Hockenheimring · 20 July 2008
Lewis Hamilton won the 2008 German Grand Prix for McLaren from 1st on the grid, 5.586s ahead of Nelson Piquet Jr. Nelson Piquet Jr. gained the most places, from 17th on the grid to 2nd.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Hamilton 10 + Kovalainen 4 | Hamilton 10 + Kovalainen 4 | 14 | |
| 2 | Ferrari Massa 6 + Räikkönen 3 | Massa 6 + Räikkönen 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | Renault Piquet 8 + Alonso 0 | Piquet 8 + Alonso 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | BMW Sauber Heidfeld 5 + Kubica 2 | Heidfeld 5 + Kubica 2 | 7 | |
| 5 | Toro Rosso Vettel 1 + Bourdais 0 | Vettel 1 + Bourdais 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Toyota Trulli 0 + Glock 0 | Trulli 0 + Glock 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Williams Rosberg 0 + Nakajima 0 | Rosberg 0 + Nakajima 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Red Bull Coulthard 0 + Webber 0 | Coulthard 0 + Webber 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Force India Sutil 0 + Fisichella 0 | Sutil 0 + Fisichella 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Honda Button 0 + Barrichello 0 | Button 0 + Barrichello 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton McLaren | McLaren | 1:31:20.874 | 67 | — | 10 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault | Renault | +5.586s | 67 | — | 8 | |
| 3 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | Ferrari | +9.339s | 67 | — | 6 | |
| 4 | Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber | BMW Sauber | +9.825s | 67 | — | 5 | |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen McLaren | McLaren | +12.411s | 67 | — | 4 | |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari | Ferrari | +14.403s | 67 | — | 3 | |
| 7 | Robert Kubica BMW Sauber | BMW Sauber | +22.682s | 67 | — | 2 | |
| 8 | Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +33.299s | 67 | — | 1 | |
| 9 | Jarno Trulli Toyota | Toyota | +37.158s | 67 | — | — | |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg Williams | Williams | +37.625s | 67 | — | — | |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso Renault | Renault | +38.600s | 67 | — | — | |
| 12 | Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +39.111s | 67 | — | — | |
| 13 | David Coulthard Red Bull | Red Bull | +54.971s | 67 | — | — | |
| 14 | Kazuki Nakajima Williams | Williams | +1:00.003 | 67 | — | — | |
| 15 | Adrian Sutil Force India | Force India | +1:09.488 | 67 | — | — | |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella Force India | Force India | +1:24.093 | 67 | — | — | |
| 17 | Jenson Button Honda | Honda | +1 Lap | 66 | — | — | |
| DNF | Rubens Barrichello Honda | Honda | DNF Collision | 50 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mark Webber Red Bull | Red Bull | DNF Engine | 40 | — | — | |
| DNF | Timo Glock Toyota | Toyota | DNF Suspension | 35 | — | — |