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The following is an overview of the events of 2008 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
The 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix was the 18th and final round of the 2008 Formula One World Championship and was held on 2 November 2008, at the 4.309 km (2.677 mi) Autódromo José Carlos Pace, [2] [4] in São Paulo, Brazil. [5]
The 2008 season saw the debut of the Singapore Grand Prix, which was held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, in Marina Bay, Singapore and was the first Formula One race held at night. The European Grand Prix moved to a new venue at the Valencia Street Circuit , in Valencia , Spain .
F1 Racing magazine briefly sponsored the ill-fated Mastercard Lola team in 1997. However, the team failed to qualify for the opening round of that season at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix with both of their cars having failed to make the 107% time. The team withdrew from the next race in Brazil and withdrew from the whole championship soon after.
The 2008 British Grand Prix was held on 6 July 2008 at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, England. The grand prix was contested by 20 drivers, in 10 teams of two. [ 4 ] The teams, also known as " constructors ", were Scuderia Ferrari , McLaren Mercedes , Renault F1 , Honda Racing F1 , Force India -Ferrari, BMW Sauber , Toyota F1 , Red Bull ...
The 2008 French Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de France 2008) [1] was a Formula One motor race held on 22 June 2008 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, France. This race would be the last French Grand Prix for a decade, before returning in 2018 at Circuit Paul Ricard .
The first Brazilian Grand Prix at the circuit took place shortly after its opening in 1978, and was won by Argentina's Carlos Reutemann in a Flat-12 Ferrari 312T3 in the oppressive heat and humidity of Rio's January summer season, after Sweden's Ronnie Peterson had taken pole position in the revolutionary ground-effect Lotus 78-Ford.
The car included the Renault R27-2008 engine, the second year the Renault engine had powered the Red Bull team. The car was launched at the Jerez Circuit on 16 January 2008, [ 2 ] the same day the RB4 was taken for its first shakedown laps by driver David Coulthard, [ 3 ] Mark Webber got his first taste of the RB4 at the Valencia Circuit on 24 ...