2008 Japanese Grand Prix

The 2008 Japanese Grand Prix was Round 16 of the 2008 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Fuji Speedway, Japan on Sunday, 12 October 2008. Lewis Hamilton started on pole position in the McLaren Mercedes and Fernando Alonso was the race winner in the Renault.

2008 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Race Result
Pos.No.DriverAbbreviationNationalityTeamTyreLapsRace TimeGapIntervalBest LapLapSpeedPoints
15Fernando AlonsoALOSpainRenaultBridgestone671:30:21.892--1:19.10141202.78810
24Robert KubicaKUBPolandSauber BMWBridgestone671:30:27.175+5.283+5.2831:19.29216202.5918
31Kimi RäikkönenRAIFinlandFerrariBridgestone671:30:28.292+6.400+1.1171:18.99566202.5496
46Nelson Piquet Jr.PIQBrazilRenaultBridgestone671:30:42.462+20.570+14.1701:19.19954202.0225
511Jarno TrulliTRUItalyToyotaBridgestone671:30:45.659+23.767+3.1971:19.52418201.9034
615Sebastian VettelVETGermanyToro Rosso FerrariBridgestone671:31:01.099+39.207+15.4401:19.61721201.3323
72Felipe MassaMASBrazilFerrariBridgestone671:31:08.050+46.158+6.9511:18.42655201.0762
810Mark WebberWEBAustraliaRed Bull RenaultBridgestone671:31:12.703+50.811+4.6531:19.82030200.9051
93Nick HeidfeldHEIGermanySauber BMWBridgestone671:31:16.012+54.120+3.3091:19.46167200.784
1014Sebastien BourdaisBOUFranceToro Rosso FerrariBridgestone671:31:20.977+59.085+4.9651:19.26249200.602
117Nico RosbergROSGermanyWilliams ToyotaBridgestone671:31:23.988+1:02.096+3.0111:19.53166200.492
1222Lewis HamiltonHAMGreat BritainMcLaren MercedesBridgestone671:31:40.792+1:18.900+16.8041:19.56065199.879
1317Rubens BarrichelloBARBrazilHondaBridgestone661:30:54.3061 lap1 lap1:20.57566198.571
1416Jenson ButtonBUTGreat BritainHondaBridgestone661:30:58.0931 lap+3.7871:20.84966198.433
158Kazuki NakajimaNAKJapanWilliams ToyotaBridgestone661:31:09.4381 lap+11.3451:20.36432198.022
DNF21Giancarlo FisichellaFISItalyForce India FerrariBridgestone2129:15.9541:21.57720195.827
DNF23Heikki KovalainenKOVFinlandMcLaren MercedesBridgestone1621:20.5561:19.25812204.388
DNF20Adrian SutilSUTGermanyForce India FerrariBridgestone811:04.1171:21.1896196.225
DNF12Timo GlockGLOGermanyToyotaBridgestone69:12.7161:20.2544176.334
DNF9David CoulthardCOUGreat BritainRed Bull RenaultBridgestone