2008 Canadian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 7 of 18 in the 2008 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | June 8, 2008 | ||
| Official name | XLV Grand Prix du Canada | ||
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 4.361 km (2.71 mi) | ||
| Distance | 70 laps, 305.27 km (189.7 mi) | ||
| Weather | Hot with temperatures approaching 31 °C (88 °F); wind speeds up to 8.9 kilometres per hour (5.5 mph) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:17.886 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:17.387 on lap 14 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | BMW Sauber | ||
| Second | BMW Sauber | ||
| Third | Red Bull-Renault | ||
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The 2008 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the XLV Grand Prix du Canada) was a Formula One motor race held on 8 June 2008 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the 7th race of the 2008 Formula One season. The 70-lap race was won by Robert Kubica for the BMW Sauber team after starting from second position. Nick Heidfeld finished second in a BMW Sauber car, with David Coulthard third in a Red Bull.
Lewis Hamilton, who started from pole position, failed to finish the race, retiring on lap 19 after crashing into the back of Kimi Räikkönen's Ferrari car in the pit lane.
Kubica's win promoted him into the lead of the Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career, overtaking Hamilton, Räikkönen and Massa. Massa and Hamilton tied for second place, four points behind Kubica, while Räikkönen was fourth. In the Constructors Championship, BMW passed McLaren for second position, three points behind Ferrari.
The Grand Prix was contested by 20 drivers, in ten teams of two. The teams, also known as "constructors", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, BMW Sauber, Honda, Force India, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Williams and Toro Rosso.
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