# 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

| 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

| 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 1 winner Rubens Barrichello's average speed was 83.70 km/h.
* Race 1 fastest lap was by Michael Schumacher 41.537s

## Race 2

| 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 | |
* Race 2 winner Felipe Massa's average speed was 84.97 km/h.
* Race 2 fastest lap was by Rubens Barrichello 41.650s

## Final classification

| 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 |