The Belgian Grand Prix 2008 was the 13th round of the 2008 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium, on September 7th.
Felipe Massa won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Nick Heidfeld, and Lewis Hamilton, 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 were some incidents during the race, with 4 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.
These included, Heikki Kovalainen, and Rubens Barrichello, both experienced issues with the gearbox, and Kimi Räikkönen, and Nelson Piquet Jr., both lost control and spun off the track.
Gearbox
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Heikki KovalainenLap 43
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Rubens BarrichelloLap 19
Spun off
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Kimi RäikkönenLap 42
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Nelson Piquet Jr.Lap 13
Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton managed to get the pole position by 0.34 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:47.338. 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.