2008 Chinese Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 19 October 2008
Winner:	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position:	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap:	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Circuit:	Shanghai, 56 laps
Round:	17 of 18

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	1hr 31m 57.403s	10
2	+1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+14.925s	8
3	-1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	56	+16.445s	6
4		Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	+18.370s	5
5	+4	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	56	+28.923s	4
6	+5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	56	+33.219s	3
7	+5	Timo Glock	Toyota	56	+41.722s	2
8	+2	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	56	+56.645s	1
9	-3	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1m 04.339s
10	+5	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	56	+1m 14.842s
11	+2	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	56	+1m 25.061s
12	+5	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	56	+1m 30.847s
13	-5	Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1m 31.457s
14	+2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	56	+1m 32.422s
15	-1	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	55	+1 lap
16	+2	Jenson Button	Honda	55	+1 lap
17	+3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
R		Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	49	DNF
R		Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	13	DNF
R		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	2	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Time
1		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.303
2		Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:36.645
3		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.889
4		Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:36.927
5		Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.930
6		Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:37.685
7		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:37.934
8		Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:38.885
9	-3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:37.201
10		Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:35.722
11		Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:35.814
12		Timo Glock	Toyota	1:35.937
13		Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:36.079
14		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:36.210
15		David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.731
16	-10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:37.083
17		Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:36.863
18		Jenson Button	Honda	1:37.053
19		Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:37.730
20		Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:37.739

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.303
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:36.645	0.342
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.889	0.586
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:36.927	0.624
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.930	0.627
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:37.083	0.780
7	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:37.201	0.898
8	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:37.685	1.382
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:37.934	1.631
10	Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:38.885	2.582
Q2
11	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:35.722
12	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:35.814
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:35.937
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:36.079
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:36.210
Q1
16	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.731
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:36.863
18	Jenson Button	Honda	1:37.053
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:37.730
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:37.739

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	94
2	Felipe Massa	87
3	Robert Kubica	75
4	Kimi Raikkonen	69
5	Nick Heidfeld	60
6	Fernando Alonso	53
7	Heikki Kovalainen	51
8	Sebastian Vettel	30
9	Jarno Trulli	30
10	Timo Glock	22
11	Mark Webber	21
12	Nelsinho Piquet	19
13	Nico Rosberg	17
14	Rubens Barrichello	11
15	Kazuki Nakajima	9
16	David Coulthard	8
17	Sebastien Bourdais	4
18	Jenson Button	3

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	156
2	McLaren-Mercedes	145
3	BMW Sauber-BMW	135
4	Renault	72
5	Toyota	52
6	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	34
7	Red Bull-Renault	29
8	Williams-Toyota	26
9	Honda	14

Statistics & Milestones

Wins

Driver: 9th for Lewis Hamilton

Constructor: 162nd for McLaren

Podiums

Driver: 56th for Kimi Raikkonen, 26th for Felipe Massa, 22nd for Lewis Hamilton

Constructor: 619th & 620th for Ferrari, 431st for McLaren

Poles

Driver: 13th for Lewis Hamilton

Constructor: 141st for McLaren

Fastest laps

Driver: 3rd for Lewis Hamilton

Constructor: 137th for McLaren

Front row starts

Driver: 30th for Kimi Raikkonen, 21st for Lewis Hamilton

Points finishes

Driver: 5th and last for Nelsinho Piquet

Pole & win

Driver: 7th for Lewis Hamilton

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 2nd for Lewis Hamilton

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

Driver: 2nd for Lewis Hamilton

See also

• Chinese Grand Prix
• Shanghai Circuit
• 2008 World Championship season