2008 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round

August 2022 MYS Malaysian 3 5 2008 Sepang.svg 2008 Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia Permanent racing facility 3.445 5.543 22 March 33 (182.919 km) FRA Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:44.182 RUS Vitaly Petrov Barwa Int Campos Team MYS Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova Racing BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS FRA Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:46.405 33 23 March 22 (121.946 km) JPN Kamui Kobayashi DAMS FRA Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix RUS Vitaly Petrov Barwa Int Campos Team BRA Bruno Senna iSport International 1:46.548 20 The 2008 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 22 and 23 March 2008 at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. It was the third round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series. The race supported the 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix. Classification Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Gap Grid Final grid position14FRA Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix1:44.182121IND Karun ChandhokiSport International1:44.965 +0.7832316ESP Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International1:45.035 +0.853342BRA Bruno SennaiSport International1:45.094 +0.9124527ITA Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara1:45.166 +0.984101 1611SUI Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden1:45.182 +1.000578MYS Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing1:45.367 +1.1856810JPN Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:45.401 +1.2197914ITA Davide ValsecchiDurango1:45.471 +1.28981012NED Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden1:45.560 +1.3789117DEN Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing1:45.576 +1.39411125RUS Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team1:45.668 +1.486151 11319CHN Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing1:45.704 +1.522121426JPN Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara1:45.719 +1.537191 1156GBR Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team1:45.879 +1.69713163GBR Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix1:45.901 +1.719141715BRA Alberto ValerioDurango1:45.932 +1.75016189BEL Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:46.019 +1.837171918LVA Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing1:46.069 +1.887182024SRB Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion1:46.093 +1.911202123BRA Diego NunesDPR1:46.186 +2.004212217ROU Michael HerckFisichella Motor Sport International1:46.258 +2.076222321ITA Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports1:46.281 +2.099232425TUR Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion1:46.710 +2.528261 12520ITA Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports1:46.923 +2.741242622IND Armaan EbrahimDPR1:47.720 +3.53825Source:Grosjean on pole for feature race http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/65974 https://web.archive.org/web/20080518053419/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/65974 2008-05-18 24 July 2022 Autosport.comPole n°2 for Romain Grosjean in Sepang https://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-asia-sepang-romain-grosjean-art-driver-karun-chandhok-adrian-valles-results-photos---34541.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080830084938/https://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-asia-sepang-romain-grosjean-art-driver-karun-chandhok-adrian-valles-results-photos---34541.html dead 2008-08-30 30 July 2022 Automobilsport.com Notes 1 1 – Luca Filippi, Vitaly Petrov, Hiroki Yoshimoto and Jason Tahincioglu received five place grid penalty for disregarding yellow flags during free practice. Feature race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points15RUS Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team331:27.39.378151028MYS Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing33 +6.5316839BEL Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS33 +7.725176414ITA Davide ValsecchiDurango33 +11.01085510JPN Kamui KobayashiDAMS33 +11.32874612NED Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden33 +15.26293724SRB Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion33 +35.862202818LVA Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing33 +41.26718194FRA Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix33 +51.12912+11023BRA Diego NunesDPR32 +1 lap211117ROU Michael HerckFisichella Motor Sport International32 +1 lap221225TUR Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion32 +1 lap261320ITA Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports32 +1 lap24Ret22IND Armaan EbrahimDPR26Retired25Ret1IND Karun ChandhokiSport International26Retired2Ret19CHN Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing23Retired12Ret16ESP Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International22Retired3Ret11SUI Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden22Retired5Ret7DEN Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing21Retired11Ret2BRA Bruno SennaiSport International5Retired4Ret3GBR Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix4Retired14Ret26JPN Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara2Retired19Ret27ITA Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara0Retired10Ret6GBR Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team0Retired13Ret15BRA Alberto ValerioDurango0Retired16Ret21ITA Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports0Retired23Source:Petrov claims first win in Sepang http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66011 https://web.archive.org/web/20080511233640/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66011 2008-05-11 24 July 2022 Autosport.comVitaly Petrov scores his first win in Sepang https://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-asia-vitaly-petrov-win-sepang-victory-jerome-d-ambrosio-fairuz-fauzy-campos-barwa-senna-valles-buemi-photos---34579.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080408012139/http://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-asia-vitaly-petrov-win-sepang-victory-jerome-d-ambrosio-fairuz-fauzy-campos-barwa-senna-valles-buemi-photos---34579.html dead April 8, 2008 30 July 2022 Automobilsport.com Sprint race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points110JPN Kamui KobayashiDAMS2239:31.3474624FRA Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix22 +4.0019535RUS Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team22 +11.60884414ITA Davide ValsecchiDurango22 +12.41753512NED Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden22 +21.9863268MYS Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing22 +26.0807171IND Karun ChandhokiSport International22 +26.4881582BRA Bruno SennaiSport International22 +30.608191920ITA Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports22 +39.353131026JPN Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara22 +39.488211117ROU Michael HerckFisichella Motor Sport International22 +40.371111224SRB Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion22 +41.38521323BRA Diego NunesDPR22 +41.99610146GBR Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team22 +42.187231521ITA Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports22 +42.770251619CHN Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing22 +44.456161715BRA Alberto ValerioDurango22 +48.83324183GBR Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix22 +49.290201922IND Armaan EbrahimDPR22 +1:14.908142016ESP Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International21 +1 lap17Ret27ITA Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara18Retired22Ret11SUI Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden18Retired18Ret18LVA Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing4Retired1Ret25TUR Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion0Retired12Ret9BEL Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS0Retired6DNS7DEN Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing0Did not start2 2Source:Kobayashi claims maiden GP2 win http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66032 https://web.archive.org/web/20080509055346/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66032 2008-05-09 24 July 2022 Autosport.comKobayashi flies to his first win! https://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-asia-kobayashi-kamui-win-malaysia-japanese-driver-bcn-milos-pavlovic-petrov-grosjean-fauzy-photos---34608.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220730091128/https://www.automobilsport.com/gp2-asia-kobayashi-kamui-win-malaysia-japanese-driver-bcn-milos-pavlovic-petrov-grosjean-fauzy-photos---34608.html dead July 30, 2022 30 July 2022 Automobilsport.com Notes 2 2 – Christian Bakkerud was excluded from the race for ignoring the marshals in the feature race.Bakkerud disqualified https://www.pitpass.com/34291/Bakkerud-disqualified 10 September 2024 Pitpass.com Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Romain Grosjean 35 10px 4 2 RUS Vitaly Petrov 24 10px 1 3 MYS Fairuz Fauzy 23 10px 2 4 BRA Bruno Senna 18 10px 2 5 ESP Adrián Vallés 15 Teams' Championship standings Pos. Position Team Points 10px 1 FRA ART Grand Prix 35 10px 1 2 ESP Barwa International Campos Team 30 10px 1 3 GBR iSport International 24 10px 1 4 GBR Super Nova Racing 23 10px 7 5 FRA DAMS 16 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix 2008 Malaysian Speedcar Series round References Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round 2008 2008 Indonesian GP2 Asia Series round 2008 Bahrain GP2 Asia Series round None 2009 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round Category:GP2 Asia Series GP2 Asia