The 2008 UAE 2nd GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 11 and 12 April 2008 at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the final round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 14 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix1:40.887122 Bruno SennaiSport International1:41.095 +0.2082310 Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:41.224 +0.3373421 Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports1:41.629 +0.7424526 Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara1:41.819 +0.9325612 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden1:41.819 +0.932675 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team1:41.836 +0.9497811 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden1:41.870 +0.9838927 Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara1:41.962 +1.07591014 Davide ValsecchiDurango1:41.988 +1.101101125 Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion1:41.998 +1.111111215 Alberto ValerioDurango1:42.056 +1.16912131 Karun ChandhokiSport International1:42.063 +1.17613149 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:42.089 +1.202141524 Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion1:42.136 +1.249151618 Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing1:42.223 +1.336161719 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing1:42.301 +1.414171816 Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International1:42.358 +1.47118198 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing1:42.440 +1.55319207 Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing1:42.652 +1.76520216 Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team1:42.657 +1.77021223 Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix1:42.697 +1.810222320 Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports1:42.717 +1.830232422 Armaan EbrahimDPR1:42.866 +1.979242517 Roldán RodríguezFisichella Motor Sport International1:43.254 +2.367252623 Diego NunesDPR1:43.839 +2.95226Source:
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points14 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix3459:37.711110+2+1211 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden34 +1.93388312 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden34 +3.5496645 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team34 +4.11475526 Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara34 +11.36454621 Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports34 +12.0514379 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS34 +12.596142824 Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion34 +13.021151925 Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion34 +29.598111019 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing34 +30.59717118 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing34 +30.744191227 Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara34 +31.33491315 Alberto ValerioDurango34 +38.482121414 Davide ValsecchiDurango34 +47.037101517 Roldán RodríguezFisichella Motor Sport International34 +48.474251618 Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing34 +48.575161723 Diego NunesDPR34 +56.74726183 Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix34 +1:30.631221922 Armaan EbrahimDPR33 +1 lap242010 Kamui KobayashiDAMS31 +3 laps3Ret6 Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team27Retired21Ret1 Karun ChandhokiSport International23Retired13Ret7 Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing19Retired20Ret20 Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports10Retired23Ret16 Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International7Retired18DSQ2 Bruno SennaiSport International34Disqualified2Source: Notes – Bruno Senna finished ninth but was disqualified for changing only one tyre during a pit stop.
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points121 Marco BonanomiPiquet Sports2345:08.52736211 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden23 +0.5167539 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS23 +5.36124414 Davide ValsecchiDurango23 +8.445143+1512 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden23 +12.5506268 Fairuz FauzySuper Nova Racing23 +12.836111718 Harald SchlegelmilchTrident Racing23 +14.30616825 Jason TahinciogluBCN Competicion23 +15.948997 Christian BakkerudSuper Nova Racing23 +16.474231016 Adrián VallésFisichella Motor Sport International23 +16.93425112 Bruno SennaiSport International23 +17.214261223 Diego NunesDPR23 +18.895171326 Hiroki YoshimotoQi-Meritus Mahara23 +22.22541410 Kamui KobayashiDAMS23 +26.212201515 Alberto ValerioDurango22 +1 lap13Ret5 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team17Retired4Ret17 Roldán RodríguezFisichella Motor Sport International13Retired15Ret4 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix10Retired8Ret1 Karun ChandhokiSport International5Retired22Ret22 Armaan EbrahimDPR4Retired19Ret6 Ben HanleyBarwa International Campos Team4Retired21Ret20 Marcello PuglisiPiquet Sports2Retired24Ret24 Miloš PavlovićBCN Competicion0Retired1Ret27 Luca FilippiQi-Meritus Mahara0Retired12DNS3 Stephen JelleyART Grand Prix0Did not start18DSQ19 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing23Disqualified10Source: Notes – Stephen Jelley did not start due to taking part in BTCC round at Rockingham. – Ho-Pin Tung finished fifth, but was disqualified because the car's right hand side skirt was too low.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Romain Grosjean 61 1 2 Sébastien Buemi 37 1 3 Vitaly Petrov 33 4 Fairuz Fauzy 24 5 Bruno Senna 23
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 61 2 2 Trust Team Arden 50 1 3 Barwa International Campos Team 39 1 4 DAMS 34 2 5 iSport International 30
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2008 UAE 2nd Speedcar Series round
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