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The Turkish Grand Prix 2008 was the 5th round of the 2008 F1 season, and took place at the Istanbul Park in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 11th.

Felipe Massa won the race from the pole, followed by Lewis Hamilton, and Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:26:49.451
Finished
2
1
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+3.779
Finished
3
1
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
+4.271
Finished
4
1
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+21.945
Finished
5
4
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+38.741
Finished
6
1
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+53.724
Finished
7
1
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+1:04.229
Finished
8
3
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+1:11.406
Finished
9
1
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
+1:15.270
Finished
10
2
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+1:16.344
Finished
11
2
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
+1 Lap
12
10
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren
+1 Lap
13
2
GLO
Timo Glock
Toyota
+1 Lap
14
2
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+1 Lap
15
2
PIQ
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Renault
+1 Lap
16
3
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
+1 Lap
17
3
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
18
-
BOU
Sébastien Bourdais
Toro Rosso
Suspension
19
3
NAK
Kazuki Nakajima
Williams
Collision
20
-
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Force India
Collision
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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 3 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.

These included, Sébastien Bourdais, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 24, and Kazuki Nakajima, and Giancarlo Fisichella, both retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars.

Suspension

  • Sébastien Bourdais
    Lap 24

Collision

  • Kazuki Nakajima
    Lap 1
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    Lap 0

Qualifying

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

Felipe Massa managed to get the pole position by 0.191 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:27.617. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Heikki Kovalainen.

Q1

  • Felipe Massa
    1:25.994
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:26.192
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:26.457
  • Timo Glock
    1:26.614
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:26.695
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:26.736
  • Robert Kubica
    1:26.761
  • Mark Webber
    1:26.773
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:26.836
  • David Coulthard
    1:26.939
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:27.107
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:27.355
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:27.367
  • Jenson Button
    1:27.428
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:27.442
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:27.547
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:27.568
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:27.621
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:27.807
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:28.325

Q2

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:26.050
  • Robert Kubica
    1:26.129
  • Felipe Massa
    1:26.192
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:26.290
  • Mark Webber
    1:26.466
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:26.477
  • David Coulthard
    1:26.520
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:26.522
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:26.822
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:27.012
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:27.219
  • Jenson Button
    1:27.298
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:27.412
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:27.607
  • Timo Glock
    1:27.806

Q3

  • Felipe Massa
    1:27.617
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:27.808
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:27.923
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:27.936
  • Robert Kubica
    1:28.390
  • Mark Webber
    1:28.417
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:28.422
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:28.836
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:28.882
  • David Coulthard
    1:29.959

Track evolution

Q1
-0.058
seconds faster
Q2
1.912
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 10 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.