The 2008 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 22 and 23 March 2008 at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. It was the third round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series. The race supported the 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 14 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix1:44.182121 Karun ChandhokiSport International1:44.965 +0.7832316 Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International1:45.035 +0.853342 Bruno SennaiSport International1:45.094 +0.9124527 Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara1:45.166 +0.98410611 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden1:45.182 +1.000578 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing1:45.367 +1.1856810 Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:45.401 +1.2197914 Davide ValsecchiDurango1:45.471 +1.28981012 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden1:45.560 +1.3789117 Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing1:45.576 +1.39411125 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team1:45.668 +1.486151319 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing1:45.704 +1.522121426 Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara1:45.719 +1.53719156 Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team1:45.879 +1.69713163 Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix1:45.901 +1.719141715 Alberto ValerioDurango1:45.932 +1.75016189 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:46.019 +1.837171918 Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing1:46.069 +1.887182024 Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion1:46.093 +1.911202123 Diego NunesDPR1:46.186 +2.004212217 Michael HerckFisichella Motor Sport International1:46.258 +2.076222321 Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports1:46.281 +2.099232425 Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion1:46.710 +2.528262520 Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports1:46.923 +2.741242622 Armaan EbrahimDPR1:47.720 +3.53825Source: Notes – Luca Filippi, Vitaly Petrov, Hiroki Yoshimoto and Jason Tahincioglu received five place grid penalty for disregarding yellow flags during free practice.
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points15 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team331:27.39.378151028 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing33 +6.5316839 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS33 +7.725176414 Davide ValsecchiDurango33 +11.01085510 Kamui KobayashiDAMS33 +11.32874612 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden33 +15.26293724 Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion33 +35.862202818 Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing33 +41.26718194 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix33 +51.12912+11023 Diego NunesDPR32 +1 lap211117 Michael HerckFisichella Motor Sport International32 +1 lap221225 Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion32 +1 lap261320 Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports32 +1 lap24Ret22 Armaan EbrahimDPR26Retired25Ret1 Karun ChandhokiSport International26Retired2Ret19 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing23Retired12Ret16 Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International22Retired3Ret11 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden22Retired5Ret7 Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing21Retired11Ret2 Bruno SennaiSport International5Retired4Ret3 Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix4Retired14Ret26 Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara2Retired19Ret27 Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara0Retired10Ret6 Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team0Retired13Ret15 Alberto ValerioDurango0Retired16Ret21 Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports0Retired23Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points110 Kamui KobayashiDAMS2239:31.3474624 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix22 +4.0019535 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team22 +11.60884414 Davide ValsecchiDurango22 +12.41753512 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden22 +21.9863268 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing22 +26.0807171 Karun ChandhokiSport International22 +26.4881582 Bruno SennaiSport International22 +30.608191920 Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports22 +39.353131026 Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara22 +39.488211117 Michael HerckFisichella Motor Sport International22 +40.371111224 Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion22 +41.38521323 Diego NunesDPR22 +41.99610146 Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team22 +42.187231521 Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports22 +42.770251619 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing22 +44.456161715 Alberto ValerioDurango22 +48.83324183 Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix22 +49.290201922 Armaan EbrahimDPR22 +1:14.908142016 Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International21 +1 lap17Ret27 Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara18Retired22Ret11 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden18Retired18Ret18 Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing4Retired1Ret25 Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion0Retired12Ret9 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS0Retired6DNS7 Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing0Did not startSource: Notes – Christian Bakkerud was excluded from the race for ignoring the marshals in the feature race.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Romain Grosjean 35 4 2 Vitaly Petrov 24 1 3 Fairuz Fauzy 23 2 4 Bruno Senna 18 2 5 Adrián Vallés 15
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 35 1 2 Barwa International Campos Team 30 1 3 iSport International 24 1 4 Super Nova Racing 23 7 5 DAMS 16
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix 2008 Malaysian Speedcar Series round
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