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Malaysian Grand Prix

2008 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix

Round 2 of 18Sepang International Circuit, SepangMar 23 200856 laps

Podium

KUBBMW Sauber

RAIFerrari

KOVMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerRAI1:31:18.555 from P2

PoleMAS1:35.748

Fastest lapHEI1:35.366 on lap 55

Pit stops37recorded stops

Finishers17 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	▲1	56	1:31:18.555	10	1:35.405	2
2	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	▲2	56	+19.570s	8	1:35.921	2
3	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	8	▲5	56	+38.450s	6	1:35.922	2
4	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	3	▼1	56	+45.832s	5	1:36.068	2
5	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	9	▲4	56	+46.548s	4	1:35.462	2
6	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	5	▼1	56	+49.833s	3	1:35.366	2
7	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	6	▼1	56	+68.130s	2	1:36.696	2
8	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	7	▼1	56	+70.041s	1	1:36.288	2
9	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	12	▲3	56	+76.220s		1:36.206	2
10	BUTJenson Button	Honda	11	▲1	56	+86.214s		1:35.715	2
11	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	13	▲2	56	+92.202s		1:36.956	2
12	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	17	▲5	55	+1 lap		1:36.962	2
13	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	14	▲1	55	+1 lap		1:36.693	3
14	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	16	▲2	55	+1 lap		1:36.782	2
15	DAVAnthony Davidson	Super Aguri	21	▲6	55	+1 lap		1:38.171	2
16	SATTakuma Sato	Super Aguri	19	▲3	54	+2 laps		1:38.504	2
17	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	22	▲5	54	+2 laps		1:37.711	2
DNF	VETSebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	15		39	Hydraulics		1:36.870	1
DNF	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1		30	Spun off		1:35.914	1
DNF	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	20		5	Hydraulics		1:40.330
DNF	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	10		1	Collision		–
DNF	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	18		0	Spun off		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	BAR	46	18.9s
2	HEI	41	27.9s
3	KUB	43	28.1s
4	BUT	43	28.2s
5	COU	44	28.3s
6	BAR	39	28.5s
7	ALO	41	28.5s
8	PIQ	24	28.7s
9	TRU	40	28.7s
10	KOV	45	28.7s
11	WEB	39	29.2s
12	VET	24	29.3s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 37 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:35.347	1:34.412	1:35.748
2	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:35.645	1:34.188	1:36.230	+0.482s
3	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:35.227	1:34.759	1:36.613	+0.865s
4	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.392	1:34.627	1:36.709	+0.961s
5	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	1:35.205	1:34.825	1:36.711	+0.963s
6	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:35.794	1:34.811	1:36.727	+0.979s
7	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:35.729	1:34.648	1:36.753	+1.005s
8	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:35.440	1:34.967	1:37.009	+1.261s
9	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:35.983	1:35.140	1:38.450	+2.702s
10	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	1:35.891	1:35.000	1:39.656	+3.908s
11	BUTJenson Button	Honda	1:35.847	1:35.208	–	+-0.540s
12	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	1:36.058	1:35.408	–	+-0.340s
13	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:36.074	1:35.562	–	+-0.186s
14	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	1:36.198	1:35.622	–	+-0.126s
15	VETSebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:36.111	1:35.648	–	+-0.100s
16	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	1:35.843	1:35.670	–	+-0.078s
17	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:36.240	–	–	+0.492s
18	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:36.388	–	–	+0.640s
19	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:36.677	–	–	+0.929s
20	SATTakuma Sato	Super Aguri	1:37.087	–	–	+1.339s
21	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	1:37.101	–	–	+1.353s
22	DAVAnthony Davidson	Super Aguri	1:37.481	–	–	+1.733s

Sepang International Circuit

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

Previous winners here

2007	Fernando Alonso	McLaren
2006	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault
2005	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2003	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren
2002	Ralf Schumacher	Williams
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari

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