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
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
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Nelson Piquet Jr.Lap 40
Collision
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Jenson ButtonLap 19
Engine
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Sebastian VettelLap 0
Qualifying
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.
Track evolution
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.