2008 Malaysian Grand Prix
The Malaysian Grand Prix 2008 took place on March 23 at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang instead and was the second race of the Formula 1 2008 season. Winner was Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) ahead of Robert Kubica ( BMW Sauber ) and Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren -Mercedes).
- 3.1 qualifying
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
Kimi Raikkonen reached his 16th Grand Prix victory in the Formula 1 Felipe Massa took his 10th pole position at a Grand Prix. Nick Heidfeld scored the first fastest lap of his Formula 1 career. For it was the Ferrari 202 Grand Prix victory and the 196th pole position in Formula 1 BMW scored his first fastest lap of the race as a vehicle manufacturer; It was the 32nd as engine manufacturers in Formula 1
Training
In the free practice session of the Brazilian Felipe Massa set the fastest lap in the Ferrari. On the 2nd place team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was before Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren -Mercedes). In the afternoon, Lewis Hamilton was fastest. Second was Massa, Raikkonen third. In the final free practice session was Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) before Raikkonen First. Massa finished third.
Qualification
In the first qualifying section of the Italian Jarno Trulli drove the fastest lap time in the Toyota. Heikki Kovalainen and Felipe Massa followed the 2nd and 3rd complete Section 1 secreted Super Aguri Honda and Force India - Ferrari. Sébastien Bourdais and Kazuki Nakajima also resigned from early on. In the second qualifying section was fastest ahead of Massa Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton. In Section 2, Renault and Honda dropped out completely. In the final qualifying section Ferrari secured the front row. Massa drove in 1:35,748 min the fastest lap. Second was before Raikkonen Kovalainen.
Race
The second race of the 2008 season Kimi Raikkonen won ahead of Robert Kubica and Heikki Kovalainen.
Räikkönen made a good start and was to be avoided if a few meters already on par with pole sitter Felipe Massa (Ferrari ), but a team- internal collision, he subsided. Behind it Kubica, Mark Webber ( Red Bull Renault) and Lewis Hamilton (McLaren -Mercedes) lined a. The first failure was Sébastien Bourdais: In six of these curve his Toro Rosso - Ferrari was a mistake in the gravel bed. Timo Glock fell after a collision with Nico Rosberg, also after the first round. The exchange of positions of the two Ferrari drivers took place in the 18th round. Massa was ahead of his teammate for a pit stop. This took advantage of Raikkonen. He ran a fast time in the same round and had enough of a lead to get ahead of Massa back on track out.
Massa retired after a spin out in the 30th round.
The fastest lap of the race, Nick Heidfeld drove in 1:35,366 min.
In the world championship lead after two of 18 races this year, Hamilton with 14 points, ahead of Raikkonen, Heidfeld (both 11 ), Kovalainen (10) and Kubica (8). For the designers the Silver Arrows lost no counter to Ferrari and only one on the BMW Sauber, so McLaren -Mercedes ( 24) further ahead of BMW Sauber ( 19) and Ferrari ( 11) were in the lead. Williams - Toyota fell back from second to fourth place.
Message list
1 McLaren -Mercedes automatically dropped to the last position in the team rankings due to a penalty as a result of espionage affair.
Classification
Qualifying
Race
WM stands after the race
The first eight of the race were 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s).