Valencia Race Date:  24 Aug 2008 Number of Laps:  57 Circuit Length:  5.440 km Race Distance:  310.080 km Lap Record:  n/a -

Race (Sunday afternoon)
1  Felipe Massa  Ferrari  57 laps  Winner
2  Lewis Hamilton  McLaren-Mercedes  57  + 5.6 secs 
3  Robert Kubica  BMW Sauber  57  + 37.3 secs
4  Heikki Kovalainen  McLaren-Mercedes  57  + 39.7 secs
5  Jarno Trulli  Toyota  57  + 50.6 secs
6  Sebastian Vettel  STR-Ferrari  57  + 52.6 secs
7  Timo Glock  Toyota  57  + 67.9 secs
8  Nico Rosberg  Williams-Toyota  57  + 71.4 secs
9  Nick Heidfeld  BMW Sauber  57  + 82.1 secs
10  Sebastien Bourdais  STR-Ferrari  57  + 89.7 secs
11  Nelsinho Piquet  Renault  57  + 92.7 secs
12  Mark Webber  Red Bull-Renault  56  + 1 Lap
13  Jenson Button  Honda  56  + 1 Lap 
14  Giancarlo Fisichella  Force India-Ferrari  56  + 1 Lap 
15  Kazuki Nakajima  Williams-Toyota  56  + 1 Lap 
16  Rubens Barrichello  Honda  56  + 1 Lap 
17 David Coulthard  Red Bull-Renault  56  + 1 Lap 
Ret  Kimi Räikkönen  Ferrari  45  + 12 Laps 
Ret  Adrian Sutil  Force India-Ferrari  41  + 16 Laps 
Ret  Fernando Alonso  Renault  0  Accident damage

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday afternoon)
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.176 1:37.859 1:38.989 (19 laps)
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.464 1:37.954 1:39.199 (15)
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:38.347 1:38.050 1:39.392 (18)
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:38.703 1:38.229 1:39.488 (21)
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.656 1:38.120 1:39.937 (18)
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:38.141 1:37.842 1:40.142 (19)
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:37.948 1:37.928 1:40.309 (21)
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:38.738 1:37.859 1:40.631 (19)
9 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:38.595 1:38.336 1:40.721 (18)
10 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:38.622 1:38.417 1:40.750 (18)
11 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:38.667 1:38.428 (15)
12 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:38.268 1:38.435 (12)
13 Timo Glock Toyota 1:38.532 1:38.499 (14)
14 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:38.559 1:38.515 (15)
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:38.787 1:38.744 (15)
16 Jenson Button Honda 1:38.880 (6)
17 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:39.235 (9)
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:39.268 (10)
19 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:39.811 (10)
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:39.943 (9)

Practice 3 (Saturday morning)
1 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:38.754 (15 laps)
2 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:38.877 + 0.123 (18)
3 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:39.009 + 0.255 (16)
4 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:39.270 + 0.516 (17)
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.276 + 0.522 (18)
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:39.300 + 0.546 (16)
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.314 + 0.560 (13)
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:39.335 + 0.581 (18)
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:39.421 + 0.667 (16)
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:39.452 + 0.698 (20)
11 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:39.597 + 0.843 (17)
12 Jenson Button Honda 1:39.628 + 0.874 (10)
13 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:39.652 + 0.898 (17)
14 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.802 + 1.048 (14)
15 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:39.810 + 1.056 (20)
16 Timo Glock Toyota 1:39.919 + 1.165 (22)
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:40.019 + 1.265 (21)
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:40.059 + 1.305 (21)
19 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:40.512 + 1.758 (20)
20 Jarno Trulli Toyota No time

Practice 2 (Friday Afternoon)
1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:39.477 (30 laps)
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:39.497 + 0.020 (39)
3 Jenson Button Honda 1:39.546 + 0.069 (35)
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.678 + 0.201 (31)
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.712 + 0.235 (31)
6 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.954 + 0.477 (30)
7 Timo Glock Toyota 1:39.967 + 0.490 (32)
8 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:40.149 + 0.672 (35)
9 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:40.43+ 0.962 (32)
10 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:40.500 + 1.023 (23)
11 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:40.585 + 1.108 (24)
12 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:40.607 + 1.130 (34)
13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:40.696 + 1.219 (23)
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:40.742 + 1.265 (34)
15 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:40.877 + 1.400 (32)
16 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:40.982 + 1.505 (36)
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:40.999 + 1.522 (32)
18 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:41.084 + 1.607 (35)
19 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:41.246 + 1.769 (38)
20 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:41.377 + 1.900 (31)

Practice 1 (Friday Morning)
1 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:40.496 (29 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:40.654 + 0.158 (27)
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.822 + 0.326 (21)
4 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:41.099 + 0.603 (31)
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.163 + 0.667 (23)
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:41.281 + 0.785 (24)
7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:41.317 + 0.821 (27)
8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:41.329 + 0.833 (26)
9 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:41.385 + 0.889 (31)
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:41.706 + 1.210 (22)
11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:41.830 + 1.334 (27)
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:41.930 + 1.434 (27)
13 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:41.951 + 1.455 (23)
14 Timo Glock Toyota 1:42.036 + 1.540 (27)
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:42.107 + 1.611 (32)
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:42.453 + 1.957 (23)
17 Jenson Button Honda 1:42.460 + 1.964 (29)
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:43.075 + 2.579 (25)
19 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:43.312 + 2.816 (23)
20 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:43.524 + 3.028 (24)

Pre race comment

Fernando Alonso - "I will give my maximum for this second Grand Prix in Spain."

Kimi Raikkonen - "We have to start well at Valencia, where it’s more important than in other places to drive with continuity from Friday on. I hope I’ll have a trouble-free weekend to try to set up the car the best way possible, especially for the qualifying lap. The qualifying will be extremely important, although I think that there are some possibilities on the track to overtake. If it’s hot that will help Ferrari,”

Heikki Kovalainen - "The win doesn’t change too much, really: I still believe I am improving and learning more about the team and the car at each race. My aim for the last part of the season is to win more races and to perform regularly at the front. It’s something I was able to do from time to time in the first half of the year, but I now feel more confident that I can be a consistent challenger in the remaining races, and I’m really looking forward to that."

about the new circuit

“It looks pretty fast, to be honest. You get used to street circuits being quite slow, with lots of slow- to medium-speed corners and very short straights, but this is almost the opposite. There are a lot of fast kinks and esses, a couple of decent straights and lots of high-speed stuff. It’s too early to say yet whether there will be opportunities to overtake around here, but there are a couple of hairpins where it might be possible."

Lewis Hamilton - "I’m wary of making predictions – the race in Hungary showed just how unpredictable Formula 1 can be, and that’s one of the reasons why it’s such a fascinating sport. Clearly, though, I am still in a good position to challenge for the world championship and that remains my aim. We still feel confident about our chances – we know our rivals will be strong, but we’ve worked hard to improve the car and are confident we’ll be competitive this weekend.”

Robert Kubica - “On a street circuit it is of major importance to have a good basic set-up which is easy to drive. The lap time improvement has to be gained step-by-step, you cannot drive in too wild a style. Also, in terms of the racing line you have to approach this gradually. It is very important to walk the track before driving it the first time to get a feeling for the surface and the layout.”