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2008 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2008 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/794-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 Santander British Grand Prix · Silverstone Circuit

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

2008 Formula 1 World Championship · round 9

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:39:09.440 · 60 laps · mercedes	10
2	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:40:18.017 · 60 laps · bmw	8
3	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:40:31.713 · 60 laps · honda	6
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Time not recorded · 59 laps · ferrari	5
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Time not recorded · 59 laps · mercedes	4
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault	3
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Time not recorded · 59 laps · toyota	2
8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Time not recorded · 59 laps · toyota	1
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Time not recorded · 59 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
10	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
11	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 59 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Timo Glock	Toyota	Time not recorded · 59 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Time not recorded · 58 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Spun off · Time not recorded · 39 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jenson Button	Honda	Spun off · Time not recorded · 38 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	Spun off · Time not recorded · 35 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Spun off · Time not recorded · 26 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Spun off · Time not recorded · 10 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	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	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Q1 1:19.957 · 15 laps · mercedes
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:20.982 · 16 laps · renault
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:20.370 · 18 laps · ferrari
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:20.288 · 13 laps · mercedes
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:21.022 · 16 laps · bmw
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Q1 1:20.998 · 15 laps · renault
7	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	Q1 1:20.818 · 19 laps · renault
8	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:20.318 · 16 laps · ferrari
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:20.676 · 16 laps · ferrari
10	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:20.444 · 12 laps · bmw
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull	Q1 1:21.224 · 14 laps · renault
12	Timo Glock	Toyota	Q1 1:20.893 · 14 laps · toyota
13	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:20.584 · 16 laps · ferrari
14	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Q1 1:21.145 · 13 laps · toyota
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Q1 1:21.407 · 14 laps · toyota
16	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	Q1 1:21.512 · 9 laps · honda
17	Jenson Button	Honda	Q1 1:21.631 · 11 laps · honda
18	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Q1 1:21.668 · 6 laps · toyota
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:21.786 · 9 laps · ferrari
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Q1 1:21.885 · 8 laps · ferrari

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:21.049 · mercedes
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:21.554 · renault
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:21.706 · ferrari
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:21.835 · mercedes
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:21.873 · bmw
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:22.029 · renault
7	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:22.491 · renault
8	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:23.251 · ferrari
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:23.305 · ferrari
10	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Time not recorded · bmw
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:20.174 · renault
12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:20.274 · toyota
13	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:20.531 · ferrari
14	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:20.601 · toyota
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:21.112 · toyota
16	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:21.512 · honda
17	Jenson Button	Honda	1:21.631 · honda
18	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:21.786 · ferrari
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:21.885 · ferrari
PL	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:21.668 · 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	48
2	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	48
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	48
4	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	46
5	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	36
6	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	24
7	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	20
8	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
9	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
10	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
11	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
13	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
14	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
15	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
16	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
17	Sébastien Bourdais	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
18	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Takuma Sato	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Anthony Davidson	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Adrian Sutil	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	1:19.575
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	2	1:19.587
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:19.623
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	4	1:19.948
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	5	1:20.367
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:20.436
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	7	1:20.588
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	8	1:20.653
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	9	1:20.698
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	10	1:20.744
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	11	1:20.892
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	12	1:21.102
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	13	1:21.107
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Bourdais	14	1:21.166
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	15	1:21.265
freePractice1Results	Kazuki Nakajima	16	1:21.282
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	17	1:21.901
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	18	1:22.169
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	19	1:22.219
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	20	1:24.123
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	1	1:19.989
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	2	1:20.520
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:20.543
freePractice2Results	David Coulthard	4	1:20.589
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	5	1:20.748
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	6	1:20.805
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	7	1:20.929
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	8	1:20.943
freePractice2Results	Kazuki Nakajima	9	1:20.985
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:21.002
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	11	1:21.023
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	12	1:21.275
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	13	1:21.453
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	14	1:21.472
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	15	1:21.511
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	16	1:21.520
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Bourdais	17	1:21.634
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	18	1:21.642
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	19	1:21.756
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:22.196
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	1	1:20.740
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	2	1:20.988
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	3	1:21.266
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	4	1:21.277
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	5	1:21.668
freePractice3Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	6	1:21.786
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Bourdais	7	1:22.059
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	8	1:22.183
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	9	1:22.355
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:22.387
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	11	1:22.440
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	12	1:22.461
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	13	1:22.544
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	14	1:22.556
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	15	1:22.916
freePractice3Results	Kazuki Nakajima	16	1:23.028
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	17	1:23.049
freePractice3Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	18	1:23.112
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	19	1:23.282
freePractice3Results	David Coulthard	20	1:32.119

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Mark Webber	1	18	25.861
Heikki Kovalainen	1	19	26.529
Fernando Alonso	1	20	26.703
Lewis Hamilton	1	21	26.340
Kimi Räikkönen	1	21	26.242
Felipe Massa	1	21	26.770
Nick Heidfeld	1	22	26.562
Nelson Piquet Jr.	1	22	27.714
Robert Kubica	1	23	27.349
Rubens Barrichello	1	24	26.681
Nico Rosberg	1	24	26.842
Timo Glock	1	25	26.280
Jenson Button	1	25	26.439
Kazuki Nakajima	1	25	25.817
Jarno Trulli	1	26	25.926
Fernando Alonso	2	26	26.558
Sébastien Bourdais	1	27	30.488
Mark Webber	2	28	28.312
Kimi Räikkönen	2	30	28.218
Felipe Massa	2	30	26.680
Heikki Kovalainen	2	34	25.595
Rubens Barrichello	2	35	47.461
Jenson Button	2	35	48.083
Nico Rosberg	2	35	29.122
Kazuki Nakajima	2	35	36.232
Sébastien Bourdais	2	35	26.850
Lewis Hamilton	2	38	25.638
Nick Heidfeld	2	38	25.783
Robert Kubica	2	38	29.443
Nico Rosberg	3	40	31.520
Timo Glock	2	43	24.726
Rubens Barrichello	3	46	26.864
Jarno Trulli	2	47	24.088
Felipe Massa	3	49	24.643