2008 Hungarian Grand Prix

Heikki Kovalainen won the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix at Hungaroring on 3 Aug 2008 for McLaren, from 2nd on the grid; Timo Glock was second and Kimi Räikkönen third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Kovalainen took the lead for good on lap 68 of 70, from Felipe Massa; the lead changed hands 6 times in all. Kovalainen stopped 2 times, on laps 21 and 48; 14 of 18 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 25. The fastest lap was Kimi Räikkönen's, 1:21.195 on lap 61. 18 of 20 starters were classified; 2 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 62 points, 5 ahead of Kimi Räikkönen, with 7 rounds left.

Date

3 Aug 2008

Circuit

Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary

Round

11 of 18

Winner

Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:20.899)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 6 drivers: Sébastien Bourdais qualified 14th, started 19th; Nico Rosberg qualified 15th, started 14th; Nick Heidfeld qualified 16th, started 15th; Kazuki Nakajima qualified 17th, started 16th; Rubens Barrichello qualified 18th, started 17th; Giancarlo Fisichella qualified 19th, started 18th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Heikki Kovalainen: 2 stops (laps 21, 48), stints of 21, 27, 22 laps

2nd

Timo Glock: 2 stops (laps 20, 47), stints of 20, 27, 23 laps

3rd

Kimi Räikkönen: no stops

Finishers

no stop: 1 · 1 stop: 2 · 2 stops: 14 · 3 or more: 1

First stops

median lap 25 of 70

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2008 standings