2008 Belgian Grand Prix
- Date
- 7 Sept 2008
- Circuit
- Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
- Round
- 13 of 18
- Winner
- Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
- Pole position
- Lewis Hamilton (1:47.338)
← European Grand Prix · Italian Grand Prix →
advertisement
Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | MASFelipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 | 44 | 1:22:59.394 | 10 | |
| 2 | 3 | HEINick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 5 | 44 | +9.383 | 8 | |
| 3 | 22 | HAMLewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1 | 44 | +10.539 | 6 | |
| 4 | 5 | ALOFernando Alonso | Renault | 6 | 44 | +14.478 | 5 | |
| 5 | 15 | VETSebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 10 | 44 | +14.576 | 4 | |
| 6 | 4 | KUBRobert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 8 | 44 | +15.037 | 3 | |
| 7 | 14 | BOUSébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 9 | 44 | +16.735 | 2 | |
| 8 | 10 | WEBMark Webber | Red Bull | 7 | 44 | +42.776 | 1 | |
| 9 | 12 | GLOTimo Glock | Toyota | 13 | 44 | +67.045 | 0 | |
| 10 | 23 | KOVHeikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 3 | 43 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| 11 | 9 | COUDavid Coulthard | Red Bull | 14 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 12 | 7 | ROSNico Rosberg | Williams | 15 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 13 | 20 | SUTAdrian Sutil | Force India | 18 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 14 | 8 | NAKKazuki Nakajima | Williams | 19 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 15 | 16 | BUTJenson Button | Honda | 17 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 16 | 11 | TRUJarno Trulli | Toyota | 11 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 17 | 21 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 20 | 43 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 18 | 1 | RAIKimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 4 | 42 | Spun off | 1:47.930 | 0 |
| R | 17 | BARRubens Barrichello | Honda | 16 | 19 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 6 | PIQNelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 12 | 13 | Spun off | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Felipe Massa: 2 stops (laps 13, 28), stints of 13, 15, 16 laps
- 2nd
- Nick Heidfeld: 3 stops (laps 14, 31, 42), stints of 14, 17, 11, 2 laps
- 3rd
- Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 11, 25), stints of 11, 14, 19 laps
- Finishers
- 2 stops: 14 · 3 or more: 4
- First stops
- median lap 15 of 44
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASFelipe Massa | 2 | 13 (28.3 s), 28 (28.2 s) | 131516 |
| HEINick Heidfeld | 3 | 14 (29.0 s), 31 (26.7 s), 42 (26.1 s) | 141711 |
| HAMLewis Hamilton | 2 | 11 (27.4 s), 25 (28.8 s) | 111419 |
| ALOFernando Alonso | 3 | 13 (28.9 s), 27 (28.2 s), 43 (29.6 s) | 131416 |
| VETSebastian Vettel | 2 | 17 (28.2 s), 33 (26.0 s) | 171611 |
| KUBRobert Kubica | 2 | 15 (28.6 s), 33 (32.4 s) | 151811 |
| BOUSébastien Bourdais | 2 | 15 (29.0 s), 32 (26.9 s) | 151712 |
| WEBMark Webber | 2 | 12 (30.5 s), 32 (27.6 s) | 122012 |
| GLOTimo Glock | 2 | 26 (28.7 s), 42 (25.9 s) | 2616 |
| KOVHeikki Kovalainen | 3 | 13 (29.4 s), 14 (17.5 s), 33 (26.5 s) | 131910 |
| COUDavid Coulthard | 2 | 22 (32.6 s), 42 (27.8 s) | 2220 |
| ROSNico Rosberg | 2 | 25 (29.2 s), 42 (30.0 s) | 2517 |
| SUTAdrian Sutil | 2 | 16 (29.7 s), 28 (27.3 s) | 161215 |
| NAKKazuki Nakajima | 2 | 27 (28.7 s), 42 (36.6 s) | 2715 |
| BUTJenson Button | 2 | 22 (30.0 s), 42 (28.3 s) | 2220 |
| TRUJarno Trulli | 2 | 14 (29.2 s), 35 (26.4 s) | 14218 |
| FISGiancarlo Fisichella | 3 | 1 (38.8 s), 22 (31.3 s), 40 (27.7 s) | 21183 |
| RAIKimi Räikkönen | 2 | 12 (27.6 s), 25 (29.1 s) | 121317 |
| BARRubens Barrichello | 1 | 17 (28.8 s) | 17 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:46.887 | 1:46.088 | 1:47.338 | +0.051 Q2 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:46.873 | 1:46.391 | 1:47.678 | +0.354 Q2 |
| 3 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:46.812 | 1:46.037 | 1:47.815 | fastest Q2 |
| 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:46.960 | 1:46.298 | 1:47.992 | +0.261 Q2 |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:47.419 | 1:46.311 | 1:48.315 | +0.274 Q2 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:47.154 | 1:46.491 | 1:48.504 | +0.454 Q2 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:47.270 | 1:46.814 | 1:48.736 | +0.777 Q2 |
| 8 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:47.093 | 1:46.494 | 1:48.763 | +0.457 Q2 |
| 9 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:46.777 | 1:46.544 | 1:48.951 | +0.507 Q2 |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:47.152 | 1:46.804 | 1:50.319 | +0.767 Q2 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:47.400 | 1:46.949 | +0.912 Q2 | |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:47.052 | 1:46.965 | +0.928 Q2 | |
| 13 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:47.359 | 1:46.995 | +0.958 Q2 | |
| 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:47.132 | 1:47.018 | +0.981 Q2 | |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:47.503 | 1:47.429 | +1.392 Q2 | |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:48.153 | +2.116 Q1 | ||
| 17 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:48.211 | +2.174 Q1 | ||
| 18 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:48.226 | +2.189 Q1 | ||
| 19 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:48.268 | +2.231 Q1 | ||
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:48.447 | +2.410 Q1 |
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
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 4 | 76 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 5 | 74 |
| 3 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1 | 58 |
| 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 2 | 57 |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 0 | 49 |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1 | 43 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 0 | 15 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari | 7 | 131 |
| 2 | McLaren | 5 | 119 |
| 3 | BMW Sauber | 1 | 107 |
| 4 | Toyota | 0 | 41 |
| 5 | Renault | 0 | 36 |
| 6 | Red Bull | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Williams | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Toro Rosso | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Honda | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Force India | 0 | 0 |