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Chinese Grand Prix

2008 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix

Round 17 of 18Shanghai International Circuit, ShanghaiOct 19 200856 laps

Podium

MASFerrari

HAMMcLaren

RAIFerrari

Key facts

WinnerHAM1:31:57.403 from P1

PoleHAM1:36.303

Fastest lapHAM1:36.325 on lap 13

Pit stops33recorded stops

Finishers17 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	–	56	1:31:57.403	10	1:36.325	2
2	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	3	▲1	56	+14.925s	8	1:36.591	2
3	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	▼1	56	+16.445s	6	1:36.483	2
4	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	4	–	56	+18.370s	5	1:36.659	2
5	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	9	▲4	56	+28.923s	4	1:36.498	2
6	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	11	▲5	56	+33.219s	3	1:36.854	2
7	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	12	▲5	56	+41.722s	2	1:36.727	1
8	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	10	▲2	56	+56.645s	1	1:36.996	2
9	VETSebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	6	▼3	56	+64.339s		1:37.212	2
10	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	15	▲5	56	+74.842s		1:37.753	1
11	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	13	▲2	56	+85.061s		1:37.845	2
12	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	▲5	56	+90.847s		1:38.019	1
13	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	8	▼5	56	+91.457s		1:37.452	2
14	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	16	▲2	56	+92.422s		1:37.680	2
15	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	14	▼1	55	+1 lap		1:37.246	2
16	BUTJenson Button	Honda	18	▲2	55	+1 lap		1:37.773	2
17	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	20	▲3	55	+1 lap		1:38.372	1
DNF	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	5		49	Pneumatics		1:37.302	2
DNF	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	19		13	Gearbox		1:39.683
DNF	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	7		2	Collision damage		2:39.612	1

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	KUB	40	25.7s
2	BUT	43	26.2s
3	BOU	39	26.4s
4	HAM	38	26.5s
5	KUB	25	26.5s
6	BOU	23	26.5s
7	PIQ	24	26.5s
8	HEI	39	26.6s
9	BAR	40	27.2s
10	ROS	39	27.3s
11	WEB	12	27.7s
12	MAS	37	27.7s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 33 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.566	1:34.947	1:36.303
2	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:35.983	1:35.355	1:36.645	+0.342s
3	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:35.971	1:35.135	1:36.889	+0.586s
4	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:35.769	1:35.461	1:36.927	+0.624s
5	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:35.623	1:35.216	1:36.930	+0.627s
6	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:36.238	1:35.686	1:37.083	+0.780s
7	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:36.224	1:35.403	1:37.201	+0.898s
8	VETSebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:35.752	1:35.386	1:37.685	+1.382s
9	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	1:36.104	1:35.715	1:37.934	+1.631s
10	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:36.239	1:35.478	1:38.885	+2.582s
11	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:36.029	1:35.722	–	+-0.581s
12	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36.503	1:35.814	–	+-0.489s
13	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	1:36.210	1:35.937	–	+-0.366s
14	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	1:36.640	1:36.079	–	+-0.224s
15	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	1:36.434	1:36.210	–	+-0.093s
16	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	1:36.731	–	–	+0.428s
17	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:36.863	–	–	+0.560s
18	BUTJenson Button	Honda	1:37.053	–	–	+0.750s
19	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	1:37.730	–	–	+1.427s
20	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:37.739	–	–	+1.436s

Shanghai International Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2008. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2007	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
2006	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2005	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2004	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

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