27 April in Ferrari history: Kimi Räikkönen’s Spanish Grand Prix victory

On 27 April 2008, Kimi Räikkönen won the Spanish Grand Prix as Ferrari secured a one-two finish at the Circuit de Catalunya. Felipe Massa followed his teammate home, completing a particularly successful weekend for the Scuderia.

Pole position, victory and fastest lap

Räikkönen started from pole position and converted that advantage into victory over 66 laps. He also recorded the fastest lap of the race, setting a time of 1:21.670 on lap 46.

Those three achievements gave the reigning world champion a hat-trick of pole, victory and fastest lap. They also demonstrated the Ferrari F2008’s competitiveness across qualifying and the race, rather than in a single session.

Massa completes Ferrari’s Barcelona result

Massa finished 3.228 seconds behind Räikkönen, with Lewis Hamilton taking third for McLaren. Under the points system used in 2008, Ferrari collected the maximum available team score of 18 points.

The result is a useful anniversary for looking back at the Räikkönen–Massa partnership: both drivers contributed to a weekend in which Ferrari occupied the first two places.

For more career milestones, visit our Kimi Räikkönen Formula 1 records. Find other date-specific stories in the Ferrari On This Day calendar.