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The European Grand Prix 2008 was the 12th round of the 2008 F1 season, and took place at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain, on August 24th.
Felipe Massa won the race from the pole, followed by Lewis Hamilton, and Robert Kubica 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, Kimi Räikkönen, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 45, Adrian Sutil, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 41, and Fernando Alonso, who retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars on lap 0.
Engine
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Kimi RäikkönenLap 45
Accident
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Adrian SutilLap 41
Collision
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Fernando AlonsoLap 0
Qualifying
Felipe Massa managed to get the pole position by 0.21 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:38.989. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Lewis Hamilton.
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 14 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.