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2008 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: 2008 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/802-qualifying

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F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

2008 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix · Shanghai International Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2008 Formula 1 World Championship · round 17

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:31:57.403 · 56 laps · mercedes	10
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:32:12.328 · 56 laps · ferrari	8
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32:13.848 · 56 laps · ferrari	6
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:32:15.773 · 56 laps · renault	5
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:32:26.326 · 56 laps · bmw	4
6	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:32:30.622 · 56 laps · bmw	3
7	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:32:39.125 · 56 laps · toyota	2
8	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:32:54.048 · 56 laps · renault	1
9	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:33:01.742 · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:33:12.245 · 56 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:33:22.464 · 56 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:33:28.250 · 56 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
13	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:33:28.860 · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:33:29.825 · 56 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Time not recorded · 55 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
16	Jenson Button	Honda	Time not recorded · 55 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Time not recorded · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Pneumatics · Time not recorded · 49 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 13 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 2 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:35.566 · 15 laps · mercedes
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:35.983 · 15 laps · ferrari
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:35.971 · 16 laps · ferrari
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Q1 1:35.769 · 18 laps · renault
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Q1 1:35.623 · 16 laps · mercedes
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:36.238 · 19 laps · renault
7	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:36.224 · 17 laps · bmw
8	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:35.752 · 16 laps · ferrari
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Q1 1:36.104 · 19 laps · toyota
10	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:36.239 · 18 laps · ferrari
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	Q1 1:36.029 · 12 laps · renault
12	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:36.503 · 14 laps · bmw
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	Q1 1:36.210 · 16 laps · toyota
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	Q1 1:36.640 · 15 laps · honda
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Q1 1:36.434 · 15 laps · toyota
16	David Coulthard	Red Bull	Q1 1:36.731 · 7 laps · renault
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Q1 1:36.863 · 9 laps · toyota
18	Jenson Button	Honda	Q1 1:37.053 · 9 laps · honda
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:37.730 · 9 laps · ferrari
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Q1 1:37.739 · 9 laps · ferrari

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:36.303 · mercedes
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.645 · ferrari
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.889 · ferrari
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:36.927 · renault
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:36.930 · mercedes
6	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:37.685 · ferrari
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:37.934 · toyota
8	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:38.885 · ferrari
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:37.201 · bmw
10	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:35.722 · renault
11	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:35.814 · bmw
12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:35.937 · toyota
13	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:36.079 · honda
14	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:36.210 · toyota
15	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:36.731 · renault
16	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:37.083 · renault
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:36.863 · toyota
18	Jenson Button	Honda	1:37.053 · honda
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:37.730 · ferrari
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:37.739 · ferrari

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	94
2	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	87
3	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	75
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	69
5	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	60
6	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	53
7	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	51
8	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	30
9	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	30
10	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
11	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	19
13	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
14	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
16	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
17	Sébastien Bourdais	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
18	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Takuma Sato	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Anthony Davidson	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:35.630
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	2	1:36.020
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	3	1:36.052
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	4	1:36.103
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	5	1:36.507
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:36.661
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	7	1:37.040
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Bourdais	8	1:37.070
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	9	1:37.180
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	10	1:37.278
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	11	1:37.491
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	12	1:37.619
freePractice1Results	Kazuki Nakajima	13	1:37.630
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	14	1:37.638
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	15	1:37.638
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	16	1:37.664
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	17	1:37.827
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	18	1:38.219
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	19	1:38.285
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	20	1:38.479
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:35.750
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	2	1:36.024
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	3	1:36.094
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	4	1:36.159
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	5	1:36.375
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:36.480
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Bourdais	7	1:36.529
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	8	1:36.542
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	9	1:36.553
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	10	1:36.556
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	11	1:36.615
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	12	1:36.775
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	13	1:36.797
freePractice2Results	David Coulthard	14	1:36.808
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	15	1:36.925
freePractice2Results	Kazuki Nakajima	16	1:36.975
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	17	1:37.473
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	18	1:37.617
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	19	1:37.800
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	20	1:37.904
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	1	1:36.061
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:36.135
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	3	1:36.150
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	4	1:36.324
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	5	1:36.396
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	6	1:36.427
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Bourdais	7	1:36.642
freePractice3Results	David Coulthard	8	1:36.712
freePractice3Results	Kazuki Nakajima	9	1:36.713
freePractice3Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	10	1:36.789
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	11	1:36.839
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	12	1:36.842
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	13	1:36.901
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	14	1:36.902
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	15	1:36.958
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	16	1:36.996
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	17	1:37.053
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	18	1:37.566
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	19	1:37.648
freePractice3Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	20	1:37.964

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

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