Season 2008 · Round 9

British Grand Prix

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2008-07-06 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 60Lap · 308.355km
22 Lewis Hamilton
McLaren 1:39:09.440
Team win 14pt P1 · P5
3 Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber +1:08.577
17 Rubens Barrichello
Honda +1:22.273
Fastest Lap
1 Kimi Räikkönen
1:32.150 · L18
DNF
7
Robert Kubica L39 Jenson Button L38 Nelson Piquet Jr. L35 Giancarlo Fisichella L16 Adrian Sutil L10 Sebastian Vettel L0 David Coulthard L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Lewis Hamilton active 9 wins
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
60Lap 308.355km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Lewis Hamilton 9 wins · GP #1
P8 Fernando Alonso 2 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 David Coulthard 2 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
Starts
P1 Fernando Alonso 23 starts · GP #1
P2 Lewis Hamilton 20 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P3 Rubens Barrichello 19 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 Hamilton HAM Hamilton HAM Heidfeld HEI Heidfeld HEI Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Räikkönen RAI Räikkönen RAI Kovalainen KOV Kovalainen KOV Alonso ALO Alonso ALO Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Nakajima NAK Nakajima NAK Rosberg ROS Rosberg ROS Webber WEB Webber WEB Bourdais BOU Bourdais BOU Glock GLO Glock GLO Massa MAS Massa MAS Kubica · retired L39 Kubica KUB Kubica KUB Button · retired L38 Button BUT Button BUT Piquet Jr. · retired L35 Piquet Jr. PIQ Piquet Jr. PIQ Fisichella · retired L26 Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Sutil · retired L10 Sutil SUT Sutil SUT Vettel · retired L0 Vettel VET Vettel VET Coulthard · retired L0 Coulthard COU Coulthard COU
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 4 60 1:39:09.440 10
2 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 5 60 +1:08.577 8
3 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 16 60 +1:22.273 6
4 1 Kimi Räikkönen FL Ferrari 3 59 +1 Lap 5
5 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1 59 +1 Lap 4
6 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 6 59 +1 Lap 3
7 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 14 59 +1 Lap 2
8 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 15 59 +1 Lap 1
9 7 Nico Rosberg Williams 20 59 +1 Lap
10 10 Mark Webber Red Bull 2 59 +1 Lap
11 14 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 13 59 +1 Lap
12 12 Timo Glock Toyota 12 59 +1 Lap
13 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 9 58 +2 Laps
R 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 10 39 Spun off
R 16 Jenson Button Honda 17 38 Spun off
R 6 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 7 35 Spun off
R 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 19 16 Spun off
R 20 Adrian Sutil Force India 18 10 Spun off
R 15 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 8 0 Collision
R 9 David Coulthard Red Bull 11 0 Collision
PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Gap to pole
1 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:19.957 1:19.597 1:21.049 +0.060 Q2
2 10 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:20.982 1:19.710 1:21.554 +0.173 Q2
3 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:20.370 1:19.971 1:21.706 +0.434 Q2
4 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:20.288 1:19.537 1:21.835 POLE Q2
5 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.022 1:19.802 1:21.873 +0.265 Q2
6 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:20.998 1:19.992 1:22.029 +0.455 Q2
7 6 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 1:20.818 1:20.115 1:22.491 +0.578 Q2
8 15 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:20.318 1:20.109 1:23.251 +0.572 Q2
9 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.676 1:20.086 1:23.305 +0.549 Q2
10 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:20.444 1:19.788 — +0.251 Q2
11 9 David Coulthard Red Bull 1:21.224 1:20.174 — +0.637 Q2
12 12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:20.893 1:20.274 — +0.737 Q2
13 14 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:20.584 1:20.531 — +0.994 Q2
14 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.145 1:20.601 — +1.064 Q2
15 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1:21.407 1:21.112 — +1.575 Q2
16 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:21.512 — — +1.975 Q1
17 16 Jenson Button Honda 1:21.631 — — +2.094 Q1
18 7 Nico Rosberg Williams 1:21.668 — — +2.131 Q1
19 20 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:21.786 — — +2.249 Q1
20 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:21.885 — — +2.348 Q1
Starting grid
Official
1
23 Heikki Kovalainen
2
10 Mark Webber
3
1 Kimi Räikkönen
4
22 Lewis Hamilton
5
3 Nick Heidfeld
6
5 Fernando Alonso
7
6 Nelson Piquet Jr.
8
15 Sebastian Vettel
9
2 Felipe Massa
10
4 Robert Kubica
11
9 David Coulthard
12
12 Timo Glock
13
14 Sébastien Bourdais
14
11 Jarno Trulli
15
8 Kazuki Nakajima
16
17 Rubens Barrichello
17
16 Jenson Button
18
20 Adrian Sutil ▲1
19
21 Giancarlo Fisichella ▲1
20
7 Nico Rosberg ▼2
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 1 Kimi Räikkönen 1:32.150 L18
2 1 Kimi Räikkönen 1:32.259 L17
3 1 Kimi Räikkönen 1:32.364 L19
4 3 Nick Heidfeld 1:32.719 L21
5 22 Lewis Hamilton 1:32.817 L16
6 1 Kimi Räikkönen 1:32.874 L16
7 1 Kimi Räikkönen 1:32.898 L20
8 10 Mark Webber 1:32.952 L17
9 3 Nick Heidfeld 1:33.054 L17
10 22 Lewis Hamilton 1:33.104 L17
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
10
Mark Webber
+19
P2→P10
17
Rubens Barrichello
+14
P16→P3
5
Fernando Alonso
+14
P6→P6
8
Kazuki Nakajima
+14
P15→P8
7
Nico Rosberg
+12
P20→P9
11
Jarno Trulli
+11
P14→P7
2
Felipe Massa
+11
P9→P13
1
Kimi Räikkönen
+10
P3→P4
Most positions lost
Fernando Alonso −14 Heikki Kovalainen −13 Timo Glock −12
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
DriverTypeLapServedIssuedReason
7 Nico Rosberg Grid penalty ▼2 (P18 → P20)
▼2 (P18 → P20)
Lap = lap the penalty was issued · Served = lap it was served in the pits (blank means it was added to the race time instead)
Time, drive-through and stop-go penalties come from race control messages (OpenF1, 2023+). Grid penalties never appear there — the stewards publish them as documents after the session — so they are worked back from the starting grid against the qualifying classification, which gives places actually lost rather than the figure written in the decision.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15