Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai International Circuit · Sunday, 19 October 2008 · 5.451 km/lap · 16 turns

Winner

Hamilton

Time

1:31:57.403

1:36.325

DNFs

Last updated 3 May 2026 at 20:19

Position changes — lap by lap

Each driver's race position across every lap. Top 15 shown for readability.

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Per-driver lap times with pit stop markers. Toggle drivers below. Top 6 finishers pre-selected.

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Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / Status	Pts
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	56	FinishedFL 1:36.325	10
2	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	3	56	Finished	8
3	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	56	Finished	6
4	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	4	56	Finished	5
5	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	9	56	Finished	4
6	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	11	56	Finished	3
7	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	12	56	Finished	2
8	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	10	56	Finished	1
9	VETSebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	6	56	Finished	0
10	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	15	56	Finished	0
11	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	13	56	Finished	0
12	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	56	Finished	0
13	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	8	56	Finished	0
14	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	16	56	Finished	0
15	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	14	55	+1 Lap	0
16	BUTJenson Button	Honda	18	55	+1 Lap	0
17	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	20	55	+1 Lap	0
R	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	5	49	DNF — Hydraulics	0
R	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	19	13	DNF — Engine	0
R	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	7	2	DNF — Collision	0

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	—	—

H. Kovalainen

McLaren

Lap 49 — Hydraulics

A. Sutil

Force India

Lap 13 — Engine

J. Trulli

Toyota

Lap 2 — Collision