Ferrari F2008
The Ferrari F2008 is a Formula One motor racing car, which Scuderia Ferrari used to compete in the 2008 Formula One season.
The chassis was designed by Aldo Costa, Nikolas Tombazis and John Iley with Mario Almondo playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's director of operations and Gilles Simon leading the engine design.
The car was unveiled to the public on January 6, 2008. It features a new standard Electronic Control Unit, which is the electronic system that controls all the cars, produced by McLaren Electronic Systems. This was included to comply with the new regulations. The ECU also removes most of the driver aids used in previous seasons, including traction control, engine braking and electronically assisted starting system. It also makes the management of the differential, engine and gearchanges easier.
The car also weighs more than last season's F2007 chassis due to rule changes which includes the gearbox which has to be used for four consecutive races, higher side protection around the drivers helmet etc.
World champion Kimi Räikkönen gave the car its first shakedown at Ferrari's Fiorano test track on January 7, 2008.
As of the end of the 2019 season the F2008 remains the most recent Ferrari Formula 1 car to win the World Constructors' Championship.
Incidents and accidents
- In the 2008 Australian Grand Prix, Felipe Massa suffered nose cone and front wing damage after an incident with David Coulthard; Kimi Räikkönen's engine failed at the end of race, forcing him to retire.
- In the 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Massa spun in the first sector, forcing him to retire.
- In the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Räikkönen lost his front wing after sliding into the back of Adrian Sutil at the Nouvelle chicane.
- In the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Räikkönen lost his rear wing in the pit lane, after Lewis Hamilton collided with him while the red light still on.
- In the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Massa's engine failed without warning, forcing him to retire from the lead with three laps remaining.
- In the 2008 European Grand Prix, Räikkönen was unsafely released from his pit box with the fuel hose still attached. His engine failed several laps later, forcing him to retire.
- In the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Räikkönen suffered front wing damage after running wide then spinning before the chicane.
- In the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Massa was unsafely released from his pit box with the fuel hose still attached; Räikkönen suffered a suspension problem then hit the wall in the kerbs.
- In the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Massa collided with Hamilton on the second lap.
Gallery
Complete Formula One results
| Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Points | WCC |
| Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari V8 | AUS | MAL | BHR | ESP | TUR | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | EUR | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | CHN | BRA | 172 | 1st | |||
| Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari V8 | Räikkönen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 18 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 172 | 1st | ||
| Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari V8 | Massa | Ret | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 172 | 1st |
Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Räikkönen's fastest lap at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya remained the lap record until it was broken by Lewis Hamilton during the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix.