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GRAND PRIX OF GREAT BRITAIN
Silverstone
19 - 21 June 2009
Track details
| Lap dist. : | 5.141 km-3.194 miles |
| Race : | 59 laps |
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Race dist. : |
303.214 km 188.446 miles |
| Track record : |
M. Schumacher 1:18.739 (Ferrari - 2004) |
The Grand Prix of Britain 2008 was the nineth race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. It took place on the weekend of July 4th–6th 2008 at the Silverstone Circuit.
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton gave his adoring fans exactly what they came to see at a sodden Silverstone on Sunday. A brilliant British Grand Prix victory in often treacherous conditions lifted him right back into contention for the world championship, on a day when Kimi Raikkonen failed to shine and Ferrari team mate Felipe Massa and BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica were the ones who came home pointless.
The race started on a wet track, with the promise of more rain to come. Heavy rain in the middle of the race created further havoc.
Hamilton rocketed away from the red car, and Raikkonen slipped steadily down the order as strong mid-race performances from Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica put BMW Sauber into the frame for podium finishes. Raikkonen finally fought his way out of a late-race battle with Renault’s Fernando Alonso and Kovalainen to finish fourth.
That means that Hamilton, Massa and Raikkonen now lead the world championship fight with 48 points apiece, with Kubica fourth on 46!
Nico Rosberg was ninth after a terrible race, in which he started from the pit lane and later damaged yet another nose and front wing after rear-ending Timo Glock’s Toyota. Mark Webber also had a terrible day, spinning on the opening lap after starting from the front row. He spun several more times on his way to 10th, ahead of Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Bourdais, Glock and Massa. All of them spun at least once, with Massa talking the award for the most spins (around six) and the dizziest driver by the end.
And Sebastian Vettel’s mistake on the first lap helped to put David Coulthard out of his last British Grand Prix.
“That,” Hamilton said afterwards, “was the toughest win of my career, but definitely the best.”
Race: 60 laps - 308.355 km / 191.604 miles
| Pos | No. | Driver/Team | Time | Km/h | Best Lap | ||||
| 1 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Vodaphone McLaren Mercedes |
1:39:09.440 | 186.585 | 1:32.817 (16) | ||||
| 2 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld (GER) BMW Sauber F1 Team |
1:40:18.017 | 184.459 | 1:32.719 (21) | ||||
| 3 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Honda Racing F1 Team |
1:40:31.713 | 184.040 | 1:33.386 (21) | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro |
1:39:15.496 | 183.287 | 1:32.150 (16) | ||||
| 5 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) Vodafone McLaren Mercedes |
1:39:22.910 | 183.059 | 1:33.130 (17) | ||||
| 6 | 5 | Fernando Alonso (ESP) ING Renault F1 Team |
1:39:25.831 | 182.970 | 1:33.133 (17) | ||||
| 7 | 11 | Jarno Trulli (ITA) Panasonic Toyota Racing |
1:39:26.912 | 182.937 | 1:33.808 (22) | ||||
| 8 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima (JPN) AT&T Williams |
1:39:28.098 | 182.900 | 1:34.277 (21) | ||||
| 9 | 7 | Nico Rosberg (GER) AT&T Williams |
1:39:28.990 | 182.873 | 1:34.797 (21) | ||||
| 10 | 10 | Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull Racing |
1:39:42.269 | 182.467 | 1:32.952 (17) | ||||
| 11 | 14 | Sébastian Bourdais (FRA) Scuderia Toro Rosso |
1:39:53.350 | 182.130 | 1:33.367 (21) | ||||
| 12 | 12 | Timo Glock (GER) Panasonic Toyota Racing |
1:40:19.115 | 181.350 | 1:34.610 (19) | ||||
| 13 | 2 | Felipe Massa (BRA) Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro |
1:39:45.994 | 179.262 | 1:33.257 (19) | ||||
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| - | 4 | Robert Kubica (POL) BMW Sauber F1 Team |
1:05:06.696 | 184.662 |
1:33.257 (22)
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| - | 16 | Jenson Button (GBR) Honda Racing F1 Team |
1:03:32.678 | 184.361 |
1:33.376 (21)
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| - | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) ING Renault F1 Team |
57:10.832 | 188.697 |
1:33.203 (21)
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| - | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Force India F1 Team |
43:12.620 | 185.456 |
1:34.930 (21)
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| - | 20 | Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India F1 Team |
16:59.400 | 181.183 |
1:38.160 (5)
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| - | 15 | Sebastian Vettel (GER) Scuderia Toro Rosso |
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| - | 9 | David Coulthard (GBR) Red Bull Racing |
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| Fastest Lap | |||||||||
| - | 6 | Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro |
1:32.150 (18) | 200.842 | |||||
