The British Grand Prix 2008 was the 9th round of the 2008 F1 season, and took place at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, UK, on July 6th.
Lewis Hamilton won the race after starting in the 4th position, followed by Nick Heidfeld, and Rubens Barrichello completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 16th position of the grid.
Heikki Kovalainen started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 5th.
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
The reace did not end without incidents... 7 drivers out of the original 20 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Robert Kubica, Jenson Button, Nelson Piquet Jr., Giancarlo Fisichella, and Adrian Sutil, all of whom lost control and spun off the track, and Sebastian Vettel, and David Coulthard, both retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars.
Spun off
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Robert KubicaLap 39
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Jenson ButtonLap 38
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Nelson Piquet Jr.Lap 35
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Giancarlo FisichellaLap 16
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Adrian SutilLap 10
Collision
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Sebastian VettelLap 0
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David CoulthardLap 0
Qualifying
Heikki Kovalainen managed to get the pole position by 0.505 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:21.049. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Mark Webber.
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.