The Italian Grand Prix 2008 was the 14th round of the 2008 F1 season, and took place at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy, on September 14th.

Sebastian Vettel won the race from the pole, followed by Heikki Kovalainen, and Robert Kubica completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 11th position of the grid.

Final results

1
-
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Toro Rosso
1:26:47.494
Finished
2
-
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren
+12.512
Finished
3
8
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+20.471
Finished
4
4
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+23.903
Finished
5
5
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+27.748
Finished
6
-
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+28.816
Finished
7
8
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+29.912
Finished
8
5
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+32.048
Finished
9
5
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
+39.468
Finished
10
7
PIQ
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Renault
+54.445
Finished
11
2
GLO
Timo Glock
Toyota
+58.888
Finished
12
6
NAK
Kazuki Nakajima
Williams
+1:02.015
Finished
13
6
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+1:05.954
Finished
14
9
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+1:08.635
Finished
15
4
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
+1:13.370
Finished
16
3
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
+1 Lap
17
1
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+1 Lap
18
14
BOU
Sébastien Bourdais
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
19
1
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
+2 Laps
20
8
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Force India
Accident
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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 1 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.

These included, .

Accident

  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    Lap 11

Qualifying

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

Sebastian Vettel managed to get the pole position by 0.076 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:37.555. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Heikki Kovalainen.

Q1

  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:35.214
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:35.394
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:35.464
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:35.485
  • Felipe Massa
    1:35.536
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:35.543
  • Robert Kubica
    1:35.553
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:35.709
  • Timo Glock
    1:35.737
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:35.906
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:35.965
  • Mark Webber
    1:36.001
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:36.280
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:36.297
  • David Coulthard
    1:36.485
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:36.510
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:36.630
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:36.653
  • Jenson Button
    1:37.006
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:37.417

Q2

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:35.837
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:35.843
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:35.898
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:36.008
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:36.175
  • Mark Webber
    1:36.306
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:36.518
  • Timo Glock
    1:36.525
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:36.626
  • Felipe Massa
    1:36.676
  • Robert Kubica
    1:36.697
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:36.698
  • David Coulthard
    1:37.284
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:37.522
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:39.265

Q3

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:37.555
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:37.631
  • Mark Webber
    1:38.117
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:38.445
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:38.767
  • Felipe Massa
    1:38.894
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:39.152
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:39.751
  • Timo Glock
    1:39.787
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:39.906

Track evolution

Q1
0.887
seconds slower
Q2
2.559
seconds slower
Q3

The conditions of the track worsened from Q1 to Q2, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q1 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.