2008 European Grand Prix: Difference between revisions

2008 European Grand Prix
2008 European Grand Prix
Race 12 of 18 in the 2008 Formula One World Championship
	The Valencia Street Circuit
Race details
Date	August 24, 2008
Official name	LII Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe
Location	Valencia, Spain
Course	Street circuit
Course length	5.440 km (3.380 miles)
Distance	57 laps, 310.080 km (192.660 miles)
Weather	TBA
Pole position
Driver	Felipe Massa;
Time	1:38:989
Fastest lap
Driver	TBA
Time	TBA on lap TBA
Podium
First	TBA;
Second	TBA;
Third	TBA;

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 13:03, 23 August 2008

The 2008 European Grand Prix is a Formula One motor race and the twelfth round of the 2008 Formula One season. It will be held from August 22 to August 24 at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain.^[1]

Kimi Räikkönen's third place at the Hungarian Grand Prix means he closes the gap to championship leader Lewis Hamilton of McLaren to 5 points. Räikkönen's Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa is in 3rd place, 3 points behind the Finn.

Scuderia Ferrari lead the Constructors' Championship by 11 points from McLaren-Mercedes after Heikki Kovalainen won the Hungarian Grand Prix for the English Constructor. BMW Sauber are 10 points behind McLaren.

Although it will be the first race at Valencia, the European Grand Prix has been held 17 times in Formula One. Fernando Alonso won the 2007 European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, Germany for McLaren-Mercedes. He and Rubens Barrichello are the only former European Grand Prix winners in the field.

The European Grand Prix has been held in Spain twice before, both times at Jerez de la Frontera. The 1994 race was won by Michael Schumacher, whilst the 1997 race was made infamous by Michael Schumacher's attempt to run Championship rival Jacques Villeneuve off the track, handing Villeneuve the title. Mika Häkkinen eventually won the race.

This will be Felipe Massa's 100th grand prix.

Pos	No	Name	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Grid
	15	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:38.141	1:37.842
	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:38.176	1:37.859
	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:38.738	1:37.859
	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:37.948	1:37.928
	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:38.464	1:37.954
	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:38.347	1:38.050
	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:38.656	1:38.120
	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:38.703	1:38.229
	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:38.595	1:38.336
	14	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:38.622	1:38.417
11	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:38.667	1:38.428	11
12	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:38.268	1:38.435	12
13	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:38.532	1:38.499	13
14	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:38.559	1:38.515	14
15	6	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:38.787	1:38.744	15
16	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:38.880		16
17	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:39.235		17
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:39.268		18
19	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:39.811		19
20	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:39.943		20

^ "Valencia streets to host F1 GP". BBC. 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2007-05-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

Previous race: 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix	FIA Formula One World Championship 2008 season	Next race: 2008 Belgian Grand Prix
Previous race: 2007 European Grand Prix	European Grand Prix	Next race: 2009 European Grand Prix

[[{{{1}}} {{{2}}} Grand Prix|{{{2}}} Grand Prix]]

@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 |Distance_km   = 310.080
 |Weather       = TBA
-|Pole_Driver   = TBA
+|Pole_Driver   = [[Felipe Massa]]
-|Pole_Team     = TBA
+|Pole_Team     = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
-|Pole_Time     = TBA
+|Pole_Time     = 1:38:989
-|Pole_Country  =
+|Pole_Country  = Brazil
 |Fast_Driver   = TBA
 |Fast_Team     = TBA