2008 Alternate Formula One season

2008 Formula One season
Season
Races	20
Start date	9 March
Start Event	Bahrain Grand Prix
End date	2 November
End Event	Brazilian Grand Prix
Awards
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2007	2009

The 2008 Formula One season was the 59th season of Formula One motor racing.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	#	Driver	Rounds	Test Driver
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber	F1.08	BMW P86/8	1	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	All	Template:AUT Christian Klien
				2	Template:AUS Dave Simpson	All
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F2008	Ferrari 056	3	Luca Badoer	All	Giancarlo Fisichella
				4	Robert Kubica	All
Template:FRA ING Renault F1 Team	Renault	R28	Renault RS27	5	Kimi Räikkönen	All	Lucas di Grassi Template:FRA Romain Grosjean
				6	Nick Heidfeld	All
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF108	Toyota RVX-08	7	Kazuki Nakajima	1-3	Kamui Kobayashi Kazuki Nakajima
					Template:AUS Mark Webber	4-20
				8	André Lotterer	All
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault	RB4	Renault RS27	9	Template:GBR David Coulthard	All	None
				10	Adrian Zaugg	1-20
Template:GBR AT&T Williams	Williams-Honda	FW30	Honda RA808E	11	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	All	Luca Pacchiarini Narain Karthikeyan Nico Rosberg
				12	Template:GBR Jenson Button	All
Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda	RA108	Honda RA808E	14	Fernando Alonso	All	Template:GBR Jenson Button
				15	Template:AUS Frank Zimmer	All
Squadra Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR2B STR3	Ferrari 056	16	Template:FRA Sebastién Bourdais	All	Template:SUI Neel Jani Template:SUI Sebastien Buemi Template:BEL Thomas de Bock
				17	Sebastian Vettel	All
Super Aguri F1 Team	Super Aguri-Honda	SA08	Honda RA808E	18	Takuma Sato	All	Johannes Rueckert
				19	Daisuke Itō	All
Force India Formula One Team	Force India-Ferrari	VJM-01	Ferrari 056	20	Ralf Schumacher	All	Andrea Acuri Vitantonio Liuzzi
				21	Adrian Sutil	All
Template:GBR Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-23	Mercedes FO 108V	22	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	All	Pedro de la Rosa
				23	Template:GBR Lewis Hamilton	All
Template:GBR Mobil 1 Prodrive F1 Team	Prodrive-Mercedes	MP4-22	Mercedes FO 108V	24	Rubens Barrichello	All	None
				25	Bruno Spengler	All

Season Calendar

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Drive of the Race	Reject of the Race
1	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit	9 March	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Template:FRA Sebastién Bourdais	Template:GBR Prodrive-Mercedes
2	Template:MAS Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	23 March	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Bruno Spengler	Kimi Räikkönen
3	Template:AUS ING Australian Grand Prix	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	30 March	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Rubens Barrichello	Robert Kubica	Ferrari	André Lotterer	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes
4	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	13 April	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:GBR Lewis Hamilton	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Template:AUS Dave Simpson	Takuma Sato
5	Template:TUR Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park	27 April	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:AUS Dave Simpson	BMW Sauber	Template:GBR Williams-Honda	André Lotterer
6	Gran Premio Alice d'Europa	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	11 May
7	Grand Prix de Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	18 May
8	Grand Prix du Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	1 June
9	Template:USA BC Partners United States Grand Prix	Detroit Belle Isle Raceway	8 June
10	Template:FRA Grand Prix de France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	22 June
11	Template:GBR Santander British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	6 July
12	Großer DHL Preis von Deutschland	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	20 July
13	Marlboro Magyar Nagydij	Hungaroring	3 August
14	Gran Premio Telefónica de España	Valencia Street Circuit	24 August
15	Template:BEL ING Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	7 September
16	Gran Premio DHL d'Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	14 September
17	SingTel Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	28 September
18	Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	12 October
19	Gran Premio Mercedes-Benz del Uruguay	Street Circuit of Punta del Este	26 October
20	Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	2 November

Standings

Driver's Championship

Pos Driver BHR MAL Template:MAS AUS Template:AUS JPN SMR GER ESP MON CAN USA Template:USA GBR Template:GBR EUR FRA Template:FRA HUN TUR Template:TUR ITA BEL Template:BEL CHN URU BRA Pts 1 Template:AUS Daniel Melrose 3 2 4 1 2 38 2 Template:GBR Sammy Jones 1 1 17 8 6 28 3 Robert Kubica 5 9 1 2 3 28 3 Template:AUS Dave Simpson Ret 3 5 3 1 26 4 Luca Badoer 8 7 2 5 Ret 15 6 André Lotterer Ret 6 3 4 Ret 14 7 Template:GBR Lewis Hamilton 2 4 10 11 Ret 13 8 Template:GBR David Coulthard 6 5 7 9 Ret 9 9 Template:FRA Sebastién Bourdais 4 8 15 14 9 6 10 Template:GBR Jenson Button 15 Ret Ret 13 4 5 11 Fernando Alonso 7 Ret 6 12 12 5 12 Template:AUS Rhys Davies 10 11 14 Ret 5 4 13 Nick Heidfeld Ret Ret 16 6 Ret 3 14 Sebastian Vettel Ret 15 Ret 7 Ret 2 15 Template:AUS Mark Webber Ret 7 2 16 Kimi Räikkönen 9 13 12 10 8 1 17 Template:AUS Frank Zimmer 11 12 8 Ret 10 1 18 Rubens Barrichello Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 0 19 Kazuki Nakajima 12 10 13 0 20 Adrian Sutil Ret 16 Ret 17 11 0 21 Bruno Spengler Ret 20† 11 Ret Ret 0 22 Adrian Zaugg 13 14 19 15 Ret 0 23 Takuma Sato 16 17 18 Ret 13 0 24 Ralf Schumacher 14 18 21 16 Ret 0 25 Daisuke Itō Ret 19 20 Ret 14 0