1. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 34.558s
2 Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 34.806s
3. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 34.913s
4. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 34.923s
5 Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 34.979s
6. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 35.034s
7. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 35.180s
8. Robert Kubica Poland Renault-Renault 1m 35.364s
9. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 35.646s
10. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 1m 35.963s

11. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Williams-Cosworth 1m 35.748s
12. Jaime Alguersuari Spain Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 36.047s
13. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 36.149s
14. Vitaly Petrov Russia Renault-Renault 1m 36.311s
15. Kamui Kobayashi Japan BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 36.422s*
16. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Williams-Cosworth 1m 36.647s
17. Pedro de la Rosa Spain BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 37.020s

18. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Force India-Mercedes 1m 37.161s
19. Timo Glock Germany Virgin-Cosworth 1m 39.278s
20. Jarno Trulli Italy Lotus-Cosworth 1m 39.399s
21. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Lotus-Cosworth 1m 39.520s
22. Lucas di Grassi Brazil Virgin-Cosworth 1m 39.783s
23. Bruno Senna Brazil HRT-Cosworth 1m 40.469s
24. Karun Chandhok India HRT-Cosworth 1m 40.578s*

1. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 56 laps 1hr 57m 43.485s
2. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault +00m 10.9s
3. Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes +00m 44.9s
4. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes +00m 63.7s
5 Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes +00m 65.1s
6. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes +00m 71.8s
7. Timo Glock Germany Toyota-Toyota +00m 74.4s
8. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari +00m 76.4s

9. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault-Renault +00m 84.3s
10. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 91.7s
11. Sebastien Bourdais France Toro Rosso-Ferrari +00m 94.1s
12. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber +00m 95.8s
13. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber +1 lap
14. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Force India-Mercedes +1 lap
15. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota +1 lap
16. Nelson Piquet Jr Brazil Renault-Renault +1 lap

Rtd Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 50 laps completed accident
Rtd Kazuki Nakajima Japan Williams-Toyota 43 laps completed
Rtd Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 20 laps completed mechanical
Rtd Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 18 laps completed acc damage

McLaren-Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton puts himself firmly back in the driving seat for the 2008 Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship crown by consummately beating Ferrari in the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.

Lewis Hamilton got his bid to become the youngest-ever Formula 1 World Champion firmly back on-track, as he responded to his critics of the past week and banished his unhappy memories of Shanghai 2007 in perfect style – by destroying Ferrari’s challenge to consummately prevail in the Chinese Grand Prix.

In a peerless performance, Hamilton took the chequered flag comfortably ahead of the Maranello duo of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen, and as he celebrated on the podium afterwards in a rather more restrained fashion than usual, with a seven-point advantage over Massa heading into the final race of the campaign in two weeks’ time, the McLaren-Mercedes star clearly knows that his destiny – and the 2008 drivers’ crown – is now surely in his hands.