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2008 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2008 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/787-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

2008 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix · Sepang International Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2008 Formula 1 World Championship · round 2

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31:18.555 · 56 laps · ferrari	10
2	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:31:38.125 · 56 laps · bmw	8
3	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:31:57.005 · 56 laps · mercedes	6
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:32:04.387 · 56 laps · toyota	5
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:32:05.103 · 56 laps · mercedes	4
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:32:08.388 · 56 laps · bmw	3
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:32:26.685 · 56 laps · renault	2
8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:32:28.596 · 56 laps · renault	1
9	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:32:34.775 · 56 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
10	Jenson Button	Honda	1:32:44.769 · 56 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:32:50.757 · 56 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Time not recorded · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	Time not recorded · 55 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
14	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Time not recorded · 55 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
15	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri	Time not recorded · 55 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
16	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	Time not recorded · 54 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Time not recorded · 54 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 39 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Spun off · Time not recorded · 30 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 5 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Timo Glock	Toyota	Collision · Time not recorded · 1 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	Spun off · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:35.347 · 17 laps · ferrari
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:35.645 · 13 laps · ferrari
3	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Q1 1:35.227 · 12 laps · mercedes
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:35.392 · 18 laps · mercedes
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Q1 1:35.205 · 18 laps · toyota
6	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:35.794 · 13 laps · bmw
7	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:35.729 · 13 laps · bmw
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:35.440 · 18 laps · renault
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Q1 1:35.983 · 18 laps · renault
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	Q1 1:35.891 · 20 laps · toyota
11	Jenson Button	Honda	Q1 1:35.847 · 15 laps · honda
12	David Coulthard	Red Bull	Q1 1:36.058 · 12 laps · renault
13	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	Q1 1:36.074 · 12 laps · renault
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	Q1 1:36.198 · 15 laps · honda
15	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:36.111 · 15 laps · ferrari
16	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Q1 1:35.843 · 13 laps · toyota
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Q1 1:36.240 · 9 laps · ferrari
18	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Q1 1:36.388 · 9 laps · toyota
19	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:36.677 · 8 laps · ferrari
20	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	Q1 1:37.087 · 9 laps · honda
21	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:37.101 · 10 laps · ferrari
22	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri	Q1 1:37.481 · 9 laps · honda

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:35.748 · ferrari
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.230 · ferrari
3	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:36.711 · toyota
4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36.727 · bmw
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:36.753 · bmw
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:37.009 · renault
7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:38.450 · renault
8	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:36.613 · mercedes
9	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:36.709 · mercedes
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:39.656 · toyota
11	Jenson Button	Honda	1:35.208 · honda
12	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:35.408 · renault
13	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:35.562 · renault
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:35.622 · honda
15	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:35.648 · ferrari
16	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:35.670 · toyota
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:36.240 · ferrari
18	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:36.677 · ferrari
19	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	1:37.087 · honda
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:37.101 · ferrari
21	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri	1:37.481 · honda
22	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:36.388 · toyota

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	14
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
3	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
4	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
5	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
6	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
7	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
8	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
9	Kazuki Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
10	Sébastien Bourdais	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
11	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
12	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
13	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
14	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
16	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
17	Anthony Davidson	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
18	Takuma Sato	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	1	1:35.392
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	2	1:36.459
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	3	1:36.556
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	4	1:36.578
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	5	1:36.626
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:37.022
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	7	1:37.034
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	8	1:37.218
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	9	1:37.282
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	10	1:37.540
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	11	1:37.649
freePractice1Results	Kazuki Nakajima	12	1:37.649
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	13	1:37.776
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	14	1:37.782
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	15	1:38.219
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	16	1:38.232
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	17	1:38.707
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Bourdais	18	1:38.798
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	19	1:39.046
freePractice1Results	Takuma Sato	20	1:40.178
freePractice1Results	Anthony Davidson	21	1:40.351
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	22	1:41.269
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:35.055
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	2	1:35.206
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	3	1:35.428
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	4	1:36.037
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:36.474
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	6	1:36.493
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	7	1:36.512
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	8	1:36.671
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	9	1:36.756
freePractice2Results	Kazuki Nakajima	10	1:36.838
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	11	1:36.879
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	12	1:36.908
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	13	1:37.106
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	14	1:37.328
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	15	1:37.331
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	16	1:37.346
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	17	1:37.512
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	18	1:37.614
freePractice2Results	Takuma Sato	19	1:39.021
freePractice2Results	Anthony Davidson	20	1:39.361
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Bourdais	21	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	1	1:35.019
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	2	1:35.262
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	3	1:35.388
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	4	1:35.389
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	5	1:35.437
freePractice3Results	David Coulthard	6	1:35.653
freePractice3Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	7	1:35.768
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	8	1:35.781
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	9	1:35.827
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	10	1:35.911
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	11	1:35.927
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	12	1:36.068
freePractice3Results	Kazuki Nakajima	13	1:36.183
freePractice3Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	14	1:36.229
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	15	1:36.490
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	16	1:36.529
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	17	1:36.618
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Bourdais	18	1:36.668
freePractice3Results	Takuma Sato	19	1:36.908
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	20	1:36.939
freePractice3Results	Anthony Davidson	21	1:37.140
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	22	1:37.703

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Nico Rosberg	1	2	38.701
Mark Webber	1	16	31.528
Kazuki Nakajima	1	16	30.474
Felipe Massa	1	17	29.913
Jarno Trulli	1	17	30.926
Nick Heidfeld	1	17	30.255
Kimi Räikkönen	1	18	29.511
Takuma Sato	1	18	30.627
Lewis Hamilton	1	19	41.548
Heikki Kovalainen	1	20	31.880
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	20	30.125
Anthony Davidson	1	20	30.945
Robert Kubica	1	21	30.507
Fernando Alonso	1	22	30.071
Jenson Button	1	22	30.459
David Coulthard	1	23	31.229
Nelson Piquet Jr.	1	24	28.678
Sebastian Vettel	1	24	29.252
Rubens Barrichello	1	24	29.566
Kazuki Nakajima	2	29	30.755
Nico Rosberg	2	29	33.756
Takuma Sato	2	35	30.981
Kimi Räikkönen	2	38	30.139
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	38	30.231
Mark Webber	2	39	29.249
Rubens Barrichello	2	39	28.516
Jarno Trulli	2	40	28.692
Anthony Davidson	2	39	29.311
Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	40	29.264
Nick Heidfeld	2	41	27.944
Fernando Alonso	2	41	28.534
Robert Kubica	2	43	28.121
Jenson Button	2	43	28.205
Lewis Hamilton	2	44	30.255
David Coulthard	2	44	28.307
Heikki Kovalainen	2	45	28.723
Rubens Barrichello	3	46	18.949