2008 GP2 Asia Series

For the main series, see 2008 GP2 Series.

The 2008 GP2 Asia Series season was the first GP2 Asia Series season. It started on 25 January and ended on 12 April.

Season summary

Romain Grosjean became the champion despite his teammate Stephen Jelley scoring no points, with their team, ART Grand Prix, winning the teams' title.

In this season, only two drivers scored pole positions. Grosjean took pole in all but one race in Sentul, where Vitaly Petrov secured the first position on the grid. The Frenchman also won four races, including a clean sweep in Dubai and the feature race in Sakhir.

Kamui Kobayashi won two sprint races in Sepang and Sakhir, while Sébastien Buemi won the feature race in Sentul. Marco Bonanomi and Fairuz Fauzy won a sprint race each.

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Dallara GP2/05 chassis with Renault-badged 4.0 litre (244 cu in) naturally-aspirated Mecachrome V8 engines order and with tyres supplied by Bridgestone.

Team No. Driver Rounds
iSport International 1 Karun Chandhok All
2 Bruno Senna All
ART Grand Prix 3 Stephen Jelley All
4 Romain Grosjean All
Barwa International Campos Team 5 Vitaly Petrov All
6 Diego Nunes 1
Ben Hanley 2–5
Super Nova Racing 7 Christian Bakkerud All
8 Fairuz Fauzy All
DAMS 9 Jérôme d'Ambrosio All
10 Kamui Kobayashi All
Trust Team Arden[a] 11 Sébastien Buemi All
12 Adam Khan 1–2
Yelmer Buurman 3–5
Durango 14 Davide Valsecchi All
15 Alberto Valerio All
Fisichella Motor Sport International 16 Adrián Vallés All
17 Michael Herck 1–4
Roldán Rodríguez 5
Trident Racing 18 Harald Schlegelmilch All
19 Ho-Pin Tung All
Piquet Sports 20 Marcello Puglisi All
21 Marco Bonanomi All
DPR 22 Armaan Ebrahim All
23 Andy Soucek 1
Diego Nunes 2–5
BCN Competicion 24 Miloš Pavlović All
25 Jason Tahincioglu All
Qi-Meritus Mahara 26 Hiroki Yoshimoto All
27 Luca Filippi All

Results

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 F Dubai Autodrome
(International Circuit) 		25 January Romain Grosjean Bruno Senna Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix Report
S 26 January Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix
2 F Sentul International Circuit 16 February Vitaly Petrov Bruno Senna Sébastien Buemi[b] Trust Team Arden Report
S 17 February Fairuz Fauzy Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova Racing
3 F Sepang International Circuit 22 March Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team Report
S 23 March Bruno Senna Kamui Kobayashi DAMS
4 F Bahrain International Circuit 5 April Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix Report
S 6 April Sébastien Buemi Kamui Kobayashi DAMS
5 F Dubai Autodrome
(Grand Prix Circuit) 		11 April Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix Report
S 12 April Kamui Kobayashi[c] Marco Bonanomi Piquet Sports

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver DUB1
 SEN
 SEP
 BHR
 DUB2
 Points
1 Romain Grosjean 1 1 4 4 9 2 1 Ret 1 Ret 61
2 Sébastien Buemi DSQ Ret 1 7 Ret Ret 2 2 2 2 37
3 Vitaly Petrov DNS 9 5 3 1 3 10 3 4 Ret 33
4 Fairuz Fauzy 8 2 8 1 2 6 Ret Ret 11 6 24
5 Bruno Senna 2 19 7 2 Ret 8 4 DNS DSQ 11 23
6 Kamui Kobayashi 13 Ret DNS 15 5 1 3 1 20 14 22
7 Adrián Vallés 4 Ret 2 5 Ret 20 5 Ret Ret 10 19
8 Davide Valsecchi 17 6 Ret 19 4 4 6 6 14 4 17
9 Yelmer Buurman 6 5 9 8 3 5 13
10 Hiroki Yoshimoto 6 4 Ret 20 Ret 10 12 4 5 13 13
11 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 11 8 Ret Ret 3 Ret 11 12 7 3 12
12 Marco Bonanomi 20 13 Ret 8 Ret 15 Ret Ret 6 1 9
13 Karun Chandhok 7 3 Ret 13 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 7
14 Andy Soucek 3 7 6
15 Ben Hanley 3 16 Ret 14 Ret 10 Ret Ret 6
16 Miloš Pavlović 10 14 6 Ret 7 12 19 15 8 Ret 6
17 Luca Filippi 5 Ret DSQ 21 Ret Ret Ret 11 12 Ret 4
18 Harald Schlegelmilch 14 18 Ret Ret 8 Ret 14 5 16 7 3
19 Alberto Valerio 9 5 Ret Ret Ret 17 DNS 17 13 15 2
20 Diego Nunes 12 DNS Ret 10 10 13 7 Ret 17 12 2
21 Ho-Pin Tung 22 10 Ret 6 Ret 16 Ret 7 10 DSQ 1
22 Jason Tahincioglu 19 16 Ret 17 12 Ret 17 13 9 8 0
23 Michael Herck Ret 17 9 12 11 11 15 14 0
24 Christian Bakkerud Ret 11 Ret 14 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 9 0
25 Stephen Jelley 15 12 DSQ Ret Ret 18 16 9 18 DNS 0
26 Marcello Puglisi 16 Ret DNS 18 13 9 18 Ret Ret Ret 0
27 Armaan Ebrahim 21 Ret Ret 9 Ret 19 13 16 19 Ret 0
28 Adam Khan 18 15 Ret 11 0
29 Roldán Rodríguez 15 Ret 0
Pos Driver DUB1
 SEN
 SEP
 BHR
 DUB2
 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position point(s)
Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos Team Car
No. 		DUB1
 SEN
 SEP
 BHR
 DUB2
 Points
1 ART Grand Prix 3 15 12 DSQ Ret Ret 18 16 9 18 DNS 61
4 1 1 4 4 9 2 1 Ret 1 Ret
2 Trust Team Arden 11 DSQ Ret 1 7 Ret Ret 2 2 2 2 50
12 18 15 Ret 11 6 5 9 8 3 5
3 Barwa International Campos Team 5 DNS 9 5 3 1 3 10 3 4 Ret 39
6 12 DNS 3 16 Ret 14 Ret 10 Ret Ret
4 DAMS 9 11 8 Ret Ret 3 Ret 11 12 7 3 34
10 13 Ret DNS 15 5 1 3 1 19 14
5 iSport International 1 7 3 Ret 13 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 30
2 2 19 7 2 Ret 8 4 DNS DSQ 11
6 Super Nova Racing 7 Ret 11 Ret 14 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 9 24
8 8 2 8 1 2 6 Ret Ret 11 6
7 Fisichella Motor Sport International 16 4 Ret 2 5 Ret 20 5 Ret Ret 10 19
17 Ret 17 9 12 11 11 15 14 15 Ret
8 Durango 14 17 6 Ret 19 4 4 6 6 14 4 19
15 9 5 Ret Ret Ret 17 DNS 17 13 15
9 Qi-Meritus Mahara 26 6 4 Ret 20 Ret 10 12 4 5 13 17
27 5 Ret DSQ 21 Ret Ret Ret 11 12 Ret
10 Piquet Sports 20 16 Ret DNS 18 13 9 18 Ret Ret Ret 9
21 20 13 Ret 8 Ret 15 Ret Ret 6 1
11 DPR 22 21 Ret Ret 9 Ret 19 13 16 19 Ret 8
23 3 7 Ret 10 10 13 7 Ret 17 12
12 BCN Competicion 24 10 14 6 Ret 7 12 19 12 8 Ret 6
25 19 16 Ret 17 12 Ret 17 13 9 8
13 Trident Racing 18 14 18 Ret Ret 8 Ret 14 5 16 7 4
19 22 10 Ret 6 Ret 16 Ret 7 10 DSQ
Pos Team Car
No. 		DUB1
 SEN
 SEP
 BHR
 DUB2
 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position point(s)
Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Notes

  1. ^ Arden International competed under a Dutch licence.
  2. ^ Luca Filippi was stripped of the victory after stewards found out he had used tyres allocated to his teammate Hiroki Yoshimoto.[1]
  3. ^ Kamui Kobayashi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Davide Valsecchi[2] was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

References

  1. ^ "Filippi excluded, Buemi wins at Sentul". autosport.com. 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
  2. ^ "Sprint race - GP2 Asia: UAE 2008". Pitpass.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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