Shanghai International Circuit · 19 October 2008
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Massa 8 + Räikkönen 6 | Massa 8 + Räikkönen 6 | 14 | |
| 2 | McLaren Hamilton 10 + Kovalainen 0 | Hamilton 10 + Kovalainen 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | BMW Sauber Heidfeld 4 + Kubica 3 | Heidfeld 4 + Kubica 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Renault Alonso 5 + Jr. 1 | Alonso 5 + Jr. 1 | 6 | |
| 5 | Toyota Glock 2 + Trulli 0 | Glock 2 + Trulli 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Toro Rosso Vettel 0 + Bourdais 0 | Vettel 0 + Bourdais 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Red Bull Coulthard 0 + Webber 0 | Coulthard 0 + Webber 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Honda Barrichello 0 + Button 0 | Barrichello 0 + Button 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Williams Nakajima 0 + Rosberg 0 | Nakajima 0 + Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Force India Fisichella 0 + Sutil 0 | Fisichella 0 + Sutil 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton McLaren | McLaren | 1:31:57.403 | 56 | — | 10 | |
| 2 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | Ferrari | +14.925s | 56 | — | 8 | |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari | Ferrari | +16.445s | 56 | — | 6 | |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso Renault | Renault | +18.370s | 56 | — | 5 | |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber | BMW Sauber | +28.923s | 56 | — | 4 | |
| 6 | Robert Kubica BMW Sauber | BMW Sauber | +33.219s | 56 | — | 3 | |
| 7 | Timo Glock Toyota | Toyota | +41.722s | 56 | — | 2 | |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault | Renault | +56.645s | 56 | — | 1 | |
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1:04.339 | 56 | — | — | |
| 10 | David Coulthard Red Bull | Red Bull | +1:14.842 | 56 | — | — | |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello Honda | Honda | +1:25.061 | 56 | — | — | |
| 12 | Kazuki Nakajima Williams | Williams | +1:30.847 | 56 | — | — | |
| 13 | Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1:31.457 | 56 | — | — | |
| 14 | Mark Webber Red Bull | Red Bull | +1:32.422 | 56 | — | — | |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg Williams | Williams | — | 55 | — | — | |
| 16 | Jenson Button Honda | Honda | — | 55 | — | — | |
| 17 | Giancarlo Fisichella Force India | Force India | — | 55 | — | — | |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen McLaren | McLaren | — | 49 | — | — | |
| 19 | Adrian Sutil Force India | Force India | — | 13 | — | — | |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli Toyota | Toyota | — | 2 | — | — |