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The 2008 Formula One season will be the 59th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It will begin on 16 March and end on 2 November after eighteen Grands Prix. It will be the first season under the new Concorde Agreement. As it stands, there are a total of seven teams signed up to compete in the championship through an agreement with Formula One Management, with the other four major manufacturers in the Grand Prix Manufacturers’ Association (GPMA) having signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the 2006 Spanish Grand Prix. All teams in both groups have spots on the 2008 grid. The season sees the banning of traction control after it was re-introduced in 2001. 2008 also introduces two new street circuits. The Valencia Street Circuit and Singapore Street Circuit will host the European GP and the new Singapore GP respectively. The Singapore race will also be the first Formula One event held at night.

Teams

On February 14 2006 the FIA President Max Mosley announced that all teams interested in competing in the 2008 World Championship would have a seven-day window during which they would have to submit an application to compete.[1] All eleven current teams applied, as well as several others. On April 28, 2006 the FIA announced that all of the current teams' applications for the 2008 season were granted, along with a new team Prodrive, fronted by the ex-BAR and Benetton principal David Richards. There were 21 applications (including the current teams and Prodrive), of which the following were notable: European Minardi F1 Team Ltd, Jordan Grand Prix, Direxiv and Carlin Motorsport. However despite the Prodrive application being accepted Richards has since announced that the team will not race in 2008 due to a dispute over the legality of customer cars.[2]

Teams Signed with FOM

GPMA manufacturers (MoU with FOM)

Bernie Ecclestone has signed an agreement with the GPMA to end their threat of a breakaway series in 2008.[3]

New car launches

Constructor Chassis Launch Date Launch Location
Ferrari F2008 January 6[5] Italy Fiorano, Italy
McLaren-Mercedes MP4-23 January 7[6] Germany Stuttgart, Germany
Toyota TF108 January 10[7] Germany Cologne, Germany
BMW Sauber F1.08 January 14[8] Germany Munich, Germany
Red Bull-Renault RB4 January 16[9] Spain Jerez, Spain
Honda† RA108 January 29[10] United Kingdom Brackley, United Kingdom
Renault† R28 January 31[11] France Paris, France
Force India-Ferrari* F8-VII February 7[12] India Mumbai, India
Super Aguri-Honda SA08 February 19[13] Spain Barcelona, Spain
Toro Rosso-Ferrari* STR2B TBA TBA
Williams-Toyota FW30 No Official Launch[14]

* Team will start season with 2007 car.

† Renault and Honda both started testing their 2008 cars a week before their official launch.[15][16]

Teams and drivers

The following constructors and drivers will participate in the 2008 Formula One season[17]

Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No Race Drivers Official Test Driver(s)
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F2008[18] Ferrari 056 B 1 Finland Kimi Räikkönen[19] Italy Luca Badoer[20]
Spain Marc Gené[20]
2 Brazil Felipe Massa[19]
Germany BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber F1.08[21] BMW P86/8 B 3 Germany Nick Heidfeld[22] Austria Christian Klien[23]
Estonia Marko Asmer[23]
4 Poland Robert Kubica[22]
France ING Renault F1 Team Renault R28[24] Renault RS27 B 5 Spain Fernando Alonso[25] Brazil Lucas di Grassi[26]
France Romain Grosjean[25]
Japan Sakon Yamamoto[27]
6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.[25]
United Kingdom AT&T Williams Williams FW30[28] Toyota RVX-08[29] B 7 Germany Nico Rosberg[30] Germany Nico Hülkenberg[31]
India Narain Karthikeyan[32]
8 Japan Kazuki Nakajima[33]
Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB4[34] Renault RS27 B 9 United Kingdom David Coulthard[35] Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[36]
10 Australia Mark Webber[37]
Japan Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota TF108[38] Toyota RVX-08 B 11 Italy Jarno Trulli[39] Japan Kamui Kobayashi[40]
12 Germany Timo Glock[41]
Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR2B†[42]
 Ferrari 056 B 14 France Sébastien Bourdais[43] TBA
15 Germany Sebastian Vettel[44]
Japan Honda Racing F1 Team Honda RA108[45] Honda RA808E B 16 United Kingdom Jenson Button[46] Austria Alexander Wurz[47]
United Kingdom Mike Conway[48]
Italy Luca Filippi[49]
17 Brazil Rubens Barrichello[50]
Japan Super Aguri F1‡ Super Aguri SA08[51] Honda RA808E B 18 TBA[52] TBA[52]
19
India Force India Formula One Team Force India F8-VII[53] Ferrari 056[54] B 20 Germany Adrian Sutil[55] Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi[55]
Spain Roldan Rodriguez[56]
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde[56]
21 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella[55]
United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-23[57] Mercedes FO108T B 22 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton[58] Spain Pedro de la Rosa[59]
United Kingdom Gary Paffett[60]
23 Finland Heikki Kovalainen[61]

† Toro Rosso will start 2008 with a modified version of their 2007 car, labelled the STR2B. The Italian team plan to introduce the new STR3 around the fourth or fifth round of the 2008 championship.[42]

‡ Despite Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson being listed on the FIA Entry List, Super Aguri have insisted that they have not yet confirmed their drivers.[52]

2008 Race Schedule

The FIA World Council approved the 2008 schedule on October 24, 2007.[62]

Round Official Race Title Grand Prix Circuit City / Location Date Time
Local GMT
1 Australia ING Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne March 16 15:30 04:30
2 Malaysia Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysian GP Sepang International Circuit Kuala Lumpur March 23 15:00 07:00
3 Bahrain Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Manama April 6 14:30 11:30
4 Spain Gran Premio de España Telefónica Spanish GP Circuit de Catalunya Barcelona April 27 14:00 12:00
5 Turkey Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Istanbul Park Istanbul May 11 15:00 12:00
6 Monaco Grand Prix de Monaco Monaco GP Circuit de Monaco Monte-Carlo May 25 14:00 12:00
7 Canada Grand Prix du Canada Canadian GP Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal June 8 13:00 17:00
8 France Grand Prix de France French GP Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Magny Cours June 22 14:00 12:00
9 United Kingdom Santander British Grand Prix British GP Silverstone Circuit Silverstone July 6 13:00 12:00
10 Germany Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland German GP Hockenheimring Hockenheim July 20 14:00 12:00
11 Hungary ING Magyar Nagydij Hungarian GP Hungaroring Budapest August 3 14:00 12:00
12 Europe Grand Prix of Europe Telefónica[63] European GP Valencia Street Circuit† Valencia August 24 14:00 12:00
13 Belgium ING Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa September 7 14:00 12:00
14 Italy Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Italian GP Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza September 14 14:00 12:00
15 Singapore SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Singapore Street Circuit† Singapore September 28 20:00[64] 12:00
16 Japan Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Fuji Speedway Oyama October 12 13:30 04:30
17 China Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai October 19 15:00 07:00
18 Brazil Grande Prêmio do Brasil Brazilian GP Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo November 2 TBA

† New Circuits

Changes

Rule changes

  • Bridgestone will be the official tyre supplier for the 2008-2010 seasons[65]
  • A standard Electronic Control Unit (ECU) supplied by McLaren Electronic Systems (badged as Microsoft)[65]
  • Gearboxes to last 4 Grands Prix , 5 place grid penalty for a gear box change[66]
  • Restrictions on the ability of the teams to change their engines during and between the season(s)
  • Rev-limited engines, Limited to 19,000 RPM as per sporting code 5.1.2 [67]
  • Traction control banned[68] along with several other electronic aids including engine braking.
  • Improved cockpit protection[69]
  • First part of qualifying lengthened to 20 minutes, and final part of qualifying shortened to 10 minutes, to eliminate 'fuel-burn' phase, and teams taking part in Q3 will no longer be allowed to add fuel back to the car after qualifying[70]
  • The first unscheduled engine change for each car will not lead to the usual 10 place grid penalty.[71]
  • Fuel of the cars must be made up of at least 5.75% biologicial materials[72], for cars to comply with the European law on fuel composition.

Driver changes

Team Changes

  • Rumours about the possible sale of the Jordan/Spyker team had been abundant in the paddock throughout the last few months of the 2007 season. Only a year after Spyker bought the team from Midland, Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya bought the team for € 88 million, several million more than Spyker paid.[78] On October 24 2007, Mallya was granted permission to change the teams name to Force India. He also said he would like to keep German driver Adrian Sutil for 2008.[79] Force India had a driver announcement ceremony in January 2008 where it was revealed that Sutil would be second driver partnered by first driver Giancarlo Fisichella and test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi.[55]
  • On 28 April 2006, rallying and motorsports technology firm Prodrive were officially granted entry to Formula One when the FIA announced the list of entrants to the 2008 Formula One World Championship. While a total of 21 teams applied for entry, the FIA had always maintained that, only 12 teams would be granted entry, meaning only one new team would line up on the grid in 2008. FIA president Max Mosley revealed that Prodrive had found the finances to support their bid. Also, Prodrive's chief executive, David Richards, has experience as a Formula One team principal".[80] Richards has previously acted as team principal of the Benetton and British American Racing teams. However on 23 November 2007, after lengthy negotiations between FIA president Max Mosley regarding customer cars, Richards announced that Prodrive F1 would not compete in the 2008 Formula One World Championship, as the legal situation left no time for the team to be set up.[81]
  • On December 31 2007, Toyota announced that they would end their sponsorship deal with Kingfisher Airlines due to the fact that Kingfisher Airliners' owner Dr. Vijay Mallya wants to focus on the new F1 team Force India which was formed after Dr. Mallya's 2007 acquisition of Spyker F1 team. Although the team had a two year deal with the Indian airline company, both parties agreed to terminate the deal by 'mutual consent'.[82]

Race Changes

  • It has been confirmed that Singapore will host a Grand Prix from 2008 for the next five years. It will be a street circuit, with the route designed by Hermann Tilke. It has been confirmed that the Grand Prix will be a night race,[83] with a start time of 20:00 local time and run in an anti-clockwise direction to enhance safety.[84] It has also been revealed that practice sessions and qualifying will take place at night.[85]
  • The European Grand Prix will take place at the Valencia Street Circuit in 2008, changing from the Nürburgring which hosted the event up until 2007. Because both German circuits share the right to host an F1 race, the German Grand Prix will take place at Hockenheim in 2008. It will continue to alternate between these two circuits yearly.
  • It has been confirmed that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will not hold a Grand Prix in 2008; however, a possible return to Indianapolis in the future has not been completely ruled out.[86]
  • The 2007 French GP was said to be the last to be held at Magny-Cours.[87] Alternatives for the French Grand Prix included Paul Ricard or a new circuit near Disneyland Paris or Charles de Gaulle airport likely to host the event from 2009. However on 24 July 2007 it was reported that Bernie Ecclestone had "agreed in principle to maintain the race at Magny-Cours in 2008, and even 2009, if there were no other alternative."[88]
  • The 2008 season also sees changes to the race start times for China, moved to 15:00 and Australia, moved from its traditional 14:00 slot to 15:30.[89]

Rumours and speculation

Driver rumours

  • Despite wanting to have Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson retain their race seats for 2008, Super Aguri have been unable to sign any contracts until agreements have been reached with their sponsors.[90] GP2 driver Luca Filippi was linked to Super Aguri for a possible race seat in 2008. Super Aguri is struggling financially and Filippi could have brought about 10 million euros to the team in the form of personal backing.[91] However Filippi has since signed for the ART team in GP2 for 2008 making it more likely that eventually Sato and Davidson will be confirmed.

Team Change Rumours

  • At the end of 2007, Super Aguri did not receive a payment on a sponsorship deal.[92] This has led to them becoming the poorest team in Formula One. Max Mosley has said he has doubts that Super Aguri will make it to the final race in Brazil.[93]. It was reported in the last week of January that an Indian consortium led by the CEO of the Spice Group is willing to buy out the team but they have said they want Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan in the line-up, meaning one of the 2007 drivers would have to drop out of a race drive role, most likely Anthony Davidson.[94]

Possible rule changes

  • At a meeting in May 2006, a majority of the teams voted to scrap the plan to restrict engine development.[95] However, within a few days Max Mosley stated that the homologated engine rule would remain; on 13th January 2008 the teams agreed shorten the engine freeze to five years instead of the originally planned ten.[96]

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