2008 Alternate Formula One season

2008 Formula One season
Daniel Melrose would take his second F1 Title by 13 points.
Season
Races	20
Start date	9 March
Start Event	Bahrain Grand Prix
End date	2 November
End Event	Brazilian Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	Daniel Melrose
Constructor's Champion	BMW Sauber
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	Daniel Melrose	All	Christian Klien
				2	Dave Simpson	All
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F2008	Ferrari 056	3	Luca Badoer	All	Giancarlo Fisichella
				4	Robert Kubica	All
ING Renault F1 Team	Renault	R28	Renault RS27	5	Kimi Räikkönen	All	Lucas di Grassi Romain Grosjean
				6	Nick Heidfeld	All
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF108	Toyota RVX-08	7	Kazuki Nakajima	1-3	Kamui Kobayashi Kazuki Nakajima
					Mark Webber	4-20
				8	André Lotterer	All
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault	RB4	Renault RS27	9	David Coulthard	All	None
				10	Adrian Zaugg	All
AT&T Williams	Williams-Honda	FW30	Honda RA808E	11	Rhys Davies	All	Luca Pacchiarini Narain Karthikeyan Nico Rosberg
				12	Jenson Button	All
Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda	RA108	Honda RA808E	14	Fernando Alonso	All	Jenson Button
				15	Frank Zimmer	All
Squadra Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR2B STR3	Ferrari 056	16	Sebastién Bourdais	All	Neel Jani Sebastien Buemi 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
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-23	Mercedes FO 108V	22	Sammy Jones	All	Pedro de la Rosa
				23	Lewis Hamilton	All
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	Daniel Melrose	Sammy Jones	Sammy Jones	McLaren-Mercedes	Sebastién Bourdais	Prodrive-Mercedes
2	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	23 March	Sammy Jones	Sammy Jones	Sammy Jones	McLaren-Mercedes	Bruno Spengler	Kimi Räikkönen
3	Australian Grand Prix	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	30 March	Sammy Jones	Rubens Barrichello	Robert Kubica	Ferrari	André Lotterer	McLaren-Mercedes
4	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	13 April	Sammy Jones	Lewis Hamilton	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Dave Simpson	Takuma Sato
5	Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park	27 April	Sammy Jones	Daniel Melrose	Dave Simpson	BMW Sauber	Williams-Honda	André Lotterer
6	Gran Premio Alice d'Europa	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	11 May	Lewis Hamilton	Daniel Melrose	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Sebastian Vettel	Luca Badoer
7	Grand Prix de Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	18 May	Daniel Melrose	Sammy Jones	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Jenson Button	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
8	Grand Prix du Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	1 June	Daniel Melrose	Daniel Melrose	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Daniel Melrose	Prodrive-Mercedes
9	BC Partners United States Grand Prix	Detroit Belle Isle Raceway	8 June	Sammy Jones	Daniel Melrose	Mark Webber	Toyota	Mark Webber	Detroit Belle Isle Raceway
10	Grand Prix de France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	22 June	Daniel Melrose	Robert Kubica	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Luca Badoer	Rubens Barrichello
11	Santander British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	6 July	Sammy Jones	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	David Coulthard
12	Großer DHL Preis von Deutschland	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	20 July	Sammy Jones	Sammy Jones	Sammy Jones	McLaren-Mercedes	Jenson Button	Nick Heidfeld
13	Marlboro Magyar Nagydij	Hungaroring	3 August	Sammy Jones	Sammy Jones	Sammy Jones	McLaren-Mercedes	Sebastian Vettel	Dave Simpson
14	Gran Premio Telefónica de España	Valencia Street Circuit	24 August	Daniel Melrose	Daniel Melrose	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	Rubens Barrichello	BMW Sauber
15	Gauloises Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	7 September	Daniel Melrose	Lewis Hamilton	Sammy Jones	McLaren-Mercedes	Ferrari	The Stewards
16	Gran Premio DHL d'Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	14 September	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	Sebastian Vettel	McLaren-Mercedes
17	SingTel Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	28 September	Robert Kubica	David Coulthard	Robert Kubica	Ferrari	Robert Kubica	Everyone except Robert Kubica and Frank Zimmer
18	Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	12 October	Robert Kubica	Robert Kubica	Robert Kubica	Ferrari	Kimi Räikkönen	Fernando Alonso
19	Gran Premio Mercedes-Benz del Uruguay	Street Circuit of Punta del Este	26 October	Lewis Hamilton	Robert Kubica	Luca Badoer	Ferrari	Kimi Räikkönen	Daniel Melrose
20	Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	2 November	Robert Kubica	Luca Badoer	Robert Kubica	Ferrari	Luca Badoer	The Stewards

Championship Standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	PP
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Driver's Championship

Pos Driver BHR MAL AUS JPN TUR EUR MON CAN USA FRA GBR GER HUN ESP BEL ITA SIN CHN URU BRA Pts 1 Daniel Melrose 3 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 Ret 1 3 2 3 4 Ret 3 11 2 Ret 2 130 2 Sammy Jones 1 1 17 8 6 4 2 4 Ret 2 2 1 1 2 1 Ret Ret 5 6 3 117 3 Robert Kubica 5 9 1 2 3 Ret 3 2 Ret 5 5 Ret 4 5 3 7 1 1 7 1 102 4 Lewis Hamilton 2 4 10 11 Ret 2 5 3 Ret 14 1 3 2 1 13 Ret Ret 3 2 92 81 5 Dave Simpson Ret 3 5 3 1 12 4 8 5 4 4 4 Ret 10 9 2 5 4 5 6 75 6 Luca Badoer 8 7 2 5 Ret 14 8 Ret 12 3 8 8 5 8 2 4 9 7 1 Ret 54 7 Mark Webber Ret 7 7 Ret Ret 1 8 6 9 6 3 71 Ret Ret 6 9 4 37 8 André Lotterer Ret 6 3 4 Ret Ret 6 5 Ret 7 17 6 9 6 Ret 14 8 11 4 8 36 9 David Coulthard 6 5 7 9 Ret 5 Ret 7 4 22† Ret 12 13 12 15 Ret 2 15 11 11 28 10 Sebastian Vettel Ret 15 Ret 7 Ret 3 14 9 8 15 10 11 8 Ret Ret 1 4 9 Ret 10 26 11 Nick Heidfeld Ret Ret 16 6 Ret 6 10 6 2 6 12 Ret 12 9 5 11 13 8 Ret 13 25 12 Jenson Button 15 Ret Ret 13 4 11 7 12 10 10 7 5 Ret 15 4 17 17 12 8 5 23 13 Fernando Alonso 7 Ret 6 12 12 10 9 11 3 13 9 7 7 14 Ret 13 14 Ret 10 7 17 14 Sebastién Bourdais 4 8 15 14 9 8 11 10 11 16 15 15 14 11 8 5 6 10 Ret Ret 15 15 Rhys Davies 10 11 14 Ret 5 13 17† 14 6 9 11 13 10 19 16 8 7 16 14 15 10 16 Frank Zimmer 11 12 8 Ret 10 9 13 Ret 7 12 13 10 Ret 13 11 18† 3 14 12 12 9 17 Kimi Räikkönen 9 13 12 10 8 18 12 13 9 Ret 14 14 15 18 10 9 10 Ret 3 Ret 7 18 Rubens Barrichello Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 6 10 Ret 13 Ret Ret 5 19 Adrian Zaugg 13 14 19 15 Ret Ret 16 15 13 17 16 16 20† 17 14 6 Ret 17 Ret 18 3 20 Kazuki Nakajima 12 10 13 0 21 Bruno Spengler Ret 20† 11 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 12 Ret Ret 13 14 0 22 Adrian Sutil Ret 16 Ret 17 11 17 15 16 Ret 18 19 17 17 16 17 Ret 15 18 15 16 0 23 Takuma Sato 16 17 18 Ret 13 19 Ret 17 Ret 19 18 18 16 22 Ret 16 12 Ret 16 17 0 24 Ralf Schumacher 14 18 21 16 Ret 21 Ret 18 Ret 21 21 19† 18 21 Ret 19† Ret 19 18 Ret 0 25 Daisuke Itō Ret 19 20 Ret 14 20 Ret 19 Ret 20 20 Ret 19 20 18 15 16 Ret 17 Ret 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

Notes

• 1 Mark Webber finished 3rd on the road at the Belgian Grand Prix, but was given a 30-second penalty by the stewards for cutting the final chicane while overtaking Robert Kubica and gaining an advantage.
• 2 Lewis Hamilton finished 3rd on the road at the Brazilian Grand Prix, but was given a 30-second penalty by the stewards for failing to slow down adequately for waved yellow flags following Kimi Räikkönen's crash.

Constructor's Championship

Pos Constructor # BHR MAL AUS JPN TUR EUR MON CAN USA FRA GBR GER HUN ESP BEL ITA SIN CHN URU BRA Pts 1 BMW Sauber 1 3 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 Ret 1 3 2 3 4 Ret 3 11 2 Ret 2 205 2 Ret 3 5 3 1 12 4 8 5 4 4 4 Ret 10 9 2 5 4 5 6 2 Ferrari 3 8 7 2 5 Ret 14 8 Ret 12 3 8 8 5 8 2 4 9 7 1 Ret 156 4 5 9 1 2 3 Ret 3 2 Ret 5 5 Ret 4 5 3 7 1 1 7 1 3 McLaren-Mercedes 22 1 1 17 8 6 4 2 4 Ret 2 2 1 1 2 1 Ret Ret 5 6 3 148 (198) 23 2 4 10 11 Ret 2 5 3 Ret 14 1 3 2 1 13 Ret Ret 3 2 92 4 Toyota 7 12 10 13 Ret 7 7 Ret Ret 1 8 6 9 6 3 71 Ret Ret 6 9 4 73 8 Ret 6 3 4 Ret Ret 6 5 Ret 7 17 6 9 6 Ret 14 8 11 4 8 5 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16 4 8 15 14 9 8 11 10 11 16 15 15 14 11 8 5 6 10 Ret Ret 41 17 Ret 15 Ret 7 Ret 3 14 9 8 15 10 11 8 Ret Ret 1 4 9 Ret 10 6 Williams-Honda 11 10 11 14 Ret 5 13 17† 14 6 9 11 13 10 19 16 8 7 16 14 15 33 12 15 Ret Ret 13 4 11 7 12 10 10 7 5 Ret 15 4 17 17 12 8 5 7 Renault 5 9 13 12 10 8 18 12 13 9 Ret 14 14 15 18 10 9 10 Ret 3 Ret 32 6 Ret Ret 16 6 Ret 6 10 6 2 6 12 Ret 12 9 5 11 13 8 Ret 13 8 Red Bull-Renault 9 6 5 7 9 Ret 5 Ret 7 4 22† Ret 12 13 12 15 Ret 2 15 11 11 31 10 13 14 19 15 Ret Ret 16 15 13 17 16 16 20† 17 14 6 Ret 17 Ret 18 9 Honda 14 7 Ret 6 12 12 10 9 11 3 13 9 7 7 14 Ret 13 14 Ret 10 7 26 15 11 12 8 Ret 10 9 13 Ret 7 12 13 10 Ret 13 11 18† 3 14 12 12 10 Prodrive-Mercedes 24 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 6 10 Ret 13 Ret Ret 5 25 Ret 20† 11 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 12 Ret Ret 13 14 11 Force India-Ferrari 20 14 18 21 16 Ret 21 Ret 18 Ret 21 21 19† 18 21 Ret 19† Ret 19 18 Ret 0 21 Ret 16 Ret 17 11 17 15 16 Ret 18 19 17 17 16 17 Ret 15 18 15 16 12 Super Aguri-Honda 18 16 17 18 Ret 13 19 Ret 17 Ret 19 18 18 16 22 Ret 16 12 Ret 16 17 0 19 Ret 19 20 Ret 14 20 Ret 19 Ret 20 20 Ret 19 20 18 15 16 Ret 17 Ret