The Bahrain Grand Prix 2008 was the 3rd round of the 2008 F1 season, and took place at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, on April 6th.

Felipe Massa won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Kimi Räikkönen, and Robert Kubica, who originally had the pole position, completing the podium.

Final results

1
1
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:31:06.970
Finished
2
2
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
+3.339
Finished
3
2
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+4.998
Finished
4
2
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+8.409
Finished
5
-
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren
+26.789
Finished
6
1
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+41.314
Finished
7
4
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+45.473
Finished
8
-
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+55.889
Finished
9
4
GLO
Timo Glock
Toyota
+1:09.500
Finished
10
-
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+1:17.181
Finished
11
1
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+1:17.862
Finished
12
6
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Force India
+1 Lap
13
10
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+1 Lap
14
2
NAK
Kazuki Nakajima
Williams
+1 Lap
15
-
BOU
Sébastien Bourdais
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
16
5
DAV
Anthony Davidson
Super Aguri
+1 Lap
17
5
SAT
Takuma Sato
Super Aguri
+1 Lap
18
1
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
+1 Lap
19
1
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
+2 Laps
20
6
PIQ
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Renault
Gearbox
21
12
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
Collision
22
3
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Toro Rosso
Engine
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Race evolution

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

There race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 3 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.

These included, Nelson Piquet Jr., who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 40, Jenson Button, who retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars on lap 19, and Sebastian Vettel, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 0.

Gearbox

  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    Lap 40

Collision

  • Jenson Button
    Lap 19

Engine

  • Sebastian Vettel
    Lap 0

Qualifying

#1
KUB
#2
MAS
#3
HAM
#4
RAI
#5
KOV
#6
HEI
#7
TRU
#8
ROS
#9
BUT
#10
ALO
#11
WEB
#12
BAR
#13
GLO
#14
PIQ
#15
BOU
#16
NAK
#17
COU
#18
FIS
#19
VET
#20
SUT
#21
DAV
#22
SAT

Robert Kubica managed to get the pole position by 0.027 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:33.096. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Felipe Massa.

Q1

  • Felipe Massa
    1:31.937
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:32.493
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:32.652
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:32.750
  • Jenson Button
    1:32.793
  • Timo Glock
    1:32.800
  • Robert Kubica
    1:32.893
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:32.903
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:32.944
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:32.947
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:32.975
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:33.057
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:33.137
  • Mark Webber
    1:33.194
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:33.386
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:33.415
  • David Coulthard
    1:33.433
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:33.501
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:33.562
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:33.845
  • Anthony Davidson
    1:34.140
  • Takuma Sato
    1:35.725

Q2

  • Felipe Massa
    1:31.188
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:31.718
  • Robert Kubica
    1:31.745
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:31.909
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:31.922
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:31.933
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:32.159
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:32.185
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:32.345
  • Jenson Button
    1:32.362
  • Mark Webber
    1:32.371
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:32.508
  • Timo Glock
    1:32.528
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:32.790
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:32.915
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:32.943

Q3

  • Robert Kubica
    1:33.096
  • Felipe Massa
    1:33.123
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:33.292
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:33.418
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:33.488
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:33.737
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:33.994
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:34.015
  • Jenson Button
    1:35.057
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:35.115

Track evolution

Q1
-0.672
seconds faster
Q2
1.887
seconds slower
Q3

As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and all of the drivers that took place in Q2 improved their times in this second session.

The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.