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 Driver Team Time 1 12 Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 1:45.640 1 2 23 Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:45.711 2 3 5 Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team 1:45.802 3 4 4 Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:46.010 4 5 22 Andreas Zuber Piquet Sports 1:46.090 5 6 9 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:46.254 6 7 14 Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:46.372 7 8 2 Bruno Senna iSport International 1:46.529 8 9 20 Mike Conway Trident Racing 1:46.592 9 10 15 Luca Filippi Trust Team Arden 1:46.603 10 11 6 Lucas di Grassi Barwa International Campos Team 1:46.607 11 12 1 Karun Chandhok iSport International 1:46.657 12 13 8 Álvaro Parente Super Nova Racing 1:46.763 13 14 11 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:46.813 14 15 7 Andy Soucek Super Nova Racing 1:46.949 15 16 26 Adrián Vallés BCN Competición 1:47.102 16 17 18 Roldán Rodríguez FMS International 1:47.269 17 18 3 Sakon Yamamoto ART Grand Prix 1:47.270 18 19 16 Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:47.374 19 20 25 Diego Nunes David Price Racing 1:47.756 20 21 19 Marko Asmer FMS International 1:47.854 21 22 21 Ho-Pin Tung Trident Racing 1:48.030 22 23 17 Alberto Valerio Durango 1:48.179 23 24 27 Carlos Iaconelli BCN Competición 1:48.249 24 25 10 Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:48.469 25 26 24 Michael Herck David Price Racing 1:48.620 26 Source:
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team 34 1:03:25.719 3 10 2 23 Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 34 +0.868 2 8+1 3 4 Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 34 +4.447 4 6 4 6 Lucas di Grassi Barwa International Campos Team 34 +28.038 11 5 5 9 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 34 +28.736 6 4 6 14 Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden 34 +28.855 7 3 7 7 Andy Soucek Super Nova Racing 34 +36.960 15 2 8 15 Luca Filippi Trust Team Arden 34 +45.390 10 1 9 2 Bruno Senna iSport International 34 +48.177 8 10 25 Diego Nunes David Price Racing 34 +56.935 20 11 26 Adrián Vallés BCN Competición 34 +59.149 16 12 24 Michael Herck David Price Racing 34 +1:03.604 26 13 27 Carlos Iaconelli BCN Competición 34 +1:12.716 24 14 12 Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 33 Out of fuel 1 2 15 1 Karun Chandhok iSport International 33 +1 lap 12 16 8 Álvaro Parente Super Nova Racing 32 +2 laps 13 NC 16 Davide Valsecchi Durango 29 +5 laps 19 Ret 22 Andreas Zuber Piquet Sports 24 Crash 5 Ret 3 Sakon Yamamoto ART Grand Prix 9 Failure 18 Ret 20 Mike Conway Trident Racing 1 Crash 9 Ret 11 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 0 Crash 14 Ret 18 Roldán Rodríguez FMS International 0 Crash 17 Ret 21 Ho-Pin Tung Trident Racing 0 Crash 22 Ret 17 Alberto Valerio Durango 0 Crash 23 Ret 10 Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 0 Crash 25 DNS 19 Marko Asmer FMS International 0 Did not start 21 Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Lucas di Grassi Barwa International Campos Team 23 43:01.131 5 6+1 2 9 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 23 +6.456 4 5 3 12 Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 23 +7.545 14 4 4 25 Diego Nunes David Price Racing 23 +12.039 10 3 5 11 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 23 +12.674 21 2 6 10 Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 23 +13.201 25 1 7 16 Davide Valsecchi Durango 23 +15.394 17 8 20 Mike Conway Trident Racing 23 +17.496 20 9 21 Ho-Pin Tung Trident Racing 23 +20.072 23 10 18 Roldán Rodríguez FMS International 23 +22.960 22 11 27 Carlos Iaconelli BCN Competición 23 +24.716 13 12 17 Alberto Valerio Durango 23 +25.933 24 13 15 Luca Filippi Trust Team Arden 23 +29.213* 1 14 24 Michael Herck David Price Racing 22 +1 lap 12 15 5 Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team 20 +3 laps 8 Ret 1 Karun Chandhok iSport International 18 Crash 15 Ret 19 Marko Asmer FMS International 12 Crash 26 Ret 4 Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 11 Crash 6 Ret 7 Andy Soucek Super Nova Racing 7 Crash 2 Ret 2 Bruno Senna iSport International 7 Crash 9 Ret 3 Sakon Yamamoto ART Grand Prix 4 Collision 19 Ret 26 Adrián Vallés BCN Competición 3 Collision 11 Ret 14 Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden 3 Collision 3 Ret 23 Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 2 Crash 7 Ret 8 Álvaro Parente Super Nova Racing 0 Crash 16 Ret 22 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.
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