2008 Belgian F1 GP - Race Result

September 7th, 2008

2008 Belgian F1 GP - Race Result

2008 Belgian F1 GP - Podium

Kimi Raikkonen lead most of the race but the rain in the closing stages changed the fortunes for several drivers. After some wheel to wheel racing Lewis Hamilton took the win, Raikkonen crashed out and Felipe Massa collected 8 points for 2nd place. The incident between Raikkonen and Hamilton is however still under investigation… The gamble on intermediate tyres paid off for Nick Heidfeld who took the final podium place. Great result for Fernando Alonso in 4th (although it for a while looked like he and the team threw it away with the last minute tyre change) and another strong result for Toro Rosso. Both Bourdais and Vettel were in 3rd place for a while on the last lap but at the end the wet tyre gamblers Heidfeld and Alonso prevailed… Timo Glock overtook Mark Webber for the final point on the last lap. He however did so under yellow flags. He was hit with 25s penalty and and Mark Webber took that last point from this race.

It is fair to say this race is a candidate for the race of the season. Full race report to follow tomorrow.

2008 Belgian F1 GP result: (provisional)

1. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren 1:22:44.933
2. Felipe Massa - Ferrari + 14.400
3. Nick Heidfeld - BMW Sauber + 23.800
4. Fernando Alonso - Renault + 28.900
5. Sebastian Vettel - Toro Rosso + 29.000
6. Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber + 29.400
7. Sebastien Bourdais - Toro Rosso + 31.100
8. Mark Webber - Red Bull + 57.200
9. Timo Glock - Toyota + 56.500 (+25 sec penalty)
10. Heikki Kovalainen - McLaren + 1 laps
11. David Coulthard - Red Bull + 1 laps
12. Nico Rosberg - Williams + 1 laps
13. Adrian Sutil - Force India +1 laps
14. Kazuki Nakajima - Williams + 1 laps
15. Jenson Button - Honda + 1 laps
16. Jarno Trulli - Toyota + 1 laps
17. Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India + 1 lap