2008 Valencia GP2 Series round

2008 GP2 race held in Spain December 2020 Spain Valencia 8 10 Circuit Valencia street.svg Circuit de Valencia 2008 Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain Street Course 3.367 5.419 23 August 34 ITA Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 1:45.640 RUS Vitaly Petrov Barwa Int. Campos Team VEN Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports FRA Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix VEN Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:46.880 24 August 23 BRA Lucas di Grassi Barwa Int. Campos Team BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS ITA Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering BRA Lucas di Grassi Barwa Int. Campos Team 1:47.712 18 2008 Valencia GP2 Series round was the Eight round of the 2008 GP2 Series season. It was held on August 23 and 24, 2008 at Valencia Street Circuit at Valencia, Spain. The race was used as a support race to the 2008 European Grand Prix. Classification Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Grid Final grid position 1 12 ITA Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 1:45.640 1 2 23 VEN Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:45.711 2 3 5 RUS Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team 1:45.802 3 4 4 FRA Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:46.010 4 5 22 UAE Andreas Zuber Piquet Sports 1:46.090 5 6 9 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:46.254 6 7 14 SUI Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:46.372 7 8 2 BRA Bruno Senna iSport International 1:46.529 8 9 20 GBR Mike Conway Trident Racing 1:46.592 9 10 15 ITA Luca Filippi Trust Team Arden 1:46.603 10 11 6 BRA Lucas di Grassi Barwa International Campos Team 1:46.607 11 12 1 IND Karun Chandhok iSport International 1:46.657 12 13 8 POR Álvaro Parente Super Nova Racing 1:46.763 13 14 11 ESP Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:46.813 14 15 7 ESP Andy Soucek Super Nova Racing 1:46.949 15 16 26 ESP Adrián Vallés BCN Competición 1:47.102 16 17 18 ESP Roldán Rodríguez FMS International 1:47.269 17 18 3 JPN Sakon Yamamoto ART Grand Prix 1:47.270 18 19 16 ITA Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:47.374 19 20 25 BRA Diego Nunes David Price Racing 1:47.756 20 21 19 EST Marko Asmer FMS International 1:47.854 21 22 21 CHN Ho-Pin Tung Trident Racing 1:48.030 22 23 17 BRA Alberto Valerio Durango 1:48.179 23 24 27 BRA Carlos Iaconelli BCN Competición 1:48.249 24 25 10 JPN Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:48.469 25 26 24 RUM Michael Herck David Price Racing 1:48.620 26 Source:GP2 Series 2008 Results - Valencia http://www.teamdan.com/archive/2008/gp2.html Team Dan Team Dan 17 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20081006202409/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/2008/gp2.html 2008-10-06 dead Feature race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 RUS Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team 34 1:03:25.719 3 10 2 23 VEN Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 34 +0.868 2 8+1 3 4 FRA Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 34 +4.447 4 6 4 6 BRA Lucas di Grassi Barwa International Campos Team 34 +28.038 11 5 5 9 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 34 +28.736 6 4 6 14 SUI Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden 34 +28.855 7 3 7 7 ESP Andy Soucek Super Nova Racing 34 +36.960 15 2 8 15 ITA Luca Filippi Trust Team Arden 34 +45.390 10 1 9 2 BRA Bruno Senna iSport International 34 +48.177 8 10 25 BRADiego Nunes David Price Racing 34 +56.935 20 11 26 ESP Adrián Vallés BCN Competición 34 +59.149 16 12 24 RUM Michael Herck David Price Racing 34 +1:03.604 26 13 27 BRA Carlos Iaconelli BCN Competición 34 +1:12.716 24 14 12 ITA Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 33 Out of fuel 1 2 15 1 IND Karun Chandhok iSport International 33 +1 lap 12 16 8 POR Álvaro Parente Super Nova Racing 32 +2 laps 13 NC 16 ITA Davide Valsecchi Durango 29 +5 laps 19 Ret 22 UAE Andreas Zuber Piquet Sports 24 Crash 5 Ret 3 JPN Sakon Yamamoto ART Grand Prix 9 Failure 18 Ret 20 GBR Mike Conway Trident Racing 1 Crash 9 Ret 11 ESP Javier Villa Racing Engineering 0 Crash 14 Ret 18 ESP Roldán Rodríguez FMS International 0 Crash 17 Ret 21 CHN Ho-Pin Tung Trident Racing 0 Crash 22 Ret 17 BRA Alberto Valerio Durango 0 Crash 23 Ret 10 JPN Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 0 Crash 25 DNS 19 EST Marko Asmer FMS International 0 Did not start 21 Source: Sprint race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 BRA Lucas di Grassi Barwa International Campos Team 23 43:01.131 5 6+1 2 9 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 23 +6.456 4 5 3 12 ITA Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 23 +7.545 14 4 4 25 BRA Diego Nunes David Price Racing 23 +12.039 10 3 5 11 ESP Javier Villa Racing Engineering 23 +12.674 21 2 6 10 JPN Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 23 +13.201 25 1 7 16 ITA Davide Valsecchi Durango 23 +15.394 17 8 20 GBR Mike Conway Trident Racing 23 +17.496 20 9 21 CHN Ho-Pin Tung Trident Racing 23 +20.072 23 10 18 ESP Roldán Rodríguez FMS International 23 +22.960 22 11 27 BRA Carlos Iaconelli BCN Competición 23 +24.716 13 12 17 BRA Alberto Valerio Durango 23 +25.933 24 13 15 ITA Luca Filippi Trust Team Arden 23 +29.213* 1 14 24 RUM Michael Herck David Price Racing 22 +1 lap 12 15 5 RUS Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team 20 +3 laps 8 Ret 1 IND Karun Chandhok iSport International 18 Crash 15 Ret 19 EST Marko Asmer FMS International 12 Crash 26 Ret 4 FRA Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 11 Crash 6 Ret 7 ESP Andy Soucek Super Nova Racing 7 Crash 2 Ret 2 BRA Bruno Senna iSport International 7 Crash 9 Ret 3 JPN Sakon Yamamoto ART Grand Prix 4 Collision 19 Ret 26 ESP Adrián Vallés BCN Competición 3 Collision 11 Ret 14 SUI Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden 3 Collision 3 Ret 23 VEN Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 2 Crash 7 Ret 8 POR Álvaro Parente Super Nova Racing 0 Crash 16 Ret 22 UAE Andreas Zuber Piquet Sports 0 Crash 18 Source: Luca Filippi finished 2nd, but was penalized with a drive-through (which became a 25-second penalty) because of the collision with Romain Grosjean. References Valencian GP2 round 2008 2008 Hungaroring GP2 Series round 2008 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round 2007 Valencia GP2 Series round 2009 Valencia GP2 Series round Valencia Valencia GP2