2008 Canadian Grand Prix

Race detailsDateJune 8, 2008Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2008LocationCircuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCourse Street circuitCourse length 4.361 km (2.710 miles)Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)Weather Hot with temperatures approaching 31 °C (88 °F); wind speeds up to 8.9 kilometres per hour (5.5 mph)Pole positionDriverMcLaren-MercedesTime 1:17.886Fastest lapDriverKimi RäikkönenFerrariTime 1:17.387 on lap 14PodiumFirstBMW SauberSecondBMW SauberThirdRed Bull-Renault

The 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2008, was a Formula One motor race held on 8 June 2008 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. It was the 7th race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. The 70-lap race was won by Robert Kubica for the BMW Sauber team after starting from second position. Kubica's teammate Nick Heidfeld finished second, with David Coulthard third in a Red Bull, taking the 62nd and final podium of his F1 career. Lewis Hamilton, who started from pole position, failed to finish the race, retiring on lap 19 after crashing into the back of Kimi Räikkönen's Ferrari car in the pit lane.

As of 2026, this is the last victory for a BMW-powered car, the only race to be won by a Polish driver, the last podium finish by a Scottish driver. Kubica's win promoted him into the lead of the World Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career, overtaking Hamilton, Räikkönen and Massa. Massa and Hamilton tied for second place, four points behind Kubica, while Räikkönen was fourth. In the World Constructors' Championship, BMW-Sauber passed McLaren for second position, three points behind Ferrari.