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2008 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
Event date: 12 Oct 2008
- Name
- 2008 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
PROVENANCE
Sources behind this page
F1DB
v2026.17.0 · races/801
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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.
Recorded qualifying format: KNOCKOUT
Grand Prix context
2008 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · Fuji Speedway
Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.
2008 Formula 1 World Championship · round 16
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:30:21.892 · 67 laps · renault | 10 |
| 2 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:30:27.175 · 67 laps · bmw | 8 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:30:28.292 · 67 laps · ferrari | 6 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:30:42.462 · 67 laps · renault | 5 |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:30:45.659 · 67 laps · toyota | 4 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:31:01.099 · 67 laps · ferrari | 3 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:31:08.050 · 67 laps · ferrari | 2 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:31:12.703 · 67 laps · renault | 1 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:31:16.012 · 67 laps · bmw | Unknown / not applicable |
| 10 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:31:20.977 · 67 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 11 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:31:23.988 · 67 laps · toyota | Unknown / not applicable |
| 12 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:31:40.792 · 67 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | Time not recorded · 66 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
| 14 | Jenson Button | Honda | Time not recorded · 66 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | Time not recorded · 66 laps · toyota | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | Gearbox · Time not recorded · 21 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | Engine · Time not recorded · 16 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Adrian Sutil | Force India | Puncture · Time not recorded · 8 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Timo Glock | Toyota | Collision damage · Time not recorded · 6 laps · toyota | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | David Coulthard | Red Bull | Accident · Time not recorded · 0 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | Q1 1:18.071 · 15 laps · mercedes | |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | Q1 1:18.160 · 20 laps · ferrari | |
| 3 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | Q1 1:18.220 · 22 laps · mercedes | |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | Q1 1:18.290 · 19 laps · renault | |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | Q1 1:18.110 · 18 laps · ferrari | |
| 6 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | Q1 1:18.684 · 20 laps · bmw | |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | Q1 1:18.501 · 23 laps · toyota | |
| 8 | Timo Glock | Toyota | Q1 1:17.945 · 24 laps · toyota | |
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:18.559 · 21 laps · ferrari | |
| 10 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:18.593 · 20 laps · ferrari | |
| 11 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | Q1 1:18.303 · 16 laps · renault | |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | Q1 1:18.300 · 11 laps · renault | |
| 13 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | Q1 1:18.372 · 13 laps · renault | |
| 14 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | Q1 1:18.640 · 16 laps · toyota | |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | Q1 1:18.740 · 16 laps · toyota | |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | Q1 1:18.835 · 9 laps · bmw | |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | Q1 1:18.882 · 9 laps · honda | |
| 18 | Jenson Button | Honda | Q1 1:19.100 · 11 laps · honda | |
| 19 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | Q1 1:19.163 · 10 laps · ferrari | |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | Q1 1:19.910 · 10 laps · ferrari |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:18.404 · mercedes | |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:18.644 · ferrari | |
| 3 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:18.821 · mercedes | |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:18.852 · renault | |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:18.874 · ferrari | |
| 6 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:18.979 · bmw | |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:19.026 · toyota | |
| 8 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:19.118 · toyota | |
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:19.638 · ferrari | |
| 10 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:20.167 · ferrari | |
| 11 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:18.187 · renault | |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:18.274 · renault | |
| 13 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:18.354 · renault | |
| 14 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:18.594 · toyota | |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:18.672 · toyota | |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:18.835 · bmw | |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:18.882 · honda | |
| 18 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:19.100 · honda | |
| 19 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:19.163 · ferrari | |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:19.910 · ferrari |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 84 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 79 |
| 3 | Robert Kubica | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 72 |
| 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 63 |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 56 |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 51 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 48 |
| 8 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 30 |
| 9 | Jarno Trulli | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 30 |
| 10 | Mark Webber | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 21 |
| 11 | Timo Glock | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 20 |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 18 |
| 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 | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1:18.910 |
| freePractice1Results | Felipe Massa | 2 | 1:19.063 |
| freePractice1Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 3 | 1:19.279 |
| freePractice1Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 4 | 1:19.399 |
| freePractice1Results | Fernando Alonso | 5 | 1:19.473 |
| freePractice1Results | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 6 | 1:19.743 |
| freePractice1Results | Sebastian Vettel | 7 | 1:20.121 |
| freePractice1Results | Robert Kubica | 8 | 1:20.160 |
| freePractice1Results | Sébastien Bourdais | 9 | 1:20.182 |
| freePractice1Results | Kazuki Nakajima | 10 | 1:20.217 |
| freePractice1Results | Adrian Sutil | 11 | 1:20.288 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Rosberg | 12 | 1:20.350 |
| freePractice1Results | Mark Webber | 13 | 1:20.620 |
| freePractice1Results | Nick Heidfeld | 14 | 1:20.628 |
| freePractice1Results | Jarno Trulli | 15 | 1:20.657 |
| freePractice1Results | Rubens Barrichello | 16 | 1:20.753 |
| freePractice1Results | Jenson Button | 17 | 1:20.769 |
| freePractice1Results | Timo Glock | 18 | 1:20.823 |
| freePractice1Results | David Coulthard | 19 | 1:20.905 |
| freePractice1Results | Giancarlo Fisichella | 20 | 1:21.014 |
| freePractice2Results | Timo Glock | 1 | 1:18.383 |
| freePractice2Results | Fernando Alonso | 2 | 1:18.426 |
| freePractice2Results | Lewis Hamilton | 3 | 1:18.463 |
| freePractice2Results | Felipe Massa | 4 | 1:18.491 |
| freePractice2Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 5 | 1:18.725 |
| freePractice2Results | Mark Webber | 6 | 1:18.734 |
| freePractice2Results | Kazuki Nakajima | 7 | 1:18.734 |
| freePractice2Results | Sebastian Vettel | 8 | 1:18.761 |
| freePractice2Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 9 | 1:18.803 |
| freePractice2Results | Jarno Trulli | 10 | 1:18.863 |
| freePractice2Results | Robert Kubica | 11 | 1:18.865 |
| freePractice2Results | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 12 | 1:18.888 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Rosberg | 13 | 1:18.981 |
| freePractice2Results | Sébastien Bourdais | 14 | 1:19.040 |
| freePractice2Results | Rubens Barrichello | 15 | 1:19.258 |
| freePractice2Results | Adrian Sutil | 16 | 1:19.287 |
| freePractice2Results | David Coulthard | 17 | 1:19.327 |
| freePractice2Results | Giancarlo Fisichella | 18 | 1:19.482 |
| freePractice2Results | Nick Heidfeld | 19 | 1:19.894 |
| freePractice2Results | Jenson Button | 20 | 1:19.999 |
| freePractice3Results | Robert Kubica | 1 | 1:25.087 |
| freePractice3Results | Timo Glock | 2 | 1:25.171 |
| freePractice3Results | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 3 | 1:25.415 |
| freePractice3Results | Nick Heidfeld | 4 | 1:25.474 |
| freePractice3Results | Kazuki Nakajima | 5 | 1:25.563 |
| freePractice3Results | David Coulthard | 6 | 1:25.614 |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Massa | 7 | 1:25.709 |
| freePractice3Results | Mark Webber | 8 | 1:25.785 |
| freePractice3Results | Fernando Alonso | 9 | 1:25.799 |
| freePractice3Results | Sebastian Vettel | 10 | 1:25.880 |
| freePractice3Results | Lewis Hamilton | 11 | 1:25.901 |
| freePractice3Results | Sébastien Bourdais | 12 | 1:25.984 |
| freePractice3Results | Jarno Trulli | 13 | 1:26.013 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Rosberg | 14 | 1:26.213 |
| freePractice3Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 15 | 1:26.239 |
| freePractice3Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 16 | 1:26.277 |
| freePractice3Results | Rubens Barrichello | 17 | 1:26.662 |
| freePractice3Results | Jenson Button | 18 | 1:26.922 |
| freePractice3Results | Adrian Sutil | 19 | 1:27.357 |
| freePractice3Results | Giancarlo Fisichella | 20 | 1:27.918 |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.
| Driver | Stop | Lap | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazuki Nakajima | 1 | 1 | 38.649 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 2 | 35.540 |
| Timo Glock | 1 | 5 | 40.133 |
| Robert Kubica | 1 | 17 | 35.447 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 1 | 17 | 36.543 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 17 | 23.725 |
| Fernando Alonso | 1 | 18 | 33.902 |
| Felipe Massa | 1 | 18 | 37.457 |
| Felipe Massa | 2 | 19 | 23.602 |
| Jarno Trulli | 1 | 21 | 34.538 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 23 | 35.239 |
| Sébastien Bourdais | 1 | 25 | 36.018 |
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1 | 28 | 33.904 |
| Mark Webber | 1 | 34 | 37.591 |
| Kazuki Nakajima | 2 | 36 | 35.450 |
| Jenson Button | 1 | 37 | 34.927 |
| Rubens Barrichello | 1 | 38 | 35.147 |
| Nick Heidfeld | 1 | 40 | 34.921 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 3 | 40 | 34.689 |
| Nico Rosberg | 1 | 42 | 34.949 |
| Fernando Alonso | 2 | 43 | 34.034 |
| Robert Kubica | 2 | 46 | 33.286 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 2 | 48 | 33.379 |
| Jarno Trulli | 2 | 50 | 33.016 |
| Sébastien Bourdais | 2 | 50 | 32.822 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 2 | 51 | 32.674 |
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | 2 | 52 | 32.581 |
| Felipe Massa | 3 | 53 | 32.780 |