Race 4 of 18 in the 2008 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1][2]
Date
27 April 2008
Official name
Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Telefónica 2008
Location
Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain[3]
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.655 km (2.892 miles)
Distance
66 laps, 307.104 km (190.826 miles)
Weather
Sunny
Attendance
128,000
Pole position
Driver
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
Time
1:21.813
Fastest lap
Driver
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
Time
1:21.670 on lap 46
Podium
First
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
Second
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
Third
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2008 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Telefónica 2008)[4] was a Formula One motor race held on 27 April 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain. It was the fourth race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Kimi Räikkönen for the Ferrari team won the 66-lap race starting from pole position. Felipe Massa finished second in the other Ferrari, and Lewis Hamilton was third in a McLaren.
Räikkönen began the race from pole position alongside Renault driver Fernando Alonso. Massa began from third, alongside BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica. Hamilton, the eventual Drivers' Champion, began from fifth and passed Kubica into the first corner, as Massa passed Alonso. Räikkönen maintained his lead through most of the race, leading to Ferrari's one-two finish. The safety car was deployed several times throughout the race, including for a serious crash involving McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen, though the Finn escaped with only a minor concussion.
Prior to the race weekend, the event was put on probation by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, the sport's governing body, for racist taunting during pre-season testing at the circuit. Subsequently, no such racism was reported during the race weekend. The event was Super Aguri's final Grand Prix, withdrawing afterwards due to financial pressures, leaving the sport with ten teams; this was also the last race for both of the team's drivers, Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson. The result promoted Ferrari to the lead in the Constructors' Championship, 12 points ahead of BMW Sauber and 13 points ahead of McLaren. Räikkönen extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 29 points, nine points ahead of Hamilton and ten points ahead of Kubica. Massa moved into fourth place on 18 points, with 14 races remaining in the season.
^"Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Telefónica 2008". Formula1.com. Formula One Management. 2008-04-27. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
^"Grand Prix of Spain". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2008-04-27. Archived from the original on 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
^"2008 Spanish Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^"Spanish". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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