2008 Season

Races

Champion

Lewis Hamilton

Constructor

Ferrari

The 2008 Formula 1 World Championship featured 18 Grand Prix races across the season. Lewis Hamilton of British claimed the Drivers' Championship with 98 points and 5 race victories. Felipe Massa finished as runner-up, 1 points behind. Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship with 172 points. The season saw 7 different race winners, making it one of the more competitive years in F1 history. The top three in the final standings were Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, Kimi Räikkönen.

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What races were in the 2008 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	2008-03-16	Lewis Hamilton(McLaren)
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	2008-03-23	Kimi Räikkönen(Ferrari)
3	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit	2008-04-06	Felipe Massa(Ferrari)
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	2008-04-27	Kimi Räikkönen(Ferrari)
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park	2008-05-11	Felipe Massa(Ferrari)
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	2008-05-25	Lewis Hamilton(McLaren)
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	2008-06-08	Robert Kubica(BMW Sauber)
8	French Grand Prix	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	2008-06-22	Felipe Massa(Ferrari)
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	2008-07-06	Lewis Hamilton(McLaren)
10	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	2008-07-20	Lewis Hamilton(McLaren)
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	2008-08-03	Heikki Kovalainen(McLaren)
12	European Grand Prix	Valencia Street Circuit	2008-08-24	Felipe Massa(Ferrari)
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	2008-09-07	Felipe Massa(Ferrari)
14	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	2008-09-14	Sebastian Vettel(Toro Rosso)
15	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	2008-09-28	Fernando Alonso(Renault)
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	2008-10-12	Fernando Alonso(Renault)
17	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	2008-10-19	Lewis Hamilton(McLaren)
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	2008-11-02	Felipe Massa(Ferrari)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Hamilton	Heidfeld	Rosberg	Räikkönen	Kubica
R1Australian Grand Prix	10	8	6	—	—
R2Malaysian Grand Prix	14	11	—	11	8
R3Bahrain Grand Prix	14	16	—	19	14
R4Spanish Grand Prix	20	16	—	29	19
R5Turkish Grand Prix	28	20	—	35	24
R6Monaco Grand Prix	38	20	—	35	32
R7Canadian Grand Prix	38	28	—	35	42
R8French Grand Prix	38	28	—	43	46
R9British Grand Prix	48	36	—	48	46
R10German Grand Prix	58	41	—	51	48
R11Hungarian Grand Prix	62	41	—	57	49
R12European Grand Prix	70	—	—	57	55
R13Belgian Grand Prix	76	49	—	57	58
R14Italian Grand Prix	78	53	—	57	64
R15Singapore Grand Prix	84	56	—	57	64
R16Japanese Grand Prix	84	56	—	63	72
R17Chinese Grand Prix	94	60	—	69	75
R18Brazilian Grand Prix	98	—	—	75	75

Who won the 2008 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	British	5	98
2	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	6	97
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	2	75
4	Robert Kubica	Polish	1	75
5	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	2	61
6	Nick Heidfeld	German	0	60
7	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	1	53
8	Sebastian Vettel	German	1	35
9	Jarno Trulli	Italian	0	31
10	Timo Glock	German	0	25
11	Mark Webber	Australian	0	21
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Brazilian	0	19
13	Nico Rosberg	German	0	17
14	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	0	11
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Japanese	0	9
16	David Coulthard	British	0	8
17	Sébastien Bourdais	French	0	4
18	Jenson Button	British	0	3
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian	0	0
20	Adrian Sutil	German	0	0
21	Takuma Sato	Japanese	0	0
22	Anthony Davidson	British	0	0

Who won the 2008 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Ferrari	Italian	8	172
2	McLaren	British	6	151
3	BMW Sauber	German	1	135
4	Renault	French	2	80
5	Toyota	Japanese	0	56
6	Toro Rosso	Italian	1	39
7	Red Bull	Austrian	0	29
8	Williams	British	0	26
9	Honda	Japanese	0	14
10	Force India	Indian	0	0
11	Super Aguri	Japanese	0	0

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