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The 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 62nd season of Formula One motor racing, recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) – the governing body of motorsport – as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars.
The Formula One World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. [3] The World Drivers' Championship is presented by the FIA to the most successful Formula One driver over the course of the season through a points system based on ...
The World Championship for Drivers has been contended since 1950, [2] after the Formula One standard was agreed upon in 1946. [5] The Constructors' Championship was added for the 1958 season and has been awarded ever since. [2] Lewis Hamilton has won a record 105 Grands Prix during his career. He won 21 races with McLaren and 84 with Mercedes.
F1 news and reaction after Felipe Massa insisted he is looking at legal avenues to overturn the 2008 World Championship, won by Lewis Hamilton, after new remarks by former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone
F1 news and reaction after a hectic Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne which saw Max Verstappen win, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso finish on the podium and fans enter the track before the end ...
FIA Formula One World Championship: Lewis Hamilton: 2008 Formula One World Championship: Constructors: Ferrari: GP2 Series: Giorgio Pantano: 2008 GP2 Series: Teams: Barwa International Campos Team: GP2 Asia Series: Romain Grosjean: 2008 GP2 Asia Series: Teams: ART Grand Prix: IndyCar Series: Scott Dixon: 2008 IndyCar Series season: Rookie ...
Massa competed in Formula One from 2002 to 2017, and was runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship in 2008 with Ferrari; he won 11 Grands Prix across 15 seasons. Born in São Paulo and raised in Botucatu , Massa started his career in karting aged eight, winning national and regional championships before progressing to junior formulae in 1998.
The only child of Finnish 1982 Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg and his German wife, he was born in Wiesbaden but was raised primarily in Monaco. Rosberg began competitive kart racing at the age of six and achieved early success, winning regional and national French championships, before moving to European-based series and world ...