Kimi Räikkönen won for Ferrari from pole, while Super Aguri competed in their final Formula One Grand Prix before withdrawing due to financial pressures.
Key Facts
- Race winner
- Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari)
- Race distance
- 66 laps
- Championship round
- 4th race of 2008 season
- Räikkönen points lead
- 29 points, 9 ahead of Hamilton
- Super Aguri withdrawal
- Left sport after this race (financial pressure)
- FIA probation
- Event placed on probation for racist taunting pre-race
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 2008 Spanish Grand Prix weekend was preceded by controversy: the FIA placed the event on probation following racist taunting of Lewis Hamilton during pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. Separately, Super Aguri faced mounting financial difficulties that threatened their continued participation in the championship.
Held on 27 April 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya, the race saw Kimi Räikkönen lead from pole position across all 66 laps, delivering a Ferrari one-two finish with Felipe Massa second and Lewis Hamilton third for McLaren. The safety car was deployed multiple times, including after a serious crash involving Heikki Kovalainen, who suffered only a minor concussion.
Ferrari took the lead in the Constructors' Championship, twelve points clear of BMW Sauber, while Räikkönen extended his Drivers' Championship lead to 29 points. Super Aguri withdrew from Formula One immediately after the race, reducing the grid to ten teams and ending the F1 careers of drivers Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson.