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Bahrain Grand Prix

2008 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Round 3 of 18Bahrain International Circuit, SakhirApr 6 200857 laps

Podium

RAIFerrari

MASFerrari

KUBBMW Sauber

Key facts

WinnerMAS1:31:06.970 from P2

PoleKUB1:33.096

Fastest lapKOV1:33.193 on lap 49

Pit stops43recorded stops

Finishers19 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	2	▲1	57	1:31:06.970	10	1:33.600	2
2	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4	▲2	57	+3.339s	8	1:33.709	2
3	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1	▼2	57	+4.998s	6	1:33.775	2
4	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	▲2	57	+8.409s	5	1:33.565	2
5	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	5	–	57	+26.789s	4	1:33.193	2
6	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	7	▲1	57	+41.314s	3	1:34.204	2
7	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	11	▲4	57	+45.473s	2	1:34.305	2
8	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	8	–	57	+55.889s	1	1:34.072	2
9	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	13	▲4	57	+69.500s		1:34.807	2
10	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	10	–	57	+77.181s		1:35.194	2
11	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	12	▲1	57	+77.862s		1:34.855	2
12	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	18	▲6	56	+1 lap		1:35.057	2
13	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	▼10	56	+1 lap		1:35.520	2
14	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	16	▲2	56	+1 lap		1:35.433	1
15	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	15	–	56	+1 lap		1:35.333	2
16	DAVAnthony Davidson	Super Aguri	21	▲5	56	+1 lap		1:35.324	2
17	SATTakuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	▲5	56	+1 lap		1:35.891	2
18	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	17	▼1	56	+1 lap		1:35.351	3
19	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	20	▲1	55	+2 laps		1:35.442	3
DNF	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	14		40	Gearbox		1:35.129	2
DNF	BUTJenson Button	Honda	9		19	Collision		1:36.125	2
DNF	VETSebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	19		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	HEI	45	27.7s
2	BAR	42	28.2s
3	TRU	43	28.2s
4	KOV	47	28.5s
5	KUB	41	28.8s
6	WEB	42	28.8s
7	COU	40	29.0s
8	GLO	44	29.0s
9	ALO	20	29.1s
10	ROS	40	29.3s
11	PIQ	17	29.6s
12	GLO	24	29.7s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 43 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:32.893	1:31.745	1:33.096
2	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:31.937	1:31.188	1:33.123	+0.027s
3	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:32.750	1:31.922	1:33.292	+0.196s
4	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.652	1:31.933	1:33.418	+0.322s
5	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:33.057	1:31.718	1:33.488	+0.392s
6	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:33.137	1:31.909	1:33.737	+0.641s
7	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	1:32.493	1:32.159	1:33.994	+0.898s
8	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	1:32.903	1:32.185	1:34.015	+0.919s
9	BUTJenson Button	Honda	1:32.793	1:32.362	1:35.057	+1.961s
10	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:32.947	1:32.345	1:35.115	+2.019s
11	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:33.194	1:32.371	–	+-0.725s
12	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	1:32.944	1:32.508	–	+-0.588s
13	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	1:32.800	1:32.528	–	+-0.568s
14	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:32.975	1:32.790	–	+-0.306s
15	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:33.415	1:32.915	–	+-0.181s
16	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:33.386	1:32.943	–	+-0.153s
17	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	1:33.433	–	–	+0.337s
18	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:33.501	–	–	+0.405s
19	VETSebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:33.562	–	–	+0.466s
20	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	1:33.845	–	–	+0.749s
21	DAVAnthony Davidson	Super Aguri	1:34.140	–	–	+1.044s
22	SATTakuma Sato	Super Aguri	1:35.725	–	–	+2.629s

Bahrain International Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2008. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2007	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2005	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari

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