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The French Grand Prix 2008 was the 8th round of the 2008 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny Cours, France, on June 22nd.

Felipe Massa won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Kimi Räikkönen, who originally had the pole position, and Jarno Trulli completing the podium.

Final results

1
1
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:31:50.245
Finished
2
1
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
+17.984
Finished
3
1
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+28.250
Finished
4
6
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren
+28.929
Finished
5
-
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+30.512
Finished
6
-
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+40.304
Finished
7
2
PIQ
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Renault
+41.033
Finished
8
5
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+43.372
Finished
9
2
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
+51.021
Finished
10
3
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+54.538
Finished
11
3
GLO
Timo Glock
Toyota
+57.700
Finished
12
-
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Toro Rosso
+58.065
Finished
13
2
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+1:02.079
Finished
14
6
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+1 Lap
15
-
NAK
Kazuki Nakajima
Williams
+1 Lap
16
3
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+1 Lap
17
3
BOU
Sébastien Bourdais
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
18
1
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Force India
+1 Lap
19
1
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
+1 Lap
20
4
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
Collision
Show all

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 1 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.

These included, .

Collision

  • Jenson Button
    Lap 16

Qualifying

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

Kimi Räikkönen managed to get the pole position by 0.041 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:16.449. Felipe Massa was right behind him, helping Ferrari score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.

Q1

  • Felipe Massa
    1:15.024
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:15.133
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:15.521
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:15.634
  • Robert Kubica
    1:15.687
  • Timo Glock
    1:15.727
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:15.754
  • David Coulthard
    1:15.802
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:15.848
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:15.918
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:15.965
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:16.006
  • Mark Webber
    1:16.020
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:16.072
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:16.085
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:16.243
  • Jenson Button
    1:16.306
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:16.330
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:16.971
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:17.053

Q2

  • Felipe Massa
    1:15.041
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:15.161
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:15.293
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:15.362
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:15.483
  • Mark Webber
    1:15.488
  • Timo Glock
    1:15.558
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:15.639
  • David Coulthard
    1:15.654
  • Robert Kubica
    1:15.723
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:15.770
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:15.786
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:15.816
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:16.045
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:16.235

Q3

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:16.449
  • Felipe Massa
    1:16.490
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:16.693
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:16.840
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:16.920
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:16.944
  • Robert Kubica
    1:17.037
  • Mark Webber
    1:17.233
  • David Coulthard
    1:17.426
  • Timo Glock
    1:17.596

Track evolution

Q1
-0.143
seconds faster
Q2
1.523
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 11 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.