The Brazilian Grand Prix 2008 was the 18th round of the 2008 F1 season, and took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil, on November 2nd.

Felipe Massa won the race from the pole, followed by Fernando Alonso, and Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:34:11.435
Finished
2
4
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+13.298
Finished
3
-
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
+16.235
Finished
4
3
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Toro Rosso
+38.011
Finished
5
1
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+38.907
Finished
6
4
GLO
Timo Glock
Toyota
+44.368
Finished
7
2
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren
+55.074
Finished
8
6
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+1:08.433
Finished
9
3
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+1:19.666
Finished
10
2
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+1 Lap
11
2
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+1 Lap
12
6
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+1 Lap
13
4
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
+1 Lap
14
5
BOU
Sébastien Bourdais
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
15
-
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+1 Lap
16
4
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
+2 Laps
17
1
NAK
Kazuki Nakajima
Williams
+2 Laps
18
1
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Force India
+2 Laps
19
8
PIQ
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Renault
Accident
20
6
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
Collision
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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 2 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.

These included, Nelson Piquet Jr., who had to retire due to an accident on lap 0, and David Coulthard, who retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars on lap 0.

Accident

  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    Lap 0

Collision

  • David Coulthard
    Lap 0

Qualifying

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

Felipe Massa managed to get the pole position by 0.369 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:12.368. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Jarno Trulli.

Q1

  • Felipe Massa
    1:11.830
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:12.083
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:12.213
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:12.214
  • Timo Glock
    1:12.223
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:12.226
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:12.348
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:12.366
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:12.371
  • Robert Kubica
    1:12.381
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:12.390
  • Mark Webber
    1:12.409
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:12.498
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:12.548
  • David Coulthard
    1:12.690
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:12.800
  • Jenson Button
    1:12.810
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:13.002
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:13.426
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:13.508

Q2

  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:11.768
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:11.845
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:11.856
  • Felipe Massa
    1:11.875
  • Timo Glock
    1:11.909
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:11.950
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:12.026
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:12.075
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:12.090
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:12.107
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:12.137
  • Mark Webber
    1:12.289
  • Robert Kubica
    1:12.300
  • David Coulthard
    1:12.717
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:13.139

Q3

  • Felipe Massa
    1:12.368
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:12.737
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:12.825
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:12.830
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:12.917
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:12.967
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:13.082
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:13.297
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:14.105
  • Timo Glock
    1:14.230

Track evolution

Q1
-0.18
seconds faster
Q2
1.186
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 12 out of the 15 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.

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.