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2008 / HAMILTON

A scrolling recap of 2008 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Lewis Hamilton closed the year on 98 points, a 1-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 2008
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18
Lewis Hamilton	10	14	14	20	28	38	38	38	48	58	62	70	76	78	84	84	94	98
Felipe Massa	0	0	10	18	28	34	38	48	48	54	54	64	74	77	77	79	87	97
Kimi Räikkönen	1	11	19	29	35	35	35	43	48	51	57	57	57	57	57	63	69	75
Robert Kubica	0	8	14	19	24	32	42	46	46	48	49	55	58	64	64	72	75	75
Fernando Alonso	5	6	6	6	9	9	9	10	13	13	18	18	23	28	38	48	53	61
Nick Heidfeld	8	11	16	16	20	20	28	28	36	41	41	41	49	53	56	56	60	60
Heikki Kovalainen	4	10	14	14	14	15	15	20	24	28	38	43	43	51	51	51	51	53
Sebastian Vettel	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	5	5	6	6	9	13	23	27	30	30	35
Jarno Trulli	0	5	8	9	9	9	12	18	20	20	22	26	26	26	26	30	30	31
Timo Glock	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	13	15	15	15	20	20	22	25

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Ferrari ended on 172 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 2008
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	FERRARI	172
P2	MCLAREN–MERCEDES	151
P3	BMW SAUBER–BMW	135
P4	RENAULT	80
P5	TOYOTA	56
P6	TORO ROSSO–FERRARI	39
P7	RED BULL–RENAULT	29
P8	WILLIAMS–TOYOTA	26
P9	HONDA	14
P10	FORCE INDIA–FERRARI	0
P11	SUPER AGURI–HONDA	0

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

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DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 2008
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18
Lewis Hamilton	P1	P1	P3	P2	P3	P1	P2	P4	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Felipe Massa	—	—	P6	P4	P2	P3	P3	P1	P2	P2	P3	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Kimi Räikkönen	P8	P2	P1	P1	P1	P2	P4	P3	P3	P3	P2	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P3
Robert Kubica	—	P5	P4	P3	P4	P4	P1	P2	P4	P4	P4	P4	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P4
Fernando Alonso	P4	P7	P9	P10	P9	P8	P9	P9	P9	P9	P8	P8	P8	P7	P7	P7	P6	P5
Nick Heidfeld	P2	P3	P2	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P6
Heikki Kovalainen	P5	P4	P5	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P5	P6	P6	P6	P6	P7	P7
Sebastian Vettel	—	—	—	—	P22	P12	P14	P14	P15	P15	P16	P14	P12	P9	P8	P8	P8	P8
Jarno Trulli	—	P8	P7	P7	P8	P9	P8	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P8	P9	P9	P9	P9
Timo Glock	—	—	P14	P14	P15	P17	P13	P13	P14	P16	P10	P10	P10	P11	P10	P11	P10	P10
Mark Webber	—	P11	P10	P8	P7	P7	P7	P8	P8	P8	P9	P9	P9	P10	P11	P10	P11	P11
Nelson Piquet Jr.	—	P14	P17	P18	P18	P19	P19	P17	P18	P11	P11	P11	P11	P12	P13	P12	P12	P12
Nico Rosberg	P3	P6	P8	P9	P10	P10	P10	P10	P11	P12	P13	P13	P14	P14	P12	P13	P13	P13
Rubens Barrichello	—	P16	P16	P17	P17	P14	P15	P15	P10	P10	P12	P12	P13	P13	P14	P14	P14	P14
Kazuki Nakajima	P6	P9	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P12	P13	P14	P15	P15	P15	P15	P15	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

14 drivers stood on a podium.

7 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 AUSTRALI

1 HAMILTON

2 HEIDFELD

3 ROSBERG

R02 MALAYSIA

1 RÄIKKÖNEN

2 KUBICA

3 KOVALAINEN

R03 BAHRAIN

1 MASSA

2 RÄIKKÖNEN

3 KUBICA

R04 SPAIN

1 RÄIKKÖNEN

2 MASSA

3 HAMILTON

R05 TURKEY

1 MASSA

2 HAMILTON

3 RÄIKKÖNEN

R06 MONACO

1 HAMILTON

2 KUBICA

3 MASSA

R07 CANADA

1 KUBICA

2 HEIDFELD

3 COULTHARD

R08 FRANCE

1 MASSA

2 RÄIKKÖNEN

3 TRULLI

R09 GREAT BR

1 HAMILTON

2 HEIDFELD

3 BARRICHELLO

R10 GERMANY

1 HAMILTON

2 PIQUET

3 MASSA

R11 HUNGARY

1 KOVALAINEN

2 GLOCK

3 RÄIKKÖNEN

R12 EUROPE

1 MASSA

2 HAMILTON

3 KUBICA

R13 BELGIUM

1 MASSA

2 HEIDFELD

3 HAMILTON

R14 ITALY

1 VETTEL

2 KOVALAINEN

3 KUBICA

R15 SINGAPOR

1 ALONSO

2 ROSBERG

3 HAMILTON

R16 JAPAN

1 ALONSO

2 KUBICA

3 RÄIKKÖNEN

R17 CHINA

1 HAMILTON

2 MASSA

3 RÄIKKÖNEN

R18 BRAZIL

1 MASSA

2 ALONSO

3 RÄIKKÖNEN

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

18

DRIVERS

22

WINNERS

7

PODIUM·DRIVERS

14

POINTS·SHARED

702

CHAMPION

Lewis Hamilton

98 PTS · 5 WINS

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ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · 2008 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix	2008 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix	HAMILTON	HEIDFELD	ROSBERG
R02 · 2008 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	2008 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	RÄIKKÖNEN	KUBICA	KOVALAINEN
R03 · 2008 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	2008 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	MASSA	RÄIKKÖNEN	KUBICA
R04 · Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Telefónica 2008	Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Telefónica 2008	RÄIKKÖNEN	MASSA	HAMILTON
R05 · 2008 Formula 1 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix	2008 Formula 1 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix	MASSA	HAMILTON	RÄIKKÖNEN
R06 · Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2008	Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2008	HAMILTON	KUBICA	MASSA
R07 · Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2008	Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2008	KUBICA	HEIDFELD	COULTHARD
R08 · Formula 1 Grand Prix de France 2008	Formula 1 Grand Prix de France 2008	MASSA	RÄIKKÖNEN	TRULLI
R09 · 2008 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix	2008 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix	HAMILTON	HEIDFELD	BARRICHELLO
R10 · Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2008	Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2008	HAMILTON	PIQUET	MASSA
R11 · Formula 1 ING Magyar Nagydíj 2008	Formula 1 ING Magyar Nagydíj 2008	KOVALAINEN	GLOCK	RÄIKKÖNEN
R12 · 2008 Formula 1 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe	2008 Formula 1 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe	MASSA	HAMILTON	KUBICA
R13 · 2008 Formula 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix	2008 Formula 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix	MASSA	HEIDFELD	HAMILTON
R14 · Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2008	Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2008	VETTEL	KOVALAINEN	KUBICA
R15 · 2008 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix	2008 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix	ALONSO	ROSBERG	HAMILTON
R16 · 2008 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	2008 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	ALONSO	KUBICA	RÄIKKÖNEN
R17 · 2008 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix	2008 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix	HAMILTON	MASSA	RÄIKKÖNEN
R18 · Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2008	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2008	MASSA	ALONSO	RÄIKKÖNEN