Some journalists dubbed this ' Crashgate'. When Piquet admitted this to the press in 2009 Renault team-principal Briatore resigned. Fernando Alonso won the first race held in Singapore however, only after teammate Piquet deliberately crashed to cause a Safety Car period which helped Alonso's strategy. New technical rules for 2008 included the banning of traction control after it was re-introduced in 2001, at the Spanish Grand Prix. Įleven teams competed in the championship, although Super Aguri withdrew on 6 May from the 2008 Formula One season due to financial troubles, completing four races. He was also the first British champion since Damon Hill in 1996. In winning the Drivers' title, Hamilton became the youngest driver ever to win the title (a record since surpassed by Sebastian Vettel winning the 2010 Drivers' title) and the first black driver to do so. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro won the Constructors' title. Lewis Hamilton won the Drivers' title by a point – by overtaking Toyota's Timo Glock on the final corner of the final lap of the final Grand Prix of the season to claim the required 5th-place finish to win the championship – from Brazilian Felipe Massa, while Massa's teammate, the 2007 world champion Kimi Räikkönen, was ranked third, with two wins. The European Grand Prix moved to a new venue at the Valencia Street Circuit, in Valencia, Spain. 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 championship was contested over eighteen races commencing in Australia on 16 March and ending in Brazil on 2 November.

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.

Ferrari took the Constructors' Championship for the second year in a row.

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