Hamilton Won Chinese GP - 7 Points Lead over Massa

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren tighten the grip on 2008 Driver's Championship title as he won Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai circuit and extend his lead to 7 points with one race to go over closest rival Ferrari's Felipe Massa who finished 2nd. Raikkonen finished 3rd to take Ferrari's lead to 11 points in Construction Championship.

Hamilton started from pole and shown an error free race to cross the chequered flag ahead of two Ferrari's. Massa with the help of team-mate Kimi fought well to take the title race in the final race of the season at Brazilian Grand Prix after 2 weeks time.

Renault's Alonso finished fourth ahead of BMW's Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica, whose title hope is over now, finished fifth and sixth respectively.

Tim Glock finished 7th for Toyota and Nelsinho Piquet got the final point of the race at 8th place. Same story for Force India F1 drivers Fisichella finished last at 17th place and Sutil retired after 13 laps.

Ferrai have taken a firm grip on Construction Championship with 1 race to go by 11 points over McLaren.



Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2008 Chinese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton - McLaren

Felipe Massa - Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari


Standing after 17th Races in 2008:


Driver's Championship

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 94 Points

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 87 Points

Robert Kubica (BMW) - 75 Points

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 69 Points

Constructor's Championship

Ferrari - 156 Points

McLaren-Mercedese - 145 Points

BMW - 135 Points