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Chinese Grand Prix

2008  ·  Shanghai International Circuit  ·  19 October 2008  ·  56 laps

  1. 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren · 01:31:57.403
  2. 2nd Felipe Massa Ferrari · +14.925
  3. 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari · +16.445

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 49

Heikki Kovalainen

Retirement McLaren  —  Hydraulics

03 Fastest Lap

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren

04 On the Charge

Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber  —  P11 → P6

05 Victory

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1 56 01:31:57.403FL 10
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 3 56 +14.925 8
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 2 56 +16.445 6
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 4 56 +18.37 5
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 9 56 +28.923 4
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 11 56 +33.219 3
7 Timo Glock Toyota 12 56 +41.722 2
8 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 10 56 +56.645 1
9 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 6 56 +1:04.339
10 David Coulthard Red Bull 15 56 +1:14.842
11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 13 56 +1:25.061
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 17 56 +1:30.847
13 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 8 56 +1:31.457
14 Mark Webber Red Bull 16 56 +1:32.422
15 Nico Rosberg Williams 14 55 +1 Lap
16 Jenson Button Honda 18 55 +1 Lap
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 20 55 +1 Lap
18 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 5 49 Hydraulics
19 Adrian Sutil Force India 19 13 Engine
20 Jarno Trulli Toyota 7 2 Collision

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