2008 GP2 Asia Series

2008 GP2 Asia Series
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The 2008 GP2 Asia Series season was the first GP2 Asia Series season. It started on 25 January and ended on 12 April. Romain Grosjean became the champion, with his team, ART Grand Prix, taking the teams' title despite his team-mate Stephen Jelley scoring no points.

Entry list

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

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Dubai Autodrome	25 January	Romain Grosjean	Bruno Senna	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	Report
1	R2	Dubai Autodrome	26 January		Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	Report
2	R1	Sentul International Circuit	16 February	Vitaly Petrov	Bruno Senna	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	Report
2	R2	Sentul International Circuit	17 February		Fairuz Fauzy	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	Report
3	R1	Sepang International Circuit	22 March	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Vitaly Petrov	Campos Grand Prix	Report
3	R2	Sepang International Circuit	23 March		Bruno Senna	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	Report
4	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	5 April	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	Report
4	R2	Bahrain International Circuit	6 April		Sébastien Buemi	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	Report
5	R1	Dubai Autodrome	11 April	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	Report
5	R2	Dubai Autodrome	12 April		Davide Valsecchi	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	Report

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.

Feature race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Sprint race points

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	6	5	4	3	2	1

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	Ret	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	Ret	DSQ	11	23
6	Kamui Kobayashi	13	Ret	Ret	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	Ret	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	Stephen Jelley	15	12	DSQ	Ret	Ret	18	16	9	18	DNS	0
25	Marcello Puglisi	16	Ret	Ret	18	13	9	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
26	Armaan Ebrahim	21	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	19	13	16	19	Ret	0
27	Christian Bakkerud	Ret	11	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	0
28	Adam Khan	18	15	Ret	11							0
29	Roldán Rodríguez									15	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	DUB1		SEN		SEP		BHR		DUB2		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ — Luca Filippi was stripped of the victory after stewards found out he had used tyres allocated to his teammate Hiroki Yoshimoto.^[1]

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
1	ART Grand Prix	4	1	1	4	4	9	2	1	Ret	1	Ret	61
2	Trust Team Arden	11	18	15	Ret	11	6	5	9	8	3	5	50
2	Trust Team Arden	12	DSQ	Ret	1	7	Ret	Ret	2	2	2	2	50
3	Campos Grand Prix	5	Ret	9	5	3	1	3	10	3	4	Ret	39
3	Campos Grand Prix	6	12	DNS	3	16	Ret	14	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	39
4	DAMS	9	11	8	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	11	12	7	3	34
4	DAMS	10	13	Ret	Ret	15	5	1	3	1	19	14	34
5	iSport International	1	7	3	Ret	13	Ret	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	30
5	iSport International	2	2	19	7	2	Ret	8	4	Ret	DSQ	11	30
6	Super Nova Racing	7	Ret	11	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	24
6	Super Nova Racing	8	8	2	8	1	2	6	Ret	Ret	11	6	24
7	FMS International	16	4	Ret	2	5	Ret	20	5	Ret	Ret	10	19
7	FMS International	17	Ret	17	9	12	11	11	15	14	15	Ret	19
8	Durango	14	9	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	17	13	15	19
8	Durango	15	17	6	Ret	19	4	4	6	6	14	4	19
9	Qi-Meritus Mahara	26	6	4	Ret	20	Ret	10	12	4	5	13	17
9	Qi-Meritus Mahara	27	5	Ret	DSQ‡	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	12	Ret	17
10	Piquet Sports	20	16	Ret	Ret	18	13	9	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	9
10	Piquet Sports	21	20	13	Ret	8	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	6	1	9
11	David Price Racing	22	21	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	19	13	16	19	Ret	8
11	David Price Racing	23	3	7	Ret	10	10	13	7	Ret	17	12	8
12	BCN Competicion	24	10	14	6	Ret	7	12	19	12	8	Ret	6
12	BCN Competicion	25	19	16	Ret	17	12	Ret	17	13	9	8	6
13	Trident Racing	18	14	18	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	14	5	16	7	4
13	Trident Racing	19	22	10	Ret	6	Ret	16	Ret	7	10	DSQ	4
Pos	Team	Car No.	DUB1		SEN		SEP		BHR		DUB2		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ — Luca Filippi was stripped of the victory after stewards found out he had used tyres allocated to his teammate Hiroki Yoshimoto.^[2]

References

↑ "Filippi excluded, Buemi wins at Sentul". autosport.com. 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
↑ "Filippi excluded, Buemi wins at Sentul". autosport.com. 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2008-02-16.

GP2, GP2 Asia and GP3 Series seasons
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