F1 CHAMPIONSHIP ARCHIVE Standings 2008 From the first championship in 1950 to today’s grid. History, with the points system of its era.
POS DRIVER / TEAM WINS POINTS
1 Lewis Hamilton HAM #22 🇬🇧 United Kingdom McLaren Mercedes WORLD CHAMPION 5 WINS 98 PTS LEADER 2 FM Felipe Massa MAS #2 🇧🇷 Brazil Ferrari
6 WINS 97 PTS −1 TO LEADER 3ⓘ KR Kimi Räikkönen RAI #1 🇫🇮 Finland Ferrari
2 WINS 75 PTS −23 TO LEADER 4ⓘ RK Robert Kubica KUB #4 🇵🇱 Poland BMW Sauber BMW
1 WINS 75 PTS −23 TO LEADER 5 Fernando Alonso ALO #5 🇪🇸 Spain Renault 2 WINS 61 PTS −37 TO LEADER 6 NH Nick Heidfeld HEI #3 🇩🇪 Germany BMW Sauber BMW
0 WINS 60 PTS −38 TO LEADER 7 HK Heikki Kovalainen KOV #23 🇫🇮 Finland McLaren Mercedes
1 WINS 53 PTS −45 TO LEADER 8 Sebastian Vettel VET #15 🇩🇪 Germany Toro Rosso Ferrari 1 WINS 35 PTS −63 TO LEADER 9 JT Jarno Trulli TRU #11 🇮🇹 Italy Toyota
0 WINS 31 PTS −67 TO LEADER 10 TG Timo Glock GLO #12 🇩🇪 Germany Toyota
0 WINS 25 PTS −73 TO LEADER 11 MW Mark Webber WEB #10 🇦🇺 Australia Red Bull Renault
0 WINS 21 PTS −77 TO LEADER 12 NP Nelson Piquet Jr. PIQ #6 🇧🇷 Brazil Renault
0 WINS 19 PTS −79 TO LEADER 13 NR Nico Rosberg ROS #7 🇩🇪 Germany Williams Toyota
0 WINS 17 PTS −81 TO LEADER 14 RB Rubens Barrichello BAR #17 🇧🇷 Brazil Honda
0 WINS 11 PTS −87 TO LEADER 15 KN Kazuki Nakajima NAK #8 🇯🇵 Japan Williams Toyota
0 WINS 9 PTS −89 TO LEADER 16 DC David Coulthard COU #9 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Red Bull Renault
0 WINS 8 PTS −90 TO LEADER 17 SB Sébastien Bourdais BOU #14 🇫🇷 France Toro Rosso Ferrari
0 WINS 4 PTS −94 TO LEADER 18 JB Jenson Button BUT #16 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Honda
0 WINS 3 PTS −95 TO LEADER 19ⓘ GF Giancarlo Fisichella FIS #21 🇮🇹 Italy Force India Ferrari
0 WINS 0 PTS −98 TO LEADER 20ⓘ AS Adrian Sutil SUT #20 🇩🇪 Germany Force India Ferrari
0 WINS 0 PTS −98 TO LEADER 21ⓘ TS Takuma Sato SAT #18 🇯🇵 Japan Super Aguri Honda
0 WINS 0 PTS −98 TO LEADER 22ⓘ AD Anthony Davidson DAV #19 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Super Aguri Honda
0 WINS 0 PTS −98 TO LEADER About these data Data: F1DB · Marcel Overdijk and contributors , CC BY 4.0 . Adapted for season-based display; source points are preserved.
Points are retained from the source standings. We do not recalculate historical seasons using the modern scoring system. Drivers who changed teams may have multiple constructors.
Team names use the constructor and engine from this season. A driver’s number is shown only when the same number is verified across all of their results that season.
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