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The Japanese Grand Prix 2008 was the 16th round of the 2008 F1 season, and took place at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Japan, on October 12th.
Fernando Alonso won the race after starting in the 4th position, followed by Robert Kubica, and Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium.
Lewis Hamilton started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 12th.
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 were some incidents during the race, with 5 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.
These included, Giancarlo Fisichella, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 21, Heikki Kovalainen, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 16, Adrian Sutil, who experienced issues with a tyre on lap 8, Timo Glock, who had problems with the driver seat on lap 6, and David Coulthard, who retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars on lap 0.
Gearbox
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Giancarlo FisichellaLap 21
Engine
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Heikki KovalainenLap 16
Tyre
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Adrian SutilLap 8
Driver Seat
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Timo GlockLap 6
Collision
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David CoulthardLap 0
Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton managed to get the pole position by 0.24 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:18.404. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Kimi Räikkönen.
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.