The 2008 Chinese GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 18 and 19 October 2008 at Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. It was the first round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series. The race supported the 2008 Chinese Grand Prix.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 120 Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP1:45.233128 Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:45.418 +0.1852311 Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing1:45.643 +0.410341 Sakon YamamotoART Grand Prix1:45.643 +0.410459 Giedo van der GardeGFH Team iSport1:45.800 +0.567565 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team1:45.843 +0.610677 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:45.885 +0.6527816 Davide ValsecchiDurango1:46.009 +0.7768919 Earl BamberMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara1:46.060 +0.82791025 Luca FilippiBCN Competición1:46.084 +0.85110113 Luiz RaziaTrust Team Arden1:46.130 +0.897111221 Diego NunesPiquet GP1:46.169 +0.93612132 Nelson PhilippeART Grand Prix1:46.171 +0.938131410 Hamad Al FardanGFH Team iSport1:46.305 +1.07214154 Mika MäkiTrust Team Arden1:46.504 +1.271151627 Chris van der DriftTrident Racing1:46.595 +1.362161723 Yuhi SekiguchiDPR1:46.733 +1.50017186 Sergio PérezBarwa International Campos Team1:46.809 +1.576181922 Michael HerckDPR1:46.843 +1.610192026 Giacomo RicciTrident Racing1:47.010 +1.777202124 Hiroki YoshimotoBCN Competición1:47.231 +1.998212217 Carlos IaconelliDurango1:47.355 +2.122222318 Alex YoongMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara1:47.652 +2.419232412 James JakesSuper Nova Racing1:49.026 +3.793242515 Kevin ChenFisichella Motor Sport International1:49.413 +4.180252614 Andreas ZuberFisichella Motor Sport InternationalNo Time26Source: Notes – Andreas Zuber didn't get time due to an engine problem.
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points120 Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP341:06:23.303110+228 Kamui KobayashiDAMS34 +0.63228+131 Sakon YamamotoART Grand Prix34 +3.97146411 Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing34 +7.2353555 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team34 +9.40564619 Earl BamberMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara34 +11.67593727 Chris van der DriftTrident Racing34 +15.546162816 Davide ValsecchiDurango34 +16.1788197 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS34 +16.4957109 Giedo van der GardeGFH Team iSport34 +16.81151117 Carlos IaconelliDurango34 +20.604221221 Diego NunesPiquet GP34 +21.618121326 Giacomo RicciTrident Racing34 +23.109201418 Alex YoongMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara34 +25.892231510 Hamad Al FardanGFH Team iSport34 +26.419141622 Michael HerckDPR34 +26.82119172 Nelson PhilippeART Grand Prix33 +1 lap13Ret25 Luca FilippiBCN Competición24Retired10Ret23 Yuhi SekiguchiDPR24Retired17Ret15 Kevin ChenFisichella Motor Sport International24Retired25Ret24 Hiroki YoshimotoBCN Competición20Retired21Ret14 Andreas ZuberFisichella Motor Sport International19Retired26Ret12 James JakesSuper Nova Racing19Retired24Ret4 Mika MäkiTrust Team Arden10Retired15Ret6 Sergio PérezBarwa International Campos Team10Retired18Ret3 Luiz RaziaTrust Team Arden3Retired11Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points116 Davide ValsecchiDurango2341:44.06516219 Earl BamberMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara23 +4.80935311 Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing23 +10.18954+1427 Chris van der DriftTrident Racing23 +17.7002357 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS23 +18.38392620 Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP23 +18.8108176 Sergio PérezBarwa International Campos Team23 +19.35624824 Hiroki YoshimotoBCN Competición23 +31.56319918 Alex YoongMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara23 +32.98213104 Mika MäkiTrust Team Arden23 +33.587221112 James JakesSuper Nova Racing23 +34.608211223 Yuhi SekiguchiDPR23 +38.07823132 Nelson PhilippeART Grand Prix23 +40.42816141 Sakon YamamotoART Grand Prix23 +1:05.49861515 Kevin ChenFisichella Motor Sport International23 +1:39.742181622 Michael HerckDPR22 +1 lap15173 Luiz RaziaTrust Team Arden21 +2 laps25Ret5 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team19Retired4Ret8 Kamui KobayashiDAMS16Retired7Ret10 Hamad Al FardanGFH Team iSport11Retired14Ret25 Luca FilippiBCN Competición10Retired17Ret17 Carlos IaconelliDurango1Retired10Ret26 Giacomo RicciTrident Racing1Retired12Ret21 Diego NunesPiquet GP0Retired11Ret14 Andreas ZuberFisichella Motor Sport International0Retired20DNS9 Giedo van der GardeGFH Team iSport0Did not startSource: Notes – Yuhi Sekiguchi was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Luca Filippi in the feature race. – Giedo van der Garde didn't leave because she attended on saturday night to fly back to Europe to attend the awards ceremony.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Roldán Rodríguez 13 2 Javier Villa 10 3 Kamui Kobayashi 9 4 Earl Bamber 8 5 Davide Valsecchi 7
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Piquet GP 13 2 DAMS 11 3 Super Nova Racing 10 4 My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara 8 5 Durango 7
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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