Drivers' championship 2008Final standings

2008Drivers’ championship

Lewis Hamilton took the 2008 title by 1 point from Massa, with 5 wins.

2008 World Champion

McLaren

98Points

5Wins

Round by round

Points after each round

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Round	Hamilton	Massa	Räikkönen	Kubica	Alonso
R1 · Australian Grand Prix	10	0	1	0	5
R2 · Malaysian Grand Prix	14	0	11	8	6
R3 · Bahrain Grand Prix	14	10	19	14	6
R4 · Spanish Grand Prix	20	18	29	19	6
R5 · Turkish Grand Prix	28	28	35	24	9
R6 · Monaco Grand Prix	38	34	35	32	9
R7 · Canadian Grand Prix	38	38	35	42	9
R8 · French Grand Prix	38	48	43	46	10
R9 · British Grand Prix	48	48	48	46	13
R10 · German Grand Prix	58	54	51	48	13
R11 · Hungarian Grand Prix	62	54	57	49	18
R12 · European Grand Prix	70	64	57	55	18
R13 · Belgian Grand Prix	76	74	57	58	23
R14 · Italian Grand Prix	78	77	57	64	28
R15 · Singapore Grand Prix	84	77	57	64	38
R16 · Japanese Grand Prix	84	79	63	72	48
R17 · Chinese Grand Prix	94	87	69	75	53
R18 · Brazilian Grand Prix	98	97	75	75	61

After round18 · Brazilian Grand Prix

Timing sheet

Official 2008 drivers’ championship table, after round 18 (Brazilian Grand Prix).

2008 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1 (champion)	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	McLaren	5	Champion	98Champion
2	Felipe Massa Ferrari	Ferrari	6	+1	97+1
3up 1 since the previous round	Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari	Ferrari	2	+23	75+23
4down 1 since the previous round	Robert Kubica BMW Sauber	BMW Sauber	1	+23	75+23
5up 1 since the previous round	Fernando Alonso Renault	Renault	2	+37	61+37
6down 1 since the previous round	Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber	BMW Sauber	0	+38	60+38
7	Heikki Kovalainen McLaren	McLaren	1	+45	53+45
8	Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	1	+63	35+63
9	Jarno Trulli Toyota	Toyota	0	+67	31+67
10	Timo Glock Toyota	Toyota	0	+73	25+73
11	Mark Webber Red Bull	Red Bull	0	+77	21+77
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.Renault	Renault	0	+79	19+79
13	Nico Rosberg Williams	Williams	0	+81	17+81
14	Rubens Barrichello Honda	Honda	0	+87	11+87
15	Kazuki Nakajima Williams	Williams	0	+89	9+89
16	David Coulthard Red Bull	Red Bull	0	+90	8+90
17	Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	0	+94	4+94
18	Jenson Button Honda	Honda	0	+95	3+95
19	Giancarlo Fisichella Force India	Force India	0	+98	0+98
20	Adrian Sutil Force India	Force India	0	+98	0+98
21	Takuma Sato Super Aguri	Super Aguri	0	+98	0+98
22	Anthony Davidson Super Aguri	Super Aguri	0	+98	0+98

Standings after round 18