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Formula 1 Grand Prix de France 2008 · qualifying
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Profile & context
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- Formula 1 Grand Prix de France 2008 · qualifying
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F1DB
v2026.17.0 · session/793-qualifying
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Grand Prix context
Formula 1 Grand Prix de France 2008 · Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
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2008 Formula 1 World Championship · round 8
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:31:50.245 · 70 laps · ferrari | 10 |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:32:08.229 · 70 laps · ferrari | 8 |
| 3 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:32:18.495 · 70 laps · toyota | 6 |
| 4 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:32:19.174 · 70 laps · mercedes | 5 |
| 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:32:20.757 · 70 laps · bmw | 4 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:32:30.549 · 70 laps · renault | 3 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:32:31.278 · 70 laps · renault | 2 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:32:33.617 · 70 laps · renault | 1 |
| 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:32:41.317 · 70 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 10 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:32:44.766 · 70 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| 11 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:32:47.983 · 70 laps · toyota | Unknown / not applicable |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:32:48.310 · 70 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 13 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:32:52.324 · 70 laps · bmw | Unknown / not applicable |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | Time not recorded · 69 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | Time not recorded · 69 laps · toyota | Unknown / not applicable |
| 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | Time not recorded · 69 laps · toyota | Unknown / not applicable |
| 17 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | Time not recorded · 69 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | Time not recorded · 69 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 19 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | Time not recorded · 69 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Jenson Button | Honda | Collision damage · Time not recorded · 16 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | Q1 1:15.133 · 16 laps · ferrari | |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | Q1 1:15.024 · 17 laps · ferrari | |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | Q1 1:15.634 · 15 laps · mercedes | |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | Q1 1:15.754 · 18 laps · renault | |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | Q1 1:15.521 · 19 laps · toyota | |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | Q1 1:15.965 · 18 laps · mercedes | |
| 7 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | Q1 1:15.687 · 19 laps · bmw | |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | Q1 1:16.020 · 18 laps · renault | |
| 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | Q1 1:15.802 · 19 laps · renault | |
| 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | Q1 1:15.727 · 24 laps · toyota | |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | Q1 1:15.848 · 12 laps · renault | |
| 12 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | Q1 1:16.006 · 14 laps · bmw | |
| 13 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:15.918 · 17 laps · ferrari | |
| 14 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:16.072 · 17 laps · ferrari | |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | Q1 1:16.085 · 12 laps · toyota | |
| 16 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | Q1 1:16.243 · 9 laps · toyota | |
| 17 | Jenson Button | Honda | Q1 1:16.306 · 9 laps · honda | |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | Q1 1:16.330 · 6 laps · honda | |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | Q1 1:16.971 · 10 laps · ferrari | |
| 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | Q1 1:17.053 · 9 laps · ferrari |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:16.449 · ferrari | |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16.490 · ferrari | |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:16.840 · renault | |
| 4 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:16.920 · toyota | |
| 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:17.037 · bmw | |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:17.233 · renault | |
| 7 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:17.426 · renault | |
| 8 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:17.596 · toyota | |
| 9 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:15.770 · renault | |
| 10 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:16.944 · mercedes | |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:15.786 · bmw | |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:15.816 · ferrari | |
| 13 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:16.693 · mercedes | |
| 14 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:16.045 · ferrari | |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:16.243 · toyota | |
| 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:16.306 · honda | |
| 17 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:16.971 · ferrari | |
| 18 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:17.053 · ferrari | |
| 19 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:16.235 · toyota | |
| 20 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:16.330 · honda |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 48 |
| 2 | Robert Kubica | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 46 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 43 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 38 |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 28 |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 20 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 18 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 18 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 10 |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 8 |
| 11 | Kazuki Nakajima | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 7 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 6 |
| 13 | Timo Glock | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 5 |
| 14 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 5 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 5 |
| 16 | Jenson Button | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 3 |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | 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 | 1:15.306 |
| freePractice1Results | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 1:16.002 |
| freePractice1Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 3 | 1:16.055 |
| freePractice1Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 4 | 1:16.073 |
| freePractice1Results | Robert Kubica | 5 | 1:16.377 |
| freePractice1Results | Fernando Alonso | 6 | 1:16.400 |
| freePractice1Results | Jarno Trulli | 7 | 1:16.758 |
| freePractice1Results | Sebastian Vettel | 8 | 1:16.838 |
| freePractice1Results | Nick Heidfeld | 9 | 1:16.870 |
| freePractice1Results | Timo Glock | 10 | 1:16.886 |
| freePractice1Results | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 11 | 1:17.063 |
| freePractice1Results | David Coulthard | 12 | 1:17.234 |
| freePractice1Results | Mark Webber | 13 | 1:17.269 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Rosberg | 14 | 1:17.394 |
| freePractice1Results | Rubens Barrichello | 15 | 1:17.491 |
| freePractice1Results | Sébastien Bourdais | 16 | 1:17.683 |
| freePractice1Results | Kazuki Nakajima | 17 | 1:17.696 |
| freePractice1Results | Jenson Button | 18 | 1:17.928 |
| freePractice1Results | Giancarlo Fisichella | 19 | 1:18.072 |
| freePractice1Results | Adrian Sutil | 20 | 1:18.673 |
| freePractice2Results | Fernando Alonso | 1 | 1:15.778 |
| freePractice2Results | Felipe Massa | 2 | 1:15.854 |
| freePractice2Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 3 | 1:15.999 |
| freePractice2Results | Lewis Hamilton | 4 | 1:16.232 |
| freePractice2Results | Sebastian Vettel | 5 | 1:16.298 |
| freePractice2Results | Robert Kubica | 6 | 1:16.317 |
| freePractice2Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 7 | 1:16.340 |
| freePractice2Results | Nick Heidfeld | 8 | 1:16.458 |
| freePractice2Results | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 9 | 1:16.543 |
| freePractice2Results | David Coulthard | 10 | 1:16.572 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Rosberg | 11 | 1:16.682 |
| freePractice2Results | Jarno Trulli | 12 | 1:16.743 |
| freePractice2Results | Sébastien Bourdais | 13 | 1:16.758 |
| freePractice2Results | Kazuki Nakajima | 14 | 1:17.002 |
| freePractice2Results | Timo Glock | 15 | 1:17.092 |
| freePractice2Results | Mark Webber | 16 | 1:17.106 |
| freePractice2Results | Jenson Button | 17 | 1:17.244 |
| freePractice2Results | Giancarlo Fisichella | 18 | 1:17.394 |
| freePractice2Results | Rubens Barrichello | 19 | 1:17.591 |
| freePractice2Results | Adrian Sutil | 20 | 1:17.868 |
| freePractice3Results | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1 | 1:15.750 |
| freePractice3Results | Mark Webber | 2 | 1:15.759 |
| freePractice3Results | Sebastian Vettel | 3 | 1:15.827 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Rosberg | 4 | 1:15.974 |
| freePractice3Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 5 | 1:16.003 |
| freePractice3Results | Jarno Trulli | 6 | 1:16.147 |
| freePractice3Results | Lewis Hamilton | 7 | 1:16.182 |
| freePractice3Results | Sébastien Bourdais | 8 | 1:16.235 |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Massa | 9 | 1:16.256 |
| freePractice3Results | David Coulthard | 10 | 1:16.282 |
| freePractice3Results | Timo Glock | 11 | 1:16.344 |
| freePractice3Results | Fernando Alonso | 12 | 1:16.437 |
| freePractice3Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 13 | 1:16.545 |
| freePractice3Results | Robert Kubica | 14 | 1:16.617 |
| freePractice3Results | Kazuki Nakajima | 15 | 1:16.644 |
| freePractice3Results | Jenson Button | 16 | 1:16.651 |
| freePractice3Results | Rubens Barrichello | 17 | 1:16.658 |
| freePractice3Results | Nick Heidfeld | 18 | 1:16.687 |
| freePractice3Results | Giancarlo Fisichella | 19 | 1:17.365 |
| freePractice3Results | Adrian Sutil | 20 | 1:17.612 |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.
| Driver | Stop | Lap | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenson Button | 1 | 5 | 28.958 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 13 | 14.559 |
| Fernando Alonso | 1 | 15 | 25.117 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 19 | 25.864 |
| Jarno Trulli | 1 | 20 | 25.888 |
| Robert Kubica | 1 | 20 | 24.901 |
| Adrian Sutil | 1 | 20 | 24.766 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 1 | 21 | 25.714 |
| Timo Glock | 1 | 21 | 26.655 |
| Felipe Massa | 1 | 23 | 26.068 |
| Mark Webber | 1 | 23 | 24.886 |
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1 | 25 | 25.269 |
| Heikki Kovalainen | 1 | 25 | 26.121 |
| David Coulthard | 1 | 26 | 26.127 |
| Sébastien Bourdais | 1 | 26 | 26.203 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 29 | 24.261 |
| Nick Heidfeld | 1 | 29 | 22.988 |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | 1 | 32 | 24.871 |
| Rubens Barrichello | 1 | 34 | 24.767 |
| Kazuki Nakajima | 1 | 35 | 24.950 |
| Nico Rosberg | 1 | 40 | 26.519 |
| Fernando Alonso | 2 | 42 | 26.310 |
| Adrian Sutil | 2 | 43 | 26.485 |
| Robert Kubica | 2 | 46 | 24.839 |
| Sébastien Bourdais | 2 | 46 | 24.384 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 2 | 48 | 24.241 |
| Nick Heidfeld | 2 | 48 | 23.899 |
| Mark Webber | 2 | 49 | 23.864 |
| Timo Glock | 2 | 49 | 25.578 |
| Jarno Trulli | 2 | 50 | 23.848 |
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | 2 | 50 | 23.540 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 2 | 52 | 25.075 |
| Heikki Kovalainen | 2 | 52 | 23.304 |
| David Coulthard | 2 | 52 | 23.811 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 3 | 52 | 23.625 |
| Felipe Massa | 2 | 54 | 23.983 |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | 2 | 54 | 25.161 |
| Rubens Barrichello | 2 | 56 | 23.550 |
| Kazuki Nakajima | 2 | 58 | 24.545 |