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2008 British Grand Prix

Formula One motor race held in 2008
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Summary

2008 British Grand Prix is a British Grand Prix[1]. It draws 943 Wikipedia views per month (british grand prix category, ranking #10 of 79).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Lewis Hamilton[3], McLaren[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Instance of: recurring sporting event edition[6]
  • Follows: 2007 British Grand Prix[7]
  • Followed by: 2009 British Grand Prix[8]
  • Location: Silverstone Circuit[9]
  • Part of: 2008 Formula One World Championship[10]
  • Commons category: 2008 British Grand Prix[11]
  • Edition number: 61[12]
  • Point in time: July 6, 2008[13]
  • Sport: auto racing[14]
  • Official name: Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix[15]
  • Native label: LXI Santander British Grand Prix[16]
  • Event distance: 60 lap[17]
  • Sports season of league or competition: British Grand Prix[18]
  • Pole position: Heikki Kovalainen[19]
  • Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen[20]

Why It Matters

2008 British Grand Prix has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

What awards did 2008 British Grand Prix receive?

Honors received include Lewis Hamilton[3] and McLaren[4].

Related Entities

Heikki Kovalainen Kimi Räikkönen Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', '
    Edition number → 61
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Edition number: 61, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290309|batch #290309]]"
  2. 12w ago · JAnDbot bot · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fastest lap → Kimi Räikkönen
    Location → Silverstone Circuit
    Part of → —
    Country → United Kingdom
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Follows: 2007 British Grand Prix"
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