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Facts of the 2008 Japaneese GP


By BMW Sauber F1 Team
October 14 2008

With Robert Kubica finishing second in Japan, the BMW Sauber F1 Team celebrated its 11th podium finish of the 2008 season. Thanks to this result, the Munich and Hinwil based squad still holds a promising position in the Constructors' Championship. Further facts...

- With 16 races contested, Robert lies just 12 points behind McLaren's World Championship leader, Lewis Hamilton, and therefore has a chance of winning the Drivers' Championship. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) is the only other driver who can still secure the title.

- The BMW Sauber F1 Team is the only squad on the Formula One grid that succeeded in scoring points in every single round of the 2008 season. With 128 points to its tally, the team currently holds third position behind Ferrari (142) and McLaren (135). A maximum of 36 points can be scored in the final two rounds, to be held at Shanghai and Sao Paulo.

- At the Fuji Speedway, Robert attended his seventh winners' press conference of the 2008 season. It was the third runner-up finish of his Formula One career - after this year's Malaysian and Monaco GPs - and his first podium finish since the Italian World Championship round.

- Nick Heidfeld, however, encountered a difficult Japanese Grand Prix after failing to advance to the second knockout phase of qualifying. For the third time this year - as was the case in the Spanish and European GPs - the German finished ninth and had to leave to leave Japan empty-handed.

- New record achievements for the BMW Sauber F1 Team: In Japan, Robert secured the team's 15th podium finish and increased the team's race-leader mileage to 450 kilometres in total. Altogether, the BMW Sauber F1 Team has scored 265 Formula One World Championship points.

- Reliability a key factor: With 16 rounds of the 2008 season contested, the BMW Sauber F1 Team is the only squad on the Formula One grid that hasn't encountered a single retirement due to technical problems. Consequently, the 5928 race laps completed by Robert and Nick represent the race-mileage record this year.

 

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