2008 GP2 Asia Series season
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The 2008 GP2 Asia Series season was the 1st GP2 Asia Series season. It started on January 25 and ended on April 12. Romain Grosjean became the champion, with his team, ART Grand Prix, taking the teams' title.

Entry list

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

Calendar

Testing Calendar

Date	Location	Circuit	Fastest Driver	Team	Fastest Lap
January 19	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Autodrome	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	1:22.497
January 20			Luca Filippi	Qi-Meritus Mahana	1:21.562
January 22	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Autodrome	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	1:21.595
January 23			Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	1:21.482

Race calendar

Round	Location	Circuit	Date	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Notes
1	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Autodrome International Circuit	January 25	Romain Grosjean	ART	GP2 Asia Series – Grand Racing Weekend
			January 26	Romain Grosjean	ART
2	Indonesia	Sentul International Circuit	February 16	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	GP2 Asia Series – Grand Racing Weekend
			February 17	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing
3	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	March 22	Vitaly Petrov	Campos Grand Prix	Formula One World Championship Support Event
			March 23	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
4	Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	April 5	Romain Grosjean	ART	Formula One World Championship Support Event
			April 6	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
5	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Autodrome GP Circuit	April 11	Romain Grosjean	ART	GP2 Asia Series – Grand Racing Weekend
			April 12	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports

Season results

Results at a glance

Pos Driver UAE FEA UAE SPR IND FEA IND SPR MAL FEA MAL SPR BHR FEA BHR SPR UAE FEA UAE SPR 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 Tahinci 19 16 Ret 17 12 Ret 17 13 9 8 0 23 Michael Herck Ret 17 9 12 11 11 15 14 Inj Inj 0 24 Stephen Jelley 15 12 DSQ Ret Ret 18 16 9 18 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 UAE FEA UAE SPR IND FEA IND SPR MAL FEA MAL SPR BHR FEA BHR SPR UAE FEA UAE 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) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

Pos	Team	Car No.	UAE FEA	UAE SPR	IND FEA	IND SPR	MAL FEA	MAL SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	UAE FEA	UAE SPR	Points
1	ART Grand Prix	3	15	12	DSQ	Ret	Ret	18	16	9	18		60
		4	1	1*	4	4	9*	2	1*	Ret	1*	Ret
2	Trust Team Arden	11	18	15	Ret	11	6	5	9	8	3	5	50
		12	DSQ	Ret	1	7	Ret	Ret	2	2*	2	2
3	Campos Grand Prix	5	Ret	9	5	3	1	3	10	3	4	Ret	39
		6	12	DNS	3	16	Ret	14	Ret	10	Ret	Ret
4	DAMS	9	11	8	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	11	12	7	3	35
		10	13	Ret	Ret	15	5	1	3	1	19	14*
5	iSport International	1	7	3	Ret	13	Ret	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	30
		2	2*	19	7*	2	Ret	8*	4	Ret	DSQ	11
6	Super Nova Racing	7	Ret	11	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	24
		8	8	2	8	1*	2	6	Ret	Ret	11	6
7	FMS International	16	4	Ret	2	5	Ret	20	5	Ret	Ret	10	19
		17	Ret	17	9	12	11	11	15	14	15	Ret
8	Durango	14	9	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	17	13	15	18
		15	17	6	Ret	19	4	4	6	6	14	4
9	Qi-Meritus Mahana	26	6	4	Ret	20	Ret	10	12	4	5	13	16
		27	5	Ret	DSQ†	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	12	Ret
10	Piquet Sports	20	16	Ret	Ret	18	13	9	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	9
		21	20	13	Ret	8	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	6	1
11	DPR	22	21	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	19	13	16	19	Ret	8
		23	3	7	Ret	10	10	13	7	Ret	17	12
12	BCN Competicion	24	10	14	6	Ret	7	12	19	12	8	Ret	6
		25	19	16	Ret	17	12	Ret	17	13	9	8
13	Trident Racing	18	14	18	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	14	5	16	7	4
		19	22	10	Ret	6	Ret	16	Ret	7	10	DSQ
Pos	Team	Car No.	UAE FEA	UAE SPR	IND FEA	IND SPR	MAL FEA	MAL SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	UAE FEA	UAE SPR	Points

• Polesitter for feature race in bold and is awarded two points.
• Driver with asterisk has been awarded point for fastest lap.
• Driver who retired but was classified in italics.
• † Luca Filippi was stripped of the victory after stewards found out he had used tires allocated to his teammate Hiroki Yoshimoto.^[1]

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