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Japanese Grand Prix

2008 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 16 of 18Fuji Speedway, OyamaOct 12 200867 laps

Podium

KUBBMW Sauber

ALORenault

RAIFerrari

Key facts

WinnerALO1:30:21.892 from P4

PoleHAM1:18.404

Fastest lapMAS1:18.426 on lap 55

Pit stops28recorded stops

Finishers15 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	4	▲3	67	1:30:21.892	10	1:19.101	2
2	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	6	▲4	67	+5.283s	8	1:19.292	2
3	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	▼1	67	+6.400s	6	1:18.995	2
4	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	12	▲8	67	+20.570s	5	1:19.199	2
5	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	7	▲2	67	+23.767s	4	1:19.524	2
6	VETSebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	9	▲3	67	+39.207s	3	1:19.617	2
7	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	5	▼2	67	+46.158s	2	1:18.426	3
8	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	13	▲5	67	+50.811s	1	1:19.820	1
9	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	▲7	67	+54.120s		1:19.461	1
10	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	10	–	67	+59.085s		1:19.262	2
11	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	15	▲4	67	+62.096s		1:19.531	1
12	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	▼11	67	+78.900s		1:19.560	3
13	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	17	▲4	66	+1 lap		1:20.575	1
14	BUTJenson Button	Honda	18	▲4	66	+1 lap		1:20.849	1
15	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	14	▼1	66	+1 lap		1:20.364	2
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	20		21	Gearbox		1:21.577
DNF	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	3		16	Engine		1:19.258
DNF	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	19		8	Puncture		1:21.189
DNF	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	8		6	Collision damage		1:20.254	1
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	11		0	Accident		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MAS	19	23.6s
2	HAM	17	23.7s
3	PIQ	52	32.6s
4	VET	51	32.7s
5	MAS	53	32.8s
6	BOU	50	32.8s
7	TRU	50	33.0s
8	KUB	46	33.3s
9	RAI	48	33.4s
10	ALO	18	33.9s
11	PIQ	28	33.9s
12	ALO	43	34.0s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 28 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:18.071	1:17.462	1:18.404
2	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:18.160	1:17.733	1:18.644	+0.240s
3	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:18.220	1:17.360	1:18.821	+0.417s
4	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:18.290	1:17.871	1:18.852	+0.448s
5	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:18.110	1:17.287	1:18.874	+0.470s
6	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:18.684	1:17.931	1:18.979	+0.575s
7	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	1:18.501	1:17.541	1:19.026	+0.622s
8	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	1:17.945	1:17.670	1:19.118	+0.714s
9	VETSebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:18.559	1:17.714	1:19.638	+1.234s
10	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:18.593	1:18.102	1:20.167	+1.763s
11	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	1:18.303	1:18.187	–	+-0.217s
12	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:18.300	1:18.274	–	+-0.130s
13	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:18.372	1:18.354	–	+-0.050s
14	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:18.640	1:18.594	–	+0.190s
15	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	1:18.740	1:18.672	–	+0.268s
16	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:18.835	–	–	+0.431s
17	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	1:18.882	–	–	+0.478s
18	BUTJenson Button	Honda	1:19.100	–	–	+0.696s
19	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	1:19.163	–	–	+0.759s
20	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:19.910	–	–	+1.506s

Fuji Speedway

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

Previous winners here

2007	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
1977	James Hunt	McLaren
1976	Mario Andretti	Lotus

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