Lewis Hamilton pursues his excellent week-end by taking the pole at Shanghai. He will start in front of the two Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and title contender Felipe Massa.

Fernando Alonso, newly nicknamed the "King of Asia" in Formula 1 with his two back-to-back victory in the last two races, will complete the second row with a fourth place.

Robert Kubica's problems with his settings continued during qualification and the only other title contender in the current championship will start from sixth row, in 11th position.

Mark Webber realised the sixth time, but his engine failure cost him 10 places on the grid; he will start from the 16th spot.

Starting Grid:

1st row
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/23-Mercedes) - 1'36"303
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F2008) - 1'36"645
2nd row
Felipe Massa (Ferrari F2008) - 1'36"889
Fernando Alonso (Renault R28) - 1'36"927
3rd row
Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren MP4/23-Mercedes) - 1'36"930
Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber F1.08) - 1'37"201
4th row
Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso STR3-Ferrari) - 1'37"685
Jarno Trulli (Toyota TF108) - 1'37"934
5th row
Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso STR3-Ferrari) - 1'38"885
Nelson Piquet (Renault R28) - 1'35"722
6th row
Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber F1.08) - 1'35"814
Timo Glock (Toyota TF108) - 1'35"937
7th row
Rubens Barrichello (Honda RA108) - 1'36"079
Nico Rosberg (Williams FW30-Toyota) - 1'36"210
8th row
David Coulthard (Red Bull RB4-Renault) 1'36"731
Mark Webber (Red Bull RB4-Renault) - 1'37"083*
9th row
Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW30-Toyota) - 1'36"863
Jenson Button (Honda RA108) - 1'37"053
10th row
Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM01-Ferrari) - 1'37"730
Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India VJM01-Ferrari) - 1'37"739


** Non official results **