2008 UAE 2nd GP2 Asia Series round

Motorsport race UAE UAE 5 5 2008 Dubai Autodrome--Grand Prix Course.svg 2008 Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Permanent racing facility 3.349 5.390 11 April 34 (183.260 km) FRA Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:40.887 FRA Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix SUI Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden NED Yelmer Buurman Trust Team Arden FRA Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:42.154 32 12 April 23 (123.970 km) ITA Marco Bonanomi Piquet Sports SUI Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS JPN Kamui Kobayashi Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:41.220 22 The 2008 UAE 2nd GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 11 and 12 April 2008 at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the final round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series. Classification Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Gap Grid Final grid position14FRA Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix1:40.887122BRA Bruno SennaiSport International1:41.095 +0.2082310JPN Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:41.224 +0.3373421ITA Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports1:41.629 +0.7424526JPN Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara1:41.819 +0.9325612NED Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden1:41.819 +0.932675RUS Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team1:41.836 +0.9497811SUI Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden1:41.870 +0.9838927ITA Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara1:41.962 +1.07591014ITA Davide ValsecchiDurango1:41.988 +1.101101125TUR Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion1:41.998 +1.111111215BRA Alberto ValerioDurango1:42.056 +1.16912131IND Karun ChandhokiSport International1:42.063 +1.17613149BEL Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:42.089 +1.202141524SRB Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion1:42.136 +1.249151618LVA Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing1:42.223 +1.336161719CHN Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing1:42.301 +1.414171816ESP Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International1:42.358 +1.47118198MYS Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing1:42.440 +1.55319207DEN Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing1:42.652 +1.76520216GBR Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team1:42.657 +1.77021223GBR Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix1:42.697 +1.810222320ITA Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports1:42.717 +1.830232422IND Armaan EbrahimDPR1:42.866 +1.979242517ESP Roldán RodríguezFisichella Motor Sport International1:43.254 +2.367252623BRA Diego NunesDPR1:43.839 +2.95226Source:Grosjean storms to Dubai pole http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66534 5 January 2022 Autosport.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080612105811/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66534 12 June 2008 dead Feature race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points14FRA Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix3459:37.711110+2+1211SUI Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden34 +1.93388312NED Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden34 +3.5496645RUS Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team34 +4.11475526JPN Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara34 +11.36454621ITA Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports34 +12.0514379BEL Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS34 +12.596142824SRB Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion34 +13.021151925TUR Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion34 +29.598111019CHN Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing34 +30.59717118MYS Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing34 +30.744191227ITA Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara34 +31.33491315BRA Alberto ValerioDurango34 +38.482121414ITA Davide ValsecchiDurango34 +47.037101517ESP Roldán RodríguezFisichella Motor Sport International34 +48.474251618LVA Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing34 +48.575161723BRA Diego NunesDPR34 +56.74726183GBR Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix34 +1:30.631221922IND Armaan EbrahimDPR33 +1 lap242010JPN Kamui KobayashiDAMS31 +3 laps3Ret6GBR Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team27Retired21Ret1IND Karun ChandhokiSport International23Retired13Ret7DEN Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing19Retired20Ret20ITA Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports10Retired23Ret16ESP Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International7Retired18DSQ2BRA Bruno SennaiSport International34Disqualified1 12Source:Grosjean inherits victory from Senna http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66550 https://web.archive.org/web/20080412143711/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66550 2008-04-12 26 July 2022 Autosport.com Notes 1 1 – Bruno Senna finished ninth but was disqualified for changing only one tyre during a pit stop. Sprint race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points121ITA Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports2345:08.52736211SUI Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden23 +0.5167539BEL Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS23 +5.36124414ITA Davide ValsecchiDurango23 +8.445143+1512NED Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden23 +12.5506268MYS Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing23 +12.836111718LVA Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing23 +14.30616825TUR Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion23 +15.948997DEN Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing23 +16.474231016ESP Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International23 +16.93425112BRA Bruno SennaiSport International23 +17.214261223BRA Diego NunesDPR23 +18.895171326JPN Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara23 +22.22541410JPN Kamui KobayashiDAMS23 +26.212201515BRA Alberto ValerioDurango22 +1 lap13Ret5RUS Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team17Retired4Ret17ESP Roldán RodríguezFisichella Motor Sport International13Retired15Ret4FRA Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix10Retired8Ret1IND Karun ChandhokiSport International5Retired22Ret22IND Armaan EbrahimDPR4Retired19Ret6GBR Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team4Retired21Ret20ITA Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports2Retired24Ret24SRB Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion0Retired1Ret27ITA Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara0Retired12DNS3GBR Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix0Did not start2 218DSQ19CHN Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing23Disqualified3 310Source:Bonanomi wins Asian series finale http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66578 https://web.archive.org/web/20080427202316/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66578 2008-04-27 26 July 2022 Autosport.com Notes 2 2 – Stephen Jelley did not start due to taking part in BTCC round at Rockingham. 3 3 – Ho-Pin Tung finished fifth, but was disqualified because the car's right hand side skirt was too low.Asia: Dubai II: Tung disqualified from both races https://us.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/asia-dubai-ii-tung-disqualified-from-both-races/2291632/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220726120738/https://us.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/asia-dubai-ii-tung-disqualified-from-both-races/2291632/ 2022-07-26 26 July 2022 Motorsport.com Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Romain Grosjean 61 10px 1 2 SUI Sébastien Buemi 37 10px 1 3 RUS Vitaly Petrov 33 10px 4 MYS Fairuz Fauzy 24 10px 5 BRA Bruno Senna 23 Teams' Championship standings Pos. Position Team Points 10px 1 FRA ART Grand Prix 61 10px 2 2 NED Trust Team Arden 50 10px 1 3 ESP Barwa International Campos Team 39 10px 1 4 FRA DAMS 34 10px 2 5 GBR iSport International 30 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2008 UAE 2nd Speedcar Series round Notes References UAE GP2 Asia Series round 2008 2008 Bahrain GP2 Asia Series round 2008 Chinese GP2 Asia Series round 2008 UAE 1st GP2 Asia Series round 2008 UAE 3rd GP2 Asia Series round Category:GP2 Asia Series GP2 Asia