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French Grand Prix

Formula 1 Grand Prix de France 2008

Round 8 of 18Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, NeversJun 22 200870 laps

Podium

RAIFerrari

MASFerrari

TRUToyota

Key facts

WinnerMAS1:31:50.245 from P2

PoleRAI1:16.449

Fastest lapRAI1:16.630 on lap 16

Pit stops39recorded stops

Finishers19 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	2	▲1	70	1:31:50.245	10	1:16.729	2
2	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1	▼1	70	+17.984s	8	1:16.630	2
3	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	4	▲1	70	+28.250s	6	1:17.567	2
4	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	10	▲6	70	+28.929s	5	1:17.134	2
5	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	–	70	+30.512s	4	1:17.172	2
6	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	6	–	70	+40.304s	3	1:17.507	2
7	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	9	▲2	70	+41.033s	2	1:17.758	2
8	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	3	▼5	70	+43.372s	1	1:17.641	2
9	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	7	▼2	70	+51.072s		1:17.818	2
10	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	13	▲3	70	+54.521s		1:17.453	3
11	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	8	▼3	70	+57.738s		1:17.836	2
12	VETSebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	12	–	70	+58.065s		1:17.760	2
13	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	11	▼2	70	+62.079s		1:17.716	2
14	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	20	▲6	69	+1 lap		1:17.969	2
15	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	15	–	69	+1 lap		1:18.054	2
16	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	19	▲3	69	+1 lap		1:18.311	1
17	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	14	▼3	69	+1 lap		1:18.216	2
18	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	17	▼1	69	+1 lap		1:18.557	2
19	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	18	▼1	69	+1 lap		1:18.462	2
DNF	BUTJenson Button	Honda	16		16	Collision damage		1:20.876	1

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	HAM	13	14.6s
2	HEI	29	23.0s
3	KOV	52	23.3s
4	PIQ	50	23.5s
5	BAR	56	23.6s
6	HAM	52	23.6s
7	COU	52	23.8s
8	TRU	50	23.8s
9	WEB	49	23.9s
10	HEI	48	23.9s
11	MAS	54	24.0s
12	VET	48	24.2s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 39 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:15.133	1:15.161	1:16.449
2	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:15.024	1:15.041	1:16.490	+0.041s
3	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:15.634	1:15.293	1:16.693	+0.244s
4	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:15.754	1:15.483	1:16.840	+0.391s
5	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	1:15.521	1:15.362	1:16.920	+0.471s
6	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:15.965	1:15.639	1:16.944	+0.495s
7	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:15.687	1:15.723	1:17.037	+0.588s
8	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:16.020	1:15.488	1:17.233	+0.784s
9	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	1:15.802	1:15.654	1:17.426	+0.977s
10	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	1:15.727	1:15.558	1:17.596	+1.147s
11	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:15.848	1:15.770	–	+-0.679s
12	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:16.006	1:15.786	–	+-0.663s
13	VETSebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:15.918	1:15.816	–	+-0.633s
14	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:16.072	1:16.045	–	+-0.404s
15	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	1:16.085	1:16.235	–	+-0.214s
16	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:16.243	–	–	+-0.206s
17	BUTJenson Button	Honda	1:16.306	–	–	+-0.143s
18	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	1:16.330	–	–	+-0.119s
19	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:16.971	–	–	+0.522s
20	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	1:17.053	–	–	+0.604s

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

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

Previous winners here

2007	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
2006	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2005	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2003	Ralf Schumacher	Williams
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2000	David Coulthard	McLaren
1999	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan
1998	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari

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