Lewis Hamilton from the German. However, on the final lap he and Vettel made up an 18-second gap to overtake Timo Glock, who was struggling on dry tyres, on the last corner to re-take fifth place and deny race-winner Massa the title by one point. This made Hamilton the youngest driver to win the World Drivers' Championship, the first black driver, and the first British driver to win the World Championship since Damon Hill in 1996. Hamilton was verbally heckled and otherwise abused during pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya by several Spanish spectators who wore black face paint and black
2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark both as track reserves. The draw was made on June 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. Tomasz Gollob was the winner at Parken and became the first rider to win two Grand Prix rounds in 2008. He won the final from Nicki Pedersen, Jason Crump and Hans N. Andersen. The result kept Nicki Pedersen at the top of the World Championship standings, eleven points ahead of nearest rival Gollob. Danish wild card entry Kenneth Bjerre reached the semi finals and finished in fifth position. 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark will