FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE 2008 - 20 21 22 June (Mangy Cours) Nevers

Race (Sunday)
Provisional Results
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 70 Winner
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 70 +17.9 secs
3 Jarno Trulli Toyota 70 +28.2 secs
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 70 +28.9 secs
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 70 +30.5 secs
6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 70 +40.3 secs
7 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 70 +41.0 secs
8 Fernando Alonso Renault 70 +43.3 secs
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 70 +51.0 secs
10 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 +54.5 secs
11 Timo Glock Toyota 70 +57.7 secs
12 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 70 +58.0 secs
13 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 70 +62.0 secs
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 69 +1 Lap
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 69 +1 Lap
16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 69 +1 Lap 19
17 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 14
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 17
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 18
Ret 16 Jenson Button Honda 16 +54 Laps 16

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday)

1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.133 1:15.161 1:16.449 16
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.024 1:15.041 1:16.490 17
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.634 1:15.293 1:16.693 15 *
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.754 1:15.483 1:16.840 18
5 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:15.521 1:15.362 1:16.920 19
6 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.965 1:15.639 1:16.944 18 **
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:15.687 1:15.723 1:17.037 19
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:16.020 1:15.488 1:17.233 18
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:15.802 1:15.654 1:17.426 19
10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:15.727 1:15.558 1:17.596 24
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:15.848 1:15.770
12 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.006 1:15.786 14
13 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:15.918 1:15.816
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.072 1:16.045
15 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.085 1:16.235 *
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.243
17 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.306 9
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.330 6 ***
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:16.971
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.053 9

* Penalty for pit lane incident in Canada - drop 10 places on grid
** Penalty for blocking Mark Webber in Qualifying - drop 5 places on grid
*** Penalty for changing gearbox - drop 5 places on grid

Practice 3 (Saturday)
1 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:15.750 19
2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:15.759 0.009 14
3 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:15.827 0.077 21
4 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:15.974 0.224 17
5 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.003 0.253 18
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.147 0.397 20
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.182 0.432 16
8 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.235 0.485 18
9 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.256 0.506 17
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:16.282 0.532
11 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.344 0.594 20
12 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.437 0.687 20
13 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.545 0.795
14 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.617 0.867 20
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.644 0.894
16 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.651 0.901 20
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.658 0.908 17
18 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.687 0.937 19
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.365 1.615
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.612 1.862 21

Practice 2 (Friday)
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.778 37
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.854 0.076 24
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.999 0.221 42
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.232 0.454 29
5 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.298 0.520 42
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.317 0.539 35
7 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.340 0.562
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.458 0.680 43
9 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:16.543 0.765 39
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:16.572 0.794
11 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.682 0.904 42
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.743 0.965 43
13 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.758 0.980 42
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:17.002 1.224
15 Timo Glock Toyota 1:17.092 1.314 39
16 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.106 1.328 38
17 Jenson Button Honda 1:17.244 1.466 37
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.394 1.616
19 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:17.591 1.813 27
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.868 2.090 33

Practice 1 (Friday)
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.306 22
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.002 0.696 22
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.055 0.749
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.073 0.767 21
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.377 1.071 19
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.400 1.094 23
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.758 1.452 32
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.838 1.532 27
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.870 1.564 21
10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.886 1.580 31
11 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:17.063 1.757 31
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:17.234 1.928
13 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.269 1.963 22
14 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:17.394 2.088 30
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:17.491 2.185 25
16 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:17.683 2.377 27
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:17.696 2.390
18 Jenson Button Honda 1:17.928 2.622 21
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:18.072 2.766
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:18.673 3.367 13


Kimi Raikkonen believes Magny-Cours is the “perfect” track for Ferrari’s F2008.

“Now we're heading back to Europe to tracks, which have been built to be used by racing cars. I think that things will look really different at Magny-Cours, compared to the last GPs. The smooth surface of the French track, its demanding corners and the quick changes of direction will underline the characteristics of the F2008.

It was here in France last year that my season practically started all over again; and this is what I need now, after the two races with no points. I like this track and I think that it's perfect for our car. I think we'll be competitive and that we can go for the maximum result.”

Bob Bell is confident that Renault can deliver. "I think there is obviously a degree of frustration that we haven´t been able to convert our competitiveness into points. But in the meantime, we take heart from the fact that the car seems competitive, we have a great driver in Fernando (Alonso), and we just need to keep our focus and continue putting the developments on the car. The worst thing we can do is get spooked by it and start losing our attention to detail and commitment.

We’ll keep our heads down and things will come right for us. The car seems so be performing well on most circuits and that just reiterates that we’ve got a very strong platform now to go forward for the rest of the season. We’re under no illusion that we’re going to have to work very hard to keep that level of competitiveness up, but we have an aggressive development programme for the rest of the season, and we are confident that we have an adaptable baseline to work from.”

Felipe Massa expects Ferrari to face much fiercer competition from McLaren and BMW this weekend at Mangy-Cours. “In recent years, people would say that Canada and Monaco suited McLaren better than Ferrari, while it was the other way round in France and Britain. But I don’t think that is really the case this year, as apart from any other factors, we have to consider the BMW team in this equation. This year in Monaco, Ferrari had the whole front row of the grid even though I think we had more fuel than McLaren and in Canada our race pace was very good too. In other races we have all been very close.

I hope we will be very competitive this weekend. I like Magny-Cours: I came second here last year having started from pole, but then lost a bit of time in traffic. It’s a good track for me. Let’s hope we can repeat last year’s one-two finish, but maybe in a different order!”