2008 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas

2008 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas was the fourth edition of Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (International Challenge of the Stars) held on 2 December 2008. The event consisted of warmup, qualifying and race sessions with the overall winner determined by the aggregate points score from the two races. The ten fastest qualifiers took part in the top ten shootout for the pole which was won by Lucas di Grassi. The qualifying rounds set the grid for the first race which was won by Rubens Barrichello. The starting grid of the second race was determined by the results of the first race although the top eight of the first race were reversed. The second race also provided less points than the first. It was won by Felipe Massa. Overall winner of the event was Rubens Barrichello as he scored the most points ahead of Lucas di Grassi and Felipe Massa.

Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Lap Time Grid
1 18   Lucas di Grassi 42.592 1
2 20   Vitantonio Liuzzi 42.707 2
3 11   Rubens Barrichello 42.809 3
4 1   Michael Schumacher 43.222 4
5 21   Thiago Camilo 43.342 5
6 3   Antônio Pizzonia 45.090 6
7 16   Allam Khodair 45.162 7
8 42   Ricardo Zonta 45.535 8
9 65   Max Wilson 46.290 9
10 80   Marcos Gomes 46.942 10
11 14   Luciano Burti 41.978 11
12 19   Felipe Massa 42.010 12
13 15   Felipe Giaffone 42.276 13
14 9   Xandinho Negrão 42.377 14
15 17   João Paulo de Oliveira 42.425 15
16 74   Popó Bueno 42.482 16
17 27   Vítor Meira 42.518 17
18 4   Alexandre Barros 42.552 18
19 25   Luca Badoer 42.555 19
20 6   Tony Kanaan 42.618 20
21 77   Tarso Marques 42.637 21
22 90   Ricardo Maurício 42.748 22
23 2   Mario Moraes 42.775 23
24 99   Roberto Moreno 43.055 24
25 24   Jeff Gordon 43.148 25
26 8   Luís Tedesco 44.348 26

Race 1

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Pos No Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11   Rubens Barrichello 34 24:25.119 3 25
2 18   Lucas di Grassi 34 +1.211 1 20
3 21   Thiago Camilo 34 +5.722 5 16
4 1   Michael Schumacher 34 +15.332 4 13
5 19   Felipe Massa 34 +20.996 12 11
6 16   Allam Khodair 34 +23.177 7 10
7 15   Felipe Giaffone 34 +23.522 13 9
8 9   Xandinho Negrão 34 +28.826 14 8
9 42   Ricardo Zonta 34 +40.205 8 7
10 65   Max Wilson 34 +51.060 9 6
11 6   Tony Kanaan 33 + 1 lap 20 5
12 14   Luciano Burti 33 + 1 lap 11 4
13 4   Alexandre Barros 33 + 1 lap 18 3
14 99   Roberto Moreno 33 + 1 lap 24 2
15 17   João Paulo de Oliveira 32 +2 laps 15 1
16 74   Popó Bueno 32 +2 laps 16
17 8   Luís Tedesco 31 +3 laps 26
18 80   Marcos Gomes 27 +7 laps 10
19 27   Vítor Meira 26 +8 laps 17
20 25   Luca Badoer 26 +8 laps 19
21 20   Vitantonio Liuzzi 24 +10 laps 2
22 24   Jeff Gordon 24 +10 laps 25
23 3   Antônio Pizzonia 22 +12 laps 6
24 77   Tarso Marques 21 +13 laps 21
25 90   Ricardo Maurício 17 +17 laps 22
26 2   Mario Moraes 1 +33 laps 23

Race 2

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Pos No Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19   Felipe Massa 37 24:25.119 4 20
2 15   Felipe Giaffone 37 +1.211 2 17
3 18   Lucas di Grassi 37 +5.722 7 15
4 9   Xandinho Negrão 37 +15.332 1 13
5 11   Rubens Barrichello 37 +20.996 8 11
6 65   Max Wilson 37 +23.177 10 10
7 3   Antônio Pizzonia 37 +23.522 23 9
8 17   João Paulo de Oliveira 37 +28.826 15 8
9 77   Tarso Marques 37 +40.205 24 7
10 74   Popó Bueno 37 +51.060 16 6
11 2   Mario Moraes 36 +1 lap 26 5
12 27   Vítor Meira 36 +1 lap 19 4
13 74   Popó Bueno 36 +1 lap 16 3
14 21   Thiago Camilo 35 +2 laps 6 2
15 42   Ricardo Zonta 35 +2 laps 9 1
16 80   Marcos Gomes 34 +3 laps 18
17 8   Luís Tedesco 33 +4 laps 17
18 14   Luciano Burti 33 +4 laps 12
19 6   Tony Kanaan 28 +9 laps 11
20 4   Alexandre Barros 24 +13 laps 13
21 16   Allam Khodair 19 +18 laps 3
22 24   Jeff Gordon 17 +20 laps 22
23 1   Michael Schumacher 11 +26 laps 5
24 90   Ricardo Maurício 8 +29 laps 25
25 25   Luca Badoer 6 +31 laps 20
26 20   Vitantonio Liuzzi 21

Final classification

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Pos No Driver Race 1 points Race 2 points Total points
1 11   Rubens Barrichello 25 11 36
2 18   Lucas di Grassi 20 15 35
3 19   Felipe Massa 11 20 31
4 15   Felipe Giaffone 9 17 26
5 9   Xandinho Negrão 8 13 21
6 21   Thiago Camilo 16 2 18
7 65   Max Wilson 6 10 16
8 1   Michael Schumacher 13 13
9 16   Allam Khodair 10 10
10 3   Antônio Pizzonia 9 9
11 17   João Paulo de Oliveira 1 8 9
12 42   Ricardo Zonta 7 1 8
13 77   Tarso Marques 7 7
14 74   Popó Bueno 6 6
15 6   Tony Kanaan 5 5
16 2   Mario Moraes 2 3 5
17 99   Roberto Moreno 4 4
18 14   Luciano Burti 4 4
19 27   Vítor Meira 3 3
20 4   Alexandre Barros 0
21 8   Luís Tedesco 0
22 80   Marcos Gomes 0
23 25   Luca Badoer 0
24 20   Vitantonio Liuzzi 0
25 24   Jeff Gordon 0
26 90   Ricardo Maurício 0