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Japanese Grand Prix

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Sun 12th October 2008 12:00am Local
Sun 12th October 2008 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2008

Round
Round 16

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Location
Fuji Speedway

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The 2008 Japanese Grand Prix was won by Fernando Alonso driving for Renault, marking the team's final victory as a true works constructor. Held on 12 October 2008 at the Fuji Speedway, this race served as the 16th round of that year's intensely contested World Championship.

The race is famously remembered for severe unforced errors and clashes between the two primary championship protagonists, Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa: Turn 1 Chaos: Pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton made a poor start and aggressively locked his brakes into the first corner. His lunge pushed Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen wide, scattering the field and earning Hamilton a drive-through penalty. : On lap 2, Felipe Massa and Hamilton battled directly. Massa ran wide at the chicane and collided with Hamilton upon re-entry, spinning the McLaren driver around. Massa was handed his own drive-through penalty for the incident.
: Hamilton dropped to the back of the grid and ultimately finished a pointless 12th. Massa recovered to cross the line in 8th place, which was later promoted to 7th after Sébastien Bourdais received a post-race time penalty. This allowed Massa to close his title deficit to Hamilton down to 5 points with two races remaining.


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01			Fernando Alonso	Renault F1 Team	1:30:21.892
02			Robert Kubica	Sauber	+0:05.283
03			Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:06.400
04			Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault F1 Team	+0:20.570
05			Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+0:23.767
06			Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	+0:39.207
07			Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:46.158
08			Mark Webber	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+0:50.811
09			Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	+0:54.120
10			Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	+0:59.085
11			Nico Rosberg	Williams Racing	+1:02.096
12			Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1:18.900
13			Rubens Barrichello	Honda F1	+1 Lap
14			Jenson Button	Honda F1	+1 Lap
15			Kazuki Nakajima	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
16			Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	DNF
17			Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
18			Adrian Sutil	Force India	DNF
19			Timo Glock	Toyota	DNF
20			David Coulthard	Oracle Red Bull Racing	DNF

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