Pit Lane F1
Ronda 17 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2008-10-19
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) firmó la pole del Chinese Grand Prix de 2008 con un crono de 1:36.303.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) completó la primera fila a 0.342s de la pole, con Felipe Massa (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Sébastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.582s — de la pole a P10 — con Sébastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:35.566 | 1:34.947 | 1:36.303 | 1:36.303 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:35.983 | 1:35.355 | 1:36.645 | +0.342 |
| 3 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.971 | 1:35.135 | 1:36.889 | +0.586 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Renault |
| 1:35.769 |
| 1:35.461 |
| 1:36.927 |
| +0.624 |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:35.623 | 1:35.216 | 1:36.930 | +0.627 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:36.238 | 1:35.686 | 1:37.083 | +0.780 |
| 7 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:36.224 | 1:35.403 | 1:37.201 | +0.898 |
| 8 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:35.752 | 1:35.386 | 1:37.685 | +1.382 |
| 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:36.104 | 1:35.715 | 1:37.934 | +1.631 |
| 10 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:36.239 | 1:35.478 | 1:38.885 | +2.582 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:36.029 | 1:35.722 | — | — |
| 12 | 88Robert 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 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:36.434 | 1:36.210 | — | — |
| 16 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:36.731 | — | — | +0.428 |
| 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:36.863 | — | — | +0.560 |
| 18 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:37.053 | — | — | +0.750 |
| 19 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:37.730 | — | — | +1.427 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:37.739 | — | — | +1.436 |