2008 Alternate Formula One season

2008 Alternate Formula One
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The 2008 Formula One season was the 59th season of Formula One motor racing. British driver Lewis Hamilton won his first title in a tie-breaker over Finland's Kimi Räikkönen, Hamilton winning 3 Grands Prix to Räikkönen's 1 over the course of the season. Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	#	Driver	Rounds	Test Driver
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber	F1.08	BMW P86/8	1	Daniel Melrose	All
				2	Robert Kubica	All
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F2008	Ferrari 056	3	Felipe Massa	All
				4	Kimi Räikkönen	All
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-23	Mercedes FO 108V	5	Sammy Jones	All
				6	Lewis Hamilton	All
ING Renault F1 Team	Renault	R28	Renault RS27	7	Fernando Alonso	All
				8	Heikki Kovalainen	All
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault	RB4	Renault RS27	9	Mark Webber	All
				10	David Coulthard	All
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF108	Toyota RVX-08	11	Jarno Trulli	All
				12	Timo Glock	All
Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda	RA108	Honda RA808E	14	Jenson Button	All
				15	Frank Zimmer	All
AT&T WilliamsF1 Team	Williams-Toyota	FW30	Toyota RVX-08	16	Nico Rosberg	All
				17	Kazuki Nakajima	All
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR2B STR3	Ferrari 056	18	Sebastian Vettel	All
				19	Sebastien Bourdais	All
Force India Formula One Team	Force India-Ferrari	VJM-01	Ferrari 056	20	Phoenix McAllister	All
				21	Adrian Sutil	All
Super Aguri F1	Super Aguri-Honda	SA08	Honda RA808E	22	Takuma Sato	All
				23	Andrea Acuri	All

Results and Standings

Grands Prix

#	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor
1	Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Sammy Jones	Sammy Jones	McLaren-Mercedes
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Felipe Massa	Sammy Jones	McLaren-Mercedes
3	Bahrain Grand Prix	Robert Kubica	Heikki Kovalainen	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	Mark Webber	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Frank Zimmer	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Daniel Melrose	Daniel Melrose	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber
8	French Grand Prix	Daniel Melrose	Kimi Raikkonen	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber
9	British Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen	Sammy Jones	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
10	German Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Raikkonen	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Sammy Jones	Felipe Massa	Sammy Jones	McLaren-Mercedes
12	European Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen	Felipe Massa	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Raikkonen	Sammy Jones	McLaren-Mercedes
14	Italian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Jenson Button	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
15	Singaporean Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Sammy Jones	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Felipe Massa	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber
17	Chinese Grand Prix	Sammy Jones	Sammy Jones	Sammy Jones	McLaren-Mercedes
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Raikkonen	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes

Drivers

Pos Driver AUS MAL BHR ESP TUR MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA SIN JPN CHI BRA Points 1 Lewis Hamilton 2 2 13 2 2 4 2 10 1 5 2 5 Ret 7 1 6 4 1 101 2 Kimi Raikkonen Ret 3 2 1 3 2 4 4 6 2 4 2 2 9 Ret 4 2 2 101 3 Felipe Massa 4 6 1 4 1 3 5 2 5 1 3 3 Ret 6 6 2 Ret Ret 91 4 Sammy Jones 1 1 Ret 6 10 9 6 3 2 3 1 4 1 Ret 8 Ret 1 3 88 5 Robert Kubica 8 Ret 3 3 Ret 6 2 1 3 4 7 1 5 3 10 1 3 Ret 83 6 Daniel Melrose 3 4 Ret 7 4 1 1 6 4 6 6 9 3 5 4 8 6 Ret 71 7 Fernando Alonso Ret 9 10 Ret 9 5 Ret 5 11 7 5 Ret 10 4 Ret 3 5 5 33 8 Sebastian Vettel 5 Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 11 12 7 Ret 8 6 9 1 Ret 10 10 4 28 9 Mark Webber Ret 5 5 5 Ret 11 13 7 10 8 10 11 Ret 8 Ret 14 8 8 18 10 Jenson Button Ret 14 Ret 12 13 16 15 Ret Ret 11 12 10 11 2 4 12 12 9 13 11 Sebastien Bourdais 7 Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 10 11 9 10 13 7 13 12 11 5 9 14 13 12 Frank Zimmer 6 15 12 Ret 8 8 7 14 16 Ret 14 14 4 13 Ret 11 11 11 12 13 Heikki Kovalainen Ret 13 4 Ret 12 Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 11 13 Ret 11 Ret 7 7 7 11 14 Timo Glock Ret Ret 11 9 7 12 12 15 14 Ret 9 8 8 15 3 Ret 13 15 10 15 David Coulthard Ret 12 6 13 11 Ret 9 8 Ret 12 18 15 7 14 12 Ret 15 6 9 16 Jarno Trulli Ret 7 7 8 15 10 14 9 8 14 16 12 15 16 7 13 Ret 10 8 17 Kazuki Nakajima 9 11 14 11 Ret 7 Ret 18 15 16 17 18 14 18 13 16 16 12 2 18 Nico Rosberg Ret 10 9 Ret 14 Ret 8 17 12 9 15 16 12 10 9 9 14 13 1 19 Andrea Acuri Ret 8 15 10 16 13 16 16 13 15 19 17 13 17 14 15 17 16 1 Formula One seasons 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029