The 2008 Bahrain GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 5 and 6 April 2008 at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the fourth round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series. The race supported the 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 14 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix1:42.661121 Karun ChandhokiSport International1:43.231 +0.570232 Bruno SennaiSport International1:43.238 +0.5773416 Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International1:43.239 +0.5784510 Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:43.277 +0.616568 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing1:43.489 +0.828679 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:43.67 +1.0097811 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden1:43.698 +1.0378923 Diego NunesDPR1:43.798 +1.13791021 Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports1:43.800 +1.139101114 Davide ValsecchiDurango1:43.906 +1.245111227 Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara1:43.982 +1.321121312 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden1:44.006 +1.34513146 Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team1:44.085 +1.42414155 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team1:44.087 +1.426151618 Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing1:44.187 +1.526161717 Michael HerckFisichella Motor Sport International1:44.260 +1.599171826 Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara1:44.334 +1.67318197 Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing1:44.347 +1.686192019 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing1:44.407 +1.746202115 Alberto ValerioDurango1:44.439 +1.778212220 Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports1:44.542 +1.881222324 Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion1:44.659 +1.998232425 Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion1:44.732 +2.071242522 Armaan EbrahimDPR1:44.845 +2.18425263 Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix1:44.863 +2.20226Source:
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points14 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix341:04:03.530110+2+1211 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden34 +12.03088310 Kamui KobayashiDAMS34 +19.1485642 Bruno SennaiSport International34 +27.23235516 Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International34 +29.74744614 Davide ValsecchiDurango34 +36.657113723 Diego NunesDPR34 +37.2269281 Karun ChandhokiSport International34 +39.43121912 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden34 +39.97413105 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team34 +42.55515119 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS34 +43.44471226 Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara34 +49.053181322 Armaan EbrahimDPR34 +51.240251418 Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing34 +52.398161517 Michael HerckFisichella Motor Sport International34 +52.79917163 Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix34 +59.618261725 Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion34 +1:00.209241820 Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports34 +1:08.461221924 Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion34 +1:28.91223Ret19 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing24Retired20Ret8 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing24Retired6Ret6 Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team8Retired14Ret7 Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing1Retired19Ret21 Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports0Retired10Ret27 Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara0Retired12DNS15 Alberto ValerioDurango0Did not start21Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points110 Kamui KobayashiDAMS2340:59.27066211 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden23 +0.86175+135 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team23 +6.526104426 Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara23 +9.127123518 Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing23 +15.801142614 Davide ValsecchiDurango23 +17.01631719 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing23 +20.78820812 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden23 +21.543993 Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix23 +22.66916106 Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team23 +28.217221127 Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara23 +29.33725129 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS23 +29.406111325 Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion23 +36.450171417 Michael HerckFisichella Motor Sport International23 +39.022151524 Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion23 +49.735191622 Armaan EbrahimDPR23 +1:39.993131715 Alberto ValerioDurango22 +1 lap26Ret21 Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports19Retired24Ret4 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix17Retired8Ret1 Karun ChandhokiSport International11Retired1Ret16 Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International7Retired4Ret7 Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing3Retired23Ret20 Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports1Retired18Ret23 Diego NunesDPR1Retired2Ret8 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing0Retired21DNS2 Bruno SennaiSport International0Did not start5Source:
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Romain Grosjean 48 2 Vitaly Petrov 28 4 3 Sébastien Buemi 24 1 4 Fairuz Fauzy 23 1 5 Bruno Senna 23
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 48 2 Barwa International Campos Team 34 3 iSport International 30 3 4 Trust Team Arden 29 5 DAMS 28
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix 2008 Bahrain Speedcar Series round
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