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Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2008 · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2008 · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/803-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

Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2008 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace

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

2008 Formula 1 World Championship · round 18

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:34:11.435 · 71 laps · ferrari	10
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:34:24.733 · 71 laps · renault	8
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34:27.670 · 71 laps · ferrari	6
4	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:34:49.446 · 71 laps · ferrari	5
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:34:50.342 · 71 laps · mercedes	4
6	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:34:55.803 · 71 laps · toyota	3
7	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:35:06.509 · 71 laps · mercedes	2
8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:35:19.898 · 71 laps · toyota	1
9	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:35:31.101 · 71 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
10	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Time not recorded · 70 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
11	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Time not recorded · 70 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
12	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Time not recorded · 70 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
13	Jenson Button	Honda	Time not recorded · 70 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
14	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 70 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
15	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	Time not recorded · 70 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Time not recorded · 69 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Time not recorded · 69 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Time not recorded · 69 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	Accident · Time not recorded · 0 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	David Coulthard	Red Bull	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · renault	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 1:11.830 · 17 laps · ferrari
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Q1 1:12.226 · 15 laps · toyota
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:12.083 · 19 laps · ferrari
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:12.213 · 14 laps · mercedes
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Q1 1:12.366 · 17 laps · mercedes
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Q1 1:12.214 · 18 laps · renault
7	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:12.390 · 20 laps · ferrari
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:12.371 · 18 laps · bmw
9	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:12.498 · 16 laps · ferrari
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	Q1 1:12.223 · 24 laps · toyota
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	Q1 1:12.348 · 13 laps · renault
12	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:12.409 · 13 laps · renault
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:12.381 · 13 laps · bmw
14	David Coulthard	Red Bull	Q1 1:12.690 · 16 laps · renault
15	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	Q1 1:12.548 · 14 laps · honda
16	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Q1 1:12.800 · 9 laps · toyota
17	Jenson Button	Honda	Q1 1:12.810 · 9 laps · honda
18	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Q1 1:13.002 · 8 laps · toyota
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Q1 1:13.426 · 9 laps · ferrari
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:13.508 · 9 laps · ferrari

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:12.368 · ferrari
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:12.737 · toyota
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:12.825 · ferrari
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:12.830 · mercedes
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:12.917 · mercedes
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:12.967 · renault
7	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:13.082 · ferrari
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:13.297 · bmw
9	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:14.105 · ferrari
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:14.230 · toyota
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:12.137 · renault
12	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:12.289 · renault
14	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:12.717 · renault
15	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:13.139 · honda
16	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:12.800 · toyota
17	Jenson Button	Honda	1:12.810 · honda
18	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:13.002 · toyota
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:13.426 · ferrari
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:13.508 · ferrari
PL	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:12.300 · bmw

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	98
2	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	97
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	75
4	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	75
5	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	61
6	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	60
7	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	53
8	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	35
9	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	31
10	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	25
11	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	19
13	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
14	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
16	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
17	Sébastien Bourdais	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
18	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Takuma Sato	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Anthony Davidson	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	1:12.305
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:12.495
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	3	1:12.507
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	4	1:12.874
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	5	1:12.925
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:13.061
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	7	1:13.298
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	8	1:13.378
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	9	1:13.426
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	10	1:13.466
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	11	1:13.600
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	12	1:13.621
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Bourdais	13	1:13.649
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	14	1:13.676
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	15	1:13.766
freePractice1Results	Kazuki Nakajima	16	1:13.806
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	17	1:13.836
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	18	1:13.861
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	19	1:14.704
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	20	1:14.821
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	1	1:12.296
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	2	1:12.353
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	3	1:12.435
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	4	1:12.600
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	5	1:12.650
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	6	1:12.687
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	7	1:12.703
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	8	1:12.761
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	9	1:12.827
freePractice2Results	Kazuki Nakajima	10	1:12.886
freePractice2Results	David Coulthard	11	1:12.896
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	12	1:12.971
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	13	1:13.038
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	14	1:13.041
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	15	1:13.213
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	16	1:13.221
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Bourdais	17	1:13.273
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	18	1:13.341
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	19	1:13.428
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	20	1:13.691
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	1	1:12.141
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:12.212
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	3	1:12.225
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	4	1:12.312
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:12.389
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	6	1:12.402
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Bourdais	7	1:12.426
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	8	1:12.453
freePractice3Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	9	1:12.457
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	10	1:12.457
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	11	1:12.625
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	12	1:12.698
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	13	1:12.712
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	14	1:12.971
freePractice3Results	Kazuki Nakajima	15	1:13.054
freePractice3Results	David Coulthard	16	1:13.058
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	17	1:13.135
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	18	1:13.278
freePractice3Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	19	1:13.460
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	20	1:13.680

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	2	29.588
Nico Rosberg	1	7	28.550
Jenson Button	1	7	27.862
Sébastien Bourdais	1	8	26.686
Timo Glock	1	8	26.160
Adrian Sutil	1	8	29.524
Kazuki Nakajima	1	8	28.506
Sebastian Vettel	1	9	26.102
Fernando Alonso	1	9	27.658
Mark Webber	1	9	28.788
Rubens Barrichello	1	9	28.097
Felipe Massa	1	10	27.656
Nick Heidfeld	1	10	27.881
Heikki Kovalainen	1	10	32.527
Robert Kubica	1	10	27.758
Jarno Trulli	1	11	31.122
Kimi Räikkönen	1	11	28.870
Lewis Hamilton	1	11	28.319
Sebastian Vettel	2	27	27.515
Jenson Button	2	33	26.923
Timo Glock	2	36	35.238
Felipe Massa	2	38	30.501
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	38	54.619
Sébastien Bourdais	2	38	29.832
Fernando Alonso	2	40	29.889
Lewis Hamilton	2	40	29.242
Rubens Barrichello	2	40	28.881
Nico Rosberg	2	41	29.423
Heikki Kovalainen	2	42	29.264
Nick Heidfeld	2	42	28.848
Kimi Räikkönen	2	43	29.436
Jarno Trulli	2	43	29.829
Adrian Sutil	2	44	30.623
Robert Kubica	2	46	27.007
Mark Webber	2	48	27.655
Sebastian Vettel	3	51	26.626
Kazuki Nakajima	2	51	26.843
Jenson Button	3	56	27.450
Kazuki Nakajima	3	62	26.618
Giancarlo Fisichella	3	63	46.539
Nick Heidfeld	3	64	27.306
Rubens Barrichello	3	64	28.097
Nico Rosberg	3	64	26.862
Sébastien Bourdais	3	64	28.249
Robert Kubica	3	64	26.379
Heikki Kovalainen	3	65	27.229
Adrian Sutil	3	64	27.733
Mark Webber	3	65	28.771
Fernando Alonso	3	66	26.672
Kimi Räikkönen	3	66	26.498
Jenson Button	4	65	27.056
Lewis Hamilton	3	66	26.483
Sebastian Vettel	4	66	26.810
Felipe Massa	3	67	27.234
Rubens Barrichello	4	67	28.370