FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2008

Race (Sunday afternoon)
Provisional Results
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 67 Winner 1 10
2 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 67 +5.5 secs 17 8
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 +9.3 secs 2 6
4 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 67 +9.8 secs 12 5
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 67 +12.4 secs 3 4
6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 67 +14.4 secs 6 3
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 67 +22.6 secs 7 2
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 67 +33.2 secs 9 1
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 67 +37.1 secs 4
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 67 +37.6 secs 13
11 Fernando Alonso Renault 67 +38.6 secs 5
12 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 67 +39.1 secs 15
13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 67 +54.9 secs 10
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 67 +59.0 secs 20
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 67 +60.0 secs 16
16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 67 +69.4 secs 19
17 Jenson Button Honda 66 +1 Lap 14
Ret Rubens Barrichello Honda 50 +17 Laps 18
Ret Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 40 +27 Laps 8
Ret Timo Glock Toyota 35 Accident 11

Q1. Q2. Q3 (Saturday afternoon)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.218 1:14.603 1:15.666 (13 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:14.921 1:14.747 1:15.859 (16)
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.476 1:14.855 1:16.143 (17)
4 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:15.560 1:15.122 1:16.191 (21)
5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.917 1:14.943 1:16.385 (19)
6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.201 1:14.949 1:16.389 (19)
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:15.985 1:15.109 1:16.521 (20)
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:15.900 1:15.481 1:17.014 (20)
9 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:15.532 1:15.420 1:17.244 (22)
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:15.975 1:15.338 1:17.503 (20)
11 Timo Glock Toyota 1:15.560 1:15.508 (17)
12 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:15.596 1:15.581 (14)
13 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:15.863 1:15.633 (16)
14 Jenson Button Honda 1:15.993 1:15.701 (15)
15 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:15.927 1:15.858 (15)
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.083 (10)
17 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:16.189 (7)
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.246 (10)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:16.657 (10)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:16.963 (10)

Practice 3 (Saturday Morning)

1 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.621 (18 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.693 + 0.072 18
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.839 + 0.218 (21)
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.943 + 0.322 (18)
5 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.037 + 0.416 (24)
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.133 + 0.512 (25)
7 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:16.161 + 0.540 (21)
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:16.196 + 0.575 (19)
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.380 * 0.759 (19)
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.405 + 0.784 (20)
11 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.447 * 0.826 (22)
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:16.515 + 0.894 (19)
13 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.530 + 0.909 (18)
14 12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.636 + 1.015 (27)
15 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.808 + 1.187 (23)
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.906 + 1.285 (24)
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:16.938 1.317 20
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:17.189 + 1.568 (20)
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.312 + 1.691 (22)
20 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:17.469 + 1.848 (15)

Practice 2 (Friday afternoon)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.025
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.722 + 0.697
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.760 + 0.735
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.990 + 0.965
5 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:16.017 + 0.992
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.230 + 1.205
7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.355 + 1.330
8 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.363 + 1.338
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.377 + 1.352
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:16.378 + 1.353
11 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.422 + 1.397
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.530 + 1.505
13 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.542 + 1.517
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.677 + 1.652
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:16.734 + 1.709
16 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.781 + 1.756
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.829 + 1.804
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.860 + 1.835
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.008 + 1.983
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.047 + 2.022

Practice 1 (Friday Morning)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.537 (22 laps)
)2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.666 0.129 (19)
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.796 0.259 (22)
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.163 0.626 (22)
5 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.327 0.790 (23)
6 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.606 1.069 (27)
7 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.618 1.081 (25)
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.719 1.182 (20)
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.821 1.284 (26)
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:17.063 1.526 (26)
11 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:17.108 1.571 (18)
12 Jenson Button Honda 1:17.131 1.594 (28)
13 Timo Glock Toyota 1:17.185 1.648 (28)
14 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.268 1.731 (11)
15 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.471 1.934 (30)
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:17.500 1.963 (24)
17 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:17.556 2.019 (29)
18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.784 2.247 (29)
19 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:18.779 3.242 (8)
20 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:21.506 5.969 (16)

Pre-race comments

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - “I hope it will be hot, as it usually is at Hockenheim. Our car goes really well at high temperatures and also the tyre wear is not too high. So I really hope it will be hot.”

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Lewis Hamilton - (McLaren Mercedes) - “I think people do say that Ferrari are quicker at certain circuits and at high-speed circuits but I don’t believe that,” Hamilton told radio celebrity Chris Evans. “I think that our car is quick everywhere. Every now and then they seem to be quicker than us, but I think at the moment we’re ahead of them – they‘re on the back foot, especially after last weekend, so we’ve got to keep on hitting them hard and trying to score the points.”

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Jarno Trulli (Toyota) “We had a promising test last week at Hockenheim, which was very useful because we have not raced there for two years and we had the chance to study set-ups and tyre behaviour. That was the first time we have used the current Bridgestone tyres at Hockenheim and it was important to understand their characteristics at this circuit. We made good progress with some new aero parts and hopefully this track will suit our car. I have finished in the points for the last three races which shows how competitive we are at the moment, so my target this weekend is to again score points and fight for the top six. I am optimistic as usual.”

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Nico Rosberg (Williams Toyota) “I’ve had a lot of great experiences at Hockenheim, and it’s been the scene for quite a few of my past victories [in the junior formulae], so I’m looking forward to going there. As it’s my home race, it will be nice to have the support of the German fans, but they really provide a great atmosphere for everyone as they are so enthusiastic. In terms of the track itself, I really love it, and it should suit our car as well, but I still think it will be difficult to get into the points on Sunday considering how close the field is. As always, we will just do our best.”
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Adrian Sutil (Force India) - “Some rain and good strategies will help, for sure, but we have to perform in all conditions. We are not able to race in the midfield at the moment, and we have to improve our car. I think the last [most recent] update is worth about two or three tenths. The car feels quite good, and there is a lot more potential in the new parts. But we have to hope for more rain, although this year there's been quite a lot already! It's sometimes hard, because when it's wet you have to take a chance, and when it doesn't work out, the disappointment is quite big.”

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Robert Kubica (BMW) - “My approach (to the Championship) is very similar to what it was before. I always try to achieve as many points as possible in a single weekend and to extract the maximum from the car. If your maximum is enough that you are fighting for the championship in the last race, then you think about the championship. But for now I’m taking a race-by-race approach.”
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Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren Mercedes) - asked in a team preview if he was now beginning to feel at home in the team and car? “In some ways, yes. “For sure, in the dry at Silverstone I couldn’t believe how good the car felt and just how much I could keep pushing it. It felt better than ever. But the race showed I can still do more to improve – both in terms of my driving style and the way the team works with me. I know I have the speed, I just need to work harder to apply it across the whole race weekend.”
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Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 3 day Hockenheim test finished on a high the Brazilian setting the pace on Thursday - “It was a good day’s work. We did a lot of kilometres and I have to say the car felt well balanced. This can only mean that we should also be competitive at this track, which is also the case for our main rivals.”