Pit Lane F1
Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2008-10-19
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2008 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:36.303 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.342s shy of pole, with Felipe Massa (Ferrari) third on the grid. Sébastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.582s — pole to P10 — with Sébastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | SĂ©bastien 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 |