Europe 2008: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Massa	Ferrari	1:38.176	1:37.859	1:38.989
2	Hamilton	McLaren	1:38.464	1:37.954	1:39.199	+0.210
3	Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:38.347	1:38.050	1:39.392	+0.403
4	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:38.703	1:38.229	1:39.488	+0.499
5	Kovalainen	McLaren	1:38.656	1:38.120	1:39.937	+0.948
6	Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:38.141	1:37.842	1:40.142	+1.153
7	Trulli	Toyota	1:37.948	1:37.928	1:40.309	+1.320
8	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:38.738	1:37.859	1:40.631	+1.642
9	Rosberg	Williams	1:38.595	1:38.336	1:40.721	+1.732
10	Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:38.622	1:38.417	1:40.750	+1.761
11	Nakajima	Williams	1:38.667	1:38.428		+0.586
12	Alonso	Renault	1:38.268	1:38.435		+0.593
13	Glock	Toyota	1:38.532	1:38.499		+0.657
14	Webber	Red Bull	1:38.559	1:38.515		+0.673
15	Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:38.787	1:38.744		+0.902
16	Button	Honda	1:38.880			+0.932
17	Coulthard	Red Bull	1:39.235			+1.287
18	Fisichella	Force India	1:39.268			+1.320
19	Barrichello	Honda	1:39.811			+1.863
20	Sutil	Force India	1:39.943			+1.995

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Felipe MassaFastest lap	Ferrari	1	57	1:35:32.339	2	Ferrari
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	57	+5.611	2	Mercedes
3	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	3	57	+37.353	2	BMW
4	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	5	57	+39.703	2	Mercedes
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	7	57	+50.684	2	Toyota
6	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	6	57	+52.625	2	Ferrari
7	Timo Glock	Toyota	13	57	+1:07.990	1	Toyota
8	Nico Rosberg	Williams	9	57	+1:11.457	2	Toyota
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	8	57	+1:22.177	2	BMW
10	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	10	57	+1:29.794	2	Ferrari
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	15	57	+1:32.717	1	Renault
12	Mark Webber	Red Bull	14	56	+1 lap	1	Renault
13	Jenson Button	Honda	16	56	+1 lap	1	Honda
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	18	56	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	11	56	+1 lap	2	Toyota
16	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	PL	56	+1 lap	1	Honda
17	David Coulthard	Red Bull	17	56	+1 lap	2	Renault
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4	45	Engine	2	Ferrari
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	PL	41	Accident	2	Ferrari
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Renault	12	0	Collision damage	0	Renault

Starting grid vs qualifying

Barrichello Qualified 19, started PL
Sutil Qualified 20, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Glock13→7+6
Piquet Jr.15→11+4
Fisichella18→14+4
Button16→13+3
BarrichelloPL→16+3
Trulli7→5+2
Webber14→12+2
Kovalainen5→4+1
Rosberg9→8+1
Massa1→10
Hamilton2→20
Kubica3→30
Vettel6→60
Bourdais10→100
Coulthard17→170
Heidfeld8→9-1
Nakajima11→15-4

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Heidfeld20.440R41
2Trulli20.537R41
3Hamilton20.675R39
4Kubica20.986R40
5Rosberg21.479R38
6Sutil21.485R19
7Bourdais21.563R37
8Rosberg21.685R20
9Heidfeld21.922R22
10Bourdais22.332R18

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Massa1522202 stops
Hamilton1722182 stops
Kubica1822172 stops
Kovalainen2023142 stops
Trulli1922162 stops
Vettel1722182 stops
Glock30271 stop
Rosberg2018192 stops
Heidfeld2219162 stops
Bourdais1819202 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

RäikkönenEngineFerrari
SutilAccidentForce India
AlonsoCollision damageRenault

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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