2008 Canadian Grand Prix

Robert Kubica won the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 8 Jun 2008 for BMW Sauber, from 2nd on the grid; Nick Heidfeld was second and David Coulthard third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Kubica took the lead for good on lap 42 of 70, from Timo Glock; the lead changed hands 6 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 17 to 22). Kubica stopped 2 times, on laps 19 and 49; 6 of 13 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 29. The fastest lap was Kimi Räikkönen's, 1:17.387 on lap 14. 13 of 20 starters were classified; 7 retired or were not classified. After the race Robert Kubica led the championship with 42 points, 4 ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with 11 rounds left.

Date

8 Jun 2008

Circuit

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada

Round

7 of 18

Winner

Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:17.886)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 5 drivers: Sébastien Bourdais qualified 16th, started 18th; Adrian Sutil qualified 17th, started 16th; Giancarlo Fisichella qualified 18th, started 17th; Jenson Button qualified 19th, started 20th; Sebastian Vettel qualified 20th, started 19th. 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

Robert Kubica: 2 stops (laps 19, 49), stints of 19, 30, 21 laps

2nd

Nick Heidfeld: 1 stop (lap 29), stints of 29, 41 laps

3rd

David Coulthard: 1 stop (lap 37), stints of 37, 33 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 6 · 2 stops: 4 · 3 or more: 3

First stops

median lap 29 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