The Chinese Grand Prix 2008 was the 17th round of the 2008 F1 season, and took place at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China, on October 19th.
Lewis Hamilton won the race from the pole, followed by Felipe Massa, and Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.
Strategy
Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..
Incidents
There race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 3 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.
These included, Heikki Kovalainen, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 49, Adrian Sutil, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 13, and Jarno Trulli, who retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars on lap 2.
Hydraulics
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Heikki KovalainenLap 49
Engine
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Adrian SutilLap 13
Collision
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Jarno TrulliLap 2
Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton dominated all the qualifying sessions and took the pole by 0.342 seconds, with a final lap time of 1:36.303. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Kimi Räikkönen.
Track evolution
As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and all of the drivers that took place in Q2 improved their times in this second session.
The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.