Formula 1 2008 British Grand Prix results

data

2008-07-06
9
Silverstone Circuit
Lewis Hamilton HAM
Heikki Kovalainen KOV

The 2008 British Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton of McLaren.
Despite being on pole position in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Heikki Kovalainen could not convert this into a win.

The race in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was round 9 of 18 of the 2008 season.

weather conditions

Weather conditions at 6 July 2008 12:00 GMT (raceday).

Mostly Cloudy
rain
59.6°F
86%
11.37 mph
186°
 

results

# driver constructor laps time points
1 60 1:39:09.440 10
2 60 +1:08.577 8
3 60 +1:22.273 6
4 59 +1 Lap 5
5 59 +1 Lap 4
6 59 +1 Lap 3
7 59 +1 Lap 2
8 59 +1 Lap 1
9 59 +1 Lap 0
10 59 +1 Lap 0
11 59 +1 Lap 0
12 59 +1 Lap 0
13 58 +2 Laps 0
39 Spun off 0
38 Spun off 0
35 Spun off 0
16 Spun off 0
10 Spun off 0
0 Collision 0
0 Collision 0

grid

# driver constructor time
1 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:21.049
2 Mark Webber Red Bull +0.505
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +0.657
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren +0.786
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +0.824
6 Fernando Alonso Renault +0.980
7 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault +1.442
8 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso +2.202
9 Felipe Massa Ferrari +2.256
10 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +-1:-2.-261
11 David Coulthard Red Bull +-1:-1.-875
12 Timo Glock Toyota +-1:-1.-775
13 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso +-1:-1.-518
14 Jarno Trulli Toyota +-1:-1.-448
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams +0.063
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda +0.463
17 Jenson Button Honda +0.582
18 Nico Rosberg Williams +0.619
19 Adrian Sutil Force India +0.737
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India +0.836

2008 British Grand Prix

The 2008 British Grand Prix (officially the 2008 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 July 2008 at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, England. It was the ninth race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. The race was held over 60 laps with a practice and qualifying round preceding the race.

Heikki Kovalainen started from pole position alongside Mark Webber in second and Kimi Räikkönen in third on the grid. On the first corner, Lewis Hamilton rose from fourth on the grid to second overtaking Webber and Räikkönen. Hamilton shadowed Kovalainen for the early stages of the race, until he took the lead on lap five. The race was won by Hamilton, racing for McLaren Mercedes ahead of Nick Heidfeld for BMW Sauber in second and Rubens Barrichello third in a Honda. Räikkönen made the fastest lap of the race on lap 18. Hamilton's drive was widely acclaimed as one of Formula One's finest wet-weather drives.Of the 20 drivers competing, 13 finished the race, with eight receiving world championship points. Hamilton's win tied him for the lead of the Drivers' Championship, alongside Felipe Massa and Räikkönen. In the Constructors Championship, Ferrari's lead was reduced to 14 points over BMW Sauber, with McLaren a further 10 behind.


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