2008 GP2 Series season

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2008 GP2 Series season
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For the Asian-based series, see 2008 GP2 Asia Series season.

The 2008 GP2 Series season is the 4th GP2 Series season. It began on April 26 at Barcelona, Spain and it is scheduled to end on September 14 at Monza, Italy. This will be first season using a new car design to be used during the following 3 seasons.

1 Teams and drivers
2 2008 Schedule
3 Results
- 3.1 Driver standings
- 3.2 Team standings
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Teams and drivers

On 19 October 2007, it was announced that the same 13 teams which took part in 2007 shall continue into 2008.^[1]

Team	Car #	Driver	Rounds
iSport International	1	Karun Chandhok^[2]	All
iSport International	2	Bruno Senna^[3]	All
ART Grand Prix	3	Luca Filippi^[4]	All
ART Grand Prix	4	Romain Grosjean^[5]	All
Campos Grand Prix	5	Vitaly Petrov^[6]	All
	6	Ben Hanley^[6]	1-3
	6	Lucas Di Grassi^[7]
Super Nova Racing	7	Christian Bakkerud^[8]	1, 3
	7	Andy Soucek^[9]	2
	8	Álvaro Parente^[8]	All
DAMS	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio^[10]	All
DAMS	10	Kamui Kobayashi^[11]	All
Racing Engineering	11	Javier Villa	All
Racing Engineering	12	Giorgio Pantano^[12]	All
Trust Team Arden	14	Sébastien Buemi^[13]	All
Trust Team Arden	15	Yelmer Buurman^[14]	All
Durango	16	Davide Valsecchi^[15]	1-2
	16	Marcello Puglisi^[16]	3
	17	Alberto Valerio^[15]	All
Fisichella Motor Sport International	18	Roldan Rodriguez^[17]	All
	19	Adrián Vallés^[18]	1
		Adam Carroll^[19]	2-3
		Marko Asmer^[20]
Trident Racing	20	Mike Conway^[21]	All
Trident Racing	21	Ho-Pin Tung^[22]	All
Piquet Sports	22	Andreas Zuber^[23]	All
Piquet Sports	23	Pastor Maldonado^[24]	All
David Price Racing	24	Michael Herck^[25]
		Giacomo Ricci^[26]	1-2
		Andy Soucek^[27]	3
	25	Diego Nunes^[25]	All
BCN Competicion	26	Paolo Maria Nocera^[28]	1
	26	Adrián Vallés^[19]	2-3
	27	Miloš Pavlović^[29]	All

[edit] 2008 Schedule

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	April 26	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing
1	R2	Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	April 27	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
2	R1	Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Park	May 10	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering
2	R2	Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Park	May 11	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix
3	R1	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	May 23	Bruno Senna	iSport International
3	R2	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	May 24	Mike Conway	Trident Racing
4	R1	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Magny-Cours	June 21
4	R2	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Magny-Cours	June 22
5	R1	Silverstone, Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	July 5
5	R2	Silverstone, Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	July 6
6	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	July 19
6	R2	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	July 20
7	R1	Budapest, Hungary	Hungaroring	August 2
7	R2	Budapest, Hungary	Hungaroring	August 3
8	R1	Valencia, Spain	Valencia Street Circuit	August 23
8	R2	Valencia, Spain	Valencia Street Circuit	August 24
9	R1	Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	September 6
9	R2	Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	September 7
10	R1	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 13
10	R2	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 14

The original calendar was released on 25th March 2008 and had a standalone event on the 31st May - 1st June at the Valencia's Ricardo Tormo circuit. However, on the 18th April 2008, it was confirmed that a deal had been agreed for a GP2 event to run alongside the new European GP at the Valencia Street Circuit instead of the original date at the Ricardo Tormo circuit.

Also, for the first time in the history of GP2, there will be two races at Monaco.

All of the races supported the Formula One Grands Prix indicated by the relevant flags, except the round at Valencia which supported the 2008 European Grand Prix.

[edit] Results

[edit] Driver standings

Pos	Driver	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	TUR FEA	TUR SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	FRA FEA	FRA SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	EUR FEA	EUR SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	Points
1	Senna	2	4	15	Ret	1	5															24
2	Pantano	4	3	1	4	Ret	Ret															24
3	Grosjean	5	13	2	1	Ret	10															19
4	Parente	1	7	Ret	8	5	3															19
5	Buemi	7	2	6	3	Ret	11															14
6	Zuber	3	Ret	3	Ret	11	17															13
7	Petrov	6	Ret	5	2	Ret	15															12
8	Maldonado	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret															12
9	Chandhok	9	Ret	4	12	3	Ret															11
10	Conway	Ret	8	9	5	8†	1															10
11	Kobayashi	8	1	Ret	9	Ret	18															8
12	Tung	Ret	14	11	Ret	7	2															7
13	Rodríguez	Ret	Ret	12	13	6	4															6
14	Vallés	18	11	10	Ret	4	16															5
15	Villa	14	6	7	15	14	13															3
16	Valsecchi	10	5	DNS	INJ	INJ	INJ															2
17	Hanley	Ret	9	17	6	16	14															1
18	Soucek			19	Ret	13	6															1
19	Carroll			8	Ret	Ret	Ret															1
20	Valerio	13	Ret	18	7	Ret	Ret															0
21	d'Ambrosio	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	9	7															0
22	Buurman	Ret	10	14	Ret	12	8															0
23	Nunes	15	16	13	10	15	9															0
24	Bakkerud	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	10	Ret															0
25	Filippi	11	Ret	16	14	Ret	12															0
26	Ricci	16	Ret	Ret	11																	0
27	Pavlović	DNS	12	Ret	16	DNS	DNS															0
28	Nocera	17	Ret																			0
29	Puglisi					17	19															0
	Herck	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ															0
Pos	Driver	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	TUR FEA	TUR SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	FRA FEA	FRA SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	EUR FEA	EUR SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

[edit] Team standings

Pos	Team	Car No.	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	TUR FEA	TUR SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	FRA FEA	FRA SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	EUR FEA	EUR SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	Points
1	iSport International	1	9	Ret	4	12	3	Ret															35
1	iSport International	2	2	4	15	Ret	1	5															35
2	Racing Engineering	11	14	6	7	15	14	13															27
2	Racing Engineering	12	4	3	1	4	Ret	Ret															27
3	Piquet Sports	22	3	Ret	3	Ret	11	Ret															25
3	Piquet Sports	23	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret															25
4	ART Grand Prix	3	11	Ret	16	14	Ret	12															19
4	ART Grand Prix	4	5	13	2	1	Ret	10															19
5	Super Nova Racing	7	Ret	Inj	19	Ret	10	Ret															19
5	Super Nova Racing	8	1	7	Ret	8	5	3															19
6	Trident Racing	20	Ret	8	9	5	8†	1															17
6	Trident Racing	21	Ret	14	11	Ret	7	2															17
7	Trust Team Arden	14	7	2	6	3	Ret	11															14
7	Trust Team Arden	15	Ret	10	14	Ret	12	8															14
8	Campos Grand Prix	5	6	Ret	5	2	Ret	15															13
8	Campos Grand Prix	6	Ret	9	17	6	16	14															13
9	DAMS	9	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	9	7															8
9	DAMS	10	8	1	Ret	9	Ret	Ret															8
10	FMS International	18	Ret	Ret	12	13	6	4															7
10	FMS International	19	18	11	8	Ret	Ret	Ret															7
11	BCN Competicion	26	17	Ret	10	Ret	4	16															5
11	BCN Competicion	27	DNS	12	Ret	16	DNS	DNS															5
12	Durango	16	10	5	INJ	INJ	17	Ret															2
12	Durango	17	13	Ret	18	7	Ret	Ret															2
13	DPR	24	16	Ret	Ret	11	13	6															1
13	DPR	25	15	16	13	10	15	9															1
Pos	Team	Car No.	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	TUR FEA	TUR SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	FRA FEA	FRA SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	EUR FEA	EUR SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	Points

Pole-winners in bold; feature race pole-winners are awarded two points, whereas no points are given for the reverse-grid pole winner in the sprint race.
Drivers who achieve fastest lap in italics; earn one point, if classified in the top ten.
Drivers who didn't finish the race but were classified are marked with †.