	+0.505	29 m	+0.108	19
9	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:17.062	+0.507	29 m	+0.002	16
10	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:17.085	+0.530	30 m	+0.023	16
11	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:17.109	+0.554	32 m	+0.024	17
12	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:17.282	+0.727	41 m	+0.173	17
13	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:17.322	+0.767	44 m	+0.040	20
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:17.557	+1.002	57 m	+0.235	19
15	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:17.557	+1.002	57 m	+0.000	20
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:17.608	+1.053	60 m	+0.051	24
17	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:17.683	+1.128	64 m	+0.075	16
18	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:17.766	+1.211	69 m	+0.083	17
19	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:18.178	+1.623	92 m	+0.412	19
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:18.424	+1.869	106 m	+0.246	21

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: 7 of 2008
Grand Prix: Canadian Grand Prix
Dates: 8 Jun 2008
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: BMW Sauber
Entrant: BMW Sauber
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.