Chinese Grand Prix 2008

Shanghai
19 October 2008
56 laps
305.1 km
5.451 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMcLaren · 1:36.303
Fastest lapLewis Hamilton1:36.325 · lap 13
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamiltonfastest lap	22	McLaren · Mercedes	1	56	1:31:57.403	10
2	Felipe Massa	2	Ferrari	3	56	+14.925	8
3	Kimi Räikkönen	1	Ferrari	2	56	+16.445	6
4	Fernando Alonso	5	Renault	4	56	+18.370	5
5	Nick Heidfeld	3	BMW Sauber · BMW	9	56	+28.923	4
6	Robert Kubica	4	BMW Sauber · BMW	11	56	+33.219	3
7	Timo Glock	12	Toyota	12	56	+41.722	2
8	Nelson Piquet Jr.	6	Renault	10	56	+56.645	1
9	Sebastian Vettel	15	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	6	56	+1:04.339
10	David Coulthard	9	Red Bull · Renault	15	56	+1:14.842
11	Rubens Barrichello	17	Honda	13	56	+1:25.061
12	Kazuki Nakajima	8	Williams · Toyota	17	56	+1:30.847
13	Sébastien Bourdais	14	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	8	56	+1:31.457
14	Mark Webber	10	Red Bull · Renault	16	56	+1:32.422
15	Nico Rosberg	7	Williams · Toyota	14	55	+1 lap
16	Jenson Button	16	Honda	18	55	+1 lap
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	21	Force India · Ferrari	20	55	+1 lap
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	23	McLaren · Mercedes	5	49	Pneumatics
DNF	Adrian Sutil	20	Force India · Ferrari	19	13	Gearbox
DNF	Jarno Trulli	11	Toyota	7	2	Collision damage

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Lewis Hamilton 53, Heikki Kovalainen 3. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	1	1	1	1	1	53
Felipe Massa	3	3	3	3	2
Kimi Räikkönen	2	2	2	2	3
Fernando Alonso	4	4	4	4	4
Nick Heidfeld	9	6	6	5	5
Robert Kubica	11	8	8	6	6
Timo Glock	12	12	7	7	7
Nelson Piquet Jr.	10	9	10	8	8
Sebastian Vettel	6	7	11	9	9
David Coulthard	15	13	9	10	10
Rubens Barrichello	13	10	14	12	11
Kazuki Nakajima	17	16	12	13	12
Sébastien Bourdais	8	15	15	14	13
Mark Webber	16	17	13	15	14
Nico Rosberg	14	11	16	17	15
Jenson Button	18	14	18	11	16
Giancarlo Fisichella	20	18	17	18	17
Heikki Kovalainen	5	5	5	16	out	3
Adrian Sutil	19	–	–	–	out
Jarno Trulli	7	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 75 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Felipe Massa	+13.6	+15.5	+14.7	+14.9
Kimi Räikkönen	+4.2	+6.7	+12.6	+16.4
Fernando Alonso	+18.4	+22.0	+26.0	+18.4
Nick Heidfeld	+25.6	+33.3	+35.6	+28.9
Robert Kubica	+37.3	+40.5	+43.2	+33.2
Timo Glock	+50.6	+34.7	+48.7	+41.7
Nelson Piquet Jr.	+42.4	+47.0	+57.5	+56.6
Sebastian Vettel	+31.6	+51.9	+66.1	+64.3
David Coulthard	+54.2	+42.5	+69.9	+74.8
Rubens Barrichello	+45.3	+63.5	+80.0	+85.1
Kazuki Nakajima	+60.1	+52.4	+82.3	+90.8
Sébastien Bourdais	+56.7	+70.9	+82.7	+91.5
Mark Webber	+67.4	+53.0	+86.2	+92.4
Nico Rosberg	+48.4	+73.6	+88.8	+100.9
Jenson Button	+56.0	+77.6	+71.2	+103.9
Giancarlo Fisichella	+71.3	+74.1	+125.8	+152.1
Heikki Kovalainen	+22.4	+29.4	+87.0	out
Adrian Sutil	–	–	–	out
Jarno Trulli	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.566	1:34.947	1:36.303
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:35.983	1:35.355	1:36.645
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:35.971	1:35.135	1:36.889
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:35.769	1:35.461	1:36.927
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:35.623	1:35.216	1:36.930
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:36.238	1:35.686	1:37.083
7	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:36.224	1:35.403	1:37.201
8	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:35.752	1:35.386	1:37.685
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:36.104	1:35.715	1:37.934
10	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:36.239	1:35.478	1:38.885
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:36.029	1:35.722
12	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36.503	1:35.814
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:36.210	1:35.937
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:36.640	1:36.079
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:36.434	1:36.210
16	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:36.731
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:36.863
18	Jenson Button	Honda	1:37.053
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:37.730
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:37.739

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Nick Heidfeld	P7	P9	3 places – 3
Mark Webber	P6	P16	10 places – 10

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Kazuki Nakajima	1	31	28.761 s
Timo Glock	1	32	29.192 s
David Coulthard	1	28	30.940 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	28	31.548 s
Jarno Trulli	1	1	38.495 s
Robert Kubica	2	25, 40	25.730 s
Jenson Button	2	22, 43	26.226 s
Sébastien Bourdais	2	23, 39	26.448 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	15, 38	26.462 s
Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	24, 38	26.545 s
Nick Heidfeld	2	17, 39	26.596 s
Rubens Barrichello	2	19, 40	27.203 s
Nico Rosberg	2	15, 39	27.302 s
Mark Webber	2	12, 31	27.691 s
Felipe Massa	2	14, 37	27.740 s
Fernando Alonso	2	14, 36	27.934 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	18, 41	28.163 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	15, 38	28.165 s
Heikki Kovalainen	2	18, 35	29.972 s

Every stop, lap by lap (33)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Jarno Trulli	1	38.495 s
12	Mark Webber	1	27.691 s
14	Fernando Alonso	1	29.024 s
14	Felipe Massa	1	29.272 s
15	Nico Rosberg	1	28.088 s
15	Kimi Räikkönen	1	29.027 s
15	Lewis Hamilton	1	29.191 s
17	Nick Heidfeld	1	28.163 s
18	Heikki Kovalainen	1	29.972 s
18	Sebastian Vettel	1	30.834 s
19	Rubens Barrichello	1	28.111 s
22	Jenson Button	1	28.658 s
23	Sébastien Bourdais	1	26.481 s
24	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1	26.545 s
25	Robert Kubica	1	26.478 s
28	David Coulthard	1	30.940 s
28	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	31.548 s
31	Kazuki Nakajima	1	28.761 s
31	Mark Webber	2	28.948 s
32	Timo Glock	1	29.192 s
35	Heikki Kovalainen	2	31.371 s
36	Fernando Alonso	2	27.934 s
37	Felipe Massa	2	27.740 s
38	Lewis Hamilton	2	26.462 s
38	Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	28.089 s
38	Kimi Räikkönen	2	28.165 s
39	Sébastien Bourdais	2	26.448 s
39	Nick Heidfeld	2	26.596 s
39	Nico Rosberg	2	27.302 s
40	Robert Kubica	2	25.730 s
40	Rubens Barrichello	2	27.203 s
41	Sebastian Vettel	2	28.163 s
43	Jenson Button	2	26.226 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	13	1:36.325
2	Kimi Räikkönen	14	1:36.483	+0.158
3	Nick Heidfeld	56	1:36.498	+0.173
4	Felipe Massa	36	1:36.591	+0.266
5	Fernando Alonso	56	1:36.659	+0.334
6	Timo Glock	56	1:36.727	+0.402
7	Robert Kubica	56	1:36.854	+0.529
8	Nelson Piquet Jr.	56	1:36.996	+0.671
9	Sebastian Vettel	55	1:37.212	+0.887
10	Nico Rosberg	38	1:37.246	+0.921

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 17. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 17
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	94
2	Felipe Massa	87
3	Robert Kubica	75
4	Kimi Räikkönen	69
5	Nick Heidfeld	60
6	Fernando Alonso	53	▲1
7	Heikki Kovalainen	51	▼1
8	Sebastian Vettel	30
9	Jarno Trulli	30
10	Timo Glock	22	▲1

Constructors' championship after round 17
Pos	Team	Points
1	Ferrari	156
2	McLaren	145
3	BMW Sauber	135
4	Renault	72
5	Toyota	52
6	Toro Rosso	34
7	Red Bull	29
8	Williams	26
9	Honda	14
10	Force India	0