Race · Round 17 of 18 · 19 October 2008

2008 Chinese Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for McLaren from pole at Shanghai International Circuit. 3 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 27 °C, 0.9 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Shanghai International CircuitShanghai, China
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMcLaren
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-23	1	56	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2008	3	56	Finished	8
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F2008	2	56	Finished	6
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R28	4	56	Finished	5
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.08	9	56	Finished	4
6	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.08	11	56	Finished	3
7	Timo Glock	Toyota	TF108	12	56	Finished	2
8	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	R28	10	56	Finished	1
9	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	6	56	Finished	0
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB4	15	56	Finished	0
11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA108	13	56	Finished	0
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	FW30	17	56	Finished	0
13	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	—	8	56	Finished	0
14	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB4	16	56	Finished	0
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW30	14	55	Finished	0
16	Jenson Button	Honda	RA108	18	55	Finished	0
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	VJM01	20	55	Finished	0
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	MP4-23	5	49	Pneumatics	0
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM01	19	13	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	TF108	7	2	Collision damage	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout shanghai-1 · 5.451 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	1	56
Felipe Massa	3	2	56
Kimi Raikkonen	2	3	56
Fernando Alonso	4	4	56
Nick Heidfeld	9	5	56
Robert Kubica	11	6	56
Timo Glock	12	7	56
Nelson Piquet Jr.	10	8	56
Sebastian Vettel	6	9	56
David Coulthard	15	10	56
Rubens Barrichello	13	11	56
Kazuki Nakajima	17	12	56
Sébastien Bourdais	8	13	56
Mark Webber	16	14	56
Nico Rosberg	14	15	55
Jenson Button	18	16	55
Giancarlo Fisichella	20	17	55
Heikki Kovalainen	5	DNF	49
Adrian Sutil	19	DNF	13
Jarno Trulli	7	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:35.566	1:34.947	1:36.303	—	0 m	—
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:35.983	1:35.355	1:36.645	+0.342	19 m	+0.342
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:35.971	1:35.135	1:36.889	+0.586	33 m	+0.244
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:35.769	1:35.461	1:36.927	+0.624	35 m	+0.038
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:35.623	1:35.216	1:36.930	+0.627	35 m	+0.003
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:36.238	1:35.686	1:37.083	+0.780	44 m	+0.153
7	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:36.224	1:35.403	1:37.201	+0.898	51 m	+0.118
8	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:35.752	1:35.386	1:37.685	+1.382	78 m	+0.484
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:36.104	1:35.715	1:37.934	+1.631	92 m	+0.249
10	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:36.239	1:35.478	1:38.885	+2.582	146 m	+0.951
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:36.029	1:35.722	—	—	44 m	—
12	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:36.503	1:35.814	—	—	50 m	—
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:36.210	1:35.937	—	—	57 m	—
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:36.640	1:36.079	—	—	65 m	—
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:36.434	1:36.210	—	—	73 m	—
16	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:36.731	—	—	—	66 m	—
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:36.863	—	—	—	74 m	—
18	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:37.053	—	—	—	85 m	—
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:37.730	—	—	—	123 m	—
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:37.739	—	—	—	124 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	56	2	15, 38	29.2, 26.5
Felipe Massa	2	56	2	14, 37	29.3, 27.7
Kimi Raikkonen	3	56	2	15, 38	29.0, 28.2
Fernando Alonso	4	56	2	14, 36	29.0, 27.9
Nick Heidfeld	5	56	2	17, 39	28.2, 26.6
Robert Kubica	6	56	2	25, 40	26.5, 25.7
Timo Glock	7	56	1	32	29.2
Nelson Piquet Jr.	8	56	2	24, 38	26.5, 28.1
Sebastian Vettel	9	56	2	18, 41	30.8, 28.2
David Coulthard	10	56	1	28	30.9
Rubens Barrichello	11	56	2	19, 40	28.1, 27.2
Kazuki Nakajima	12	56	1	31	28.8
Sébastien Bourdais	13	56	2	23, 39	26.5, 26.4
Mark Webber	14	56	2	12, 31	27.7, 28.9
Nico Rosberg	15	55	2	15, 39	28.1, 27.3
Jenson Button	16	55	2	22, 43	28.7, 26.2
Giancarlo Fisichella	17	55	1	28	31.5
Heikki Kovalainen	DNF	49	2	18, 35	30.0, 31.4
Adrian Sutil	DNF	13	0	None recorded	—
Jarno Trulli	DNF	2	1	1	38.5

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Felipe Massa	1 · 3	1 · 2	15 · 14	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Kimi Raikkonen	1 · 2	1 · 3	15 · 15	Same lap	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Felipe Massa	2 · 3	3 · 2	15 · 14	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso	3 · 4	2 · 4	14 · 14	Same lap	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Fernando Alonso	2 · 4	3 · 4	15 · 14	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Nick Heidfeld	4 · 9	4 · 5	14 · 17	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Sébastien Bourdais · Nick Heidfeld	8 · 9	13 · 5	23 · 17	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Robert Kubica	9 · 11	5 · 6	17 · 25	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Nelson Piquet Jr.	9 · 10	5 · 8	17 · 24	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Nelson Piquet Jr. · Robert Kubica	10 · 11	8 · 6	24 · 25	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Swapped places
Robert Kubica · Timo Glock	11 · 12	6 · 7	25 · 32	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Nelson Piquet Jr. · Timo Glock	10 · 12	8 · 7	24 · 32	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Swapped places
Timo Glock · Rubens Barrichello	12 · 13	7 · 11	32 · 19	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Nelson Piquet Jr.	6 · 10	9 · 8	18 · 24	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · David Coulthard	6 · 15	9 · 10	18 · 28	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · David Coulthard	13 · 15	11 · 10	19 · 28	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · David Coulthard	14 · 15	15 · 10	15 · 28	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Mark Webber	15 · 16	10 · 14	28 · 12	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Kazuki Nakajima	13 · 17	11 · 12	19 · 31	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Nico Rosberg	13 · 14	11 · 15	19 · 15	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Sébastien Bourdais · Kazuki Nakajima	8 · 17	13 · 12	23 · 31	Sébastien Bourdais	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Kazuki Nakajima	16 · 17	14 · 12	12 · 31	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Kazuki Nakajima · Jenson Button	17 · 18	12 · 16	31 · 22	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Sébastien Bourdais · Mark Webber	8 · 16	13 · 14	23 · 12	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Mark Webber	14 · 16	15 · 14	15 · 12	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Jenson Button	14 · 18	15 · 16	15 · 22	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Giancarlo Fisichella	18 · 20	16 · 17	22 · 28	Jenson Button	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:35.630	—	0 m	—	23
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:36.020	+0.390	22 m	+0.390	24
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:36.052	+0.422	24 m	+0.032	23
4	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:36.103	+0.473	27 m	+0.051	21
5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:36.507	+0.877	50 m	+0.404	25
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:36.661	+1.031	59 m	+0.154	25
7	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:37.040	+1.410	80 m	+0.379	23
8	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:37.070	+1.440	82 m	+0.030	32
9	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:37.180	+1.550	88 m	+0.110	30
10	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:37.278	+1.648	94 m	+0.098	25
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:37.491	+1.861	106 m	+0.213	26
12	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:37.619	+1.989	113 m	+0.128	25
13	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:37.630	+2.000	114 m	+0.011	23
14	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:37.638	+2.008	114 m	+0.008	22
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:37.638	+2.008	114 m	+0.000	26
16	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:37.664	+2.034	116 m	+0.026	29
17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:37.827	+2.197	125 m	+0.163	28
18	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:38.219	+2.589	148 m	+0.392	24
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:38.285	+2.655	151 m	+0.066	25
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:38.479	+2.849	162 m	+0.194	26

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:35.750	—	0 m	—	33
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:36.024	+0.274	16 m	+0.274	36
3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:36.094	+0.344	20 m	+0.070	38
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:36.159	+0.409	23 m	+0.065	32
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:36.375	+0.625	36 m	+0.216	38
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:36.480	+0.730	42 m	+0.105	31
7	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:36.529	+0.779	44 m	+0.049	32
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:36.542	+0.792	45 m	+0.013	34
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:36.553	+0.803	46 m	+0.011	38
10	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:36.556	+0.806	46 m	+0.003	33
11	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:36.615	+0.865	49 m	+0.059	33
12	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:36.775	+1.025	58 m	+0.160	37
13	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:36.797	+1.047	60 m	+0.022	33
14	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:36.808	+1.058	60 m	+0.011	36
15	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:36.925	+1.175	67 m	+0.117	38
16	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:36.975	+1.225	70 m	+0.050	31
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:37.473	+1.723	98 m	+0.498	38
18	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:37.617	+1.867	106 m	+0.144	33
19	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:37.800	+2.050	117 m	+0.183	37
20	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:37.904	+2.154	123 m	+0.104	36

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	3	1:36.061	—	0 m	—	17
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	22	1:36.135	+0.074	4 m	+0.074	15
3	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	1:36.150	+0.089	5 m	+0.015	18
4	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	23	1:36.324	+0.263	15 m	+0.174	16
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	11	1:36.396	+0.335	19 m	+0.072	22
6	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	1:36.427	+0.366	21 m	+0.031	20
7	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	14	1:36.642	+0.581	33 m	+0.215	20
8	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	9	1:36.712	+0.651	37 m	+0.070	18
9	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	8	1:36.713	+0.652	37 m	+0.001	20
10	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	6	1:36.789	+0.728	41 m	+0.076	20
11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	1:36.839	+0.778	44 m	+0.050	19
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	1:36.842	+0.781	44 m	+0.003	16
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1	1:36.901	+0.840	48 m	+0.059	15
14	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	15	1:36.902	+0.841	48 m	+0.001	18
15	Jenson Button	Honda	16	1:36.958	+0.897	51 m	+0.056	18
16	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:36.996	+0.935	53 m	+0.038	18
17	Timo Glock	Toyota	12	1:37.053	+0.992	56 m	+0.057	22
18	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	10	1:37.566	+1.505	85 m	+0.513	12
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:37.648	+1.587	90 m	+0.082	19
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:37.964	+1.903	108 m	+0.316	18

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 17 of 2008
Grand Prix: Chinese Grand Prix
Dates: 19 Oct 2008
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.