The 2008 UAE 3rd Speedcar Series round was a Speedcar Series motor race held on 5 and 6 December 2008 at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the first round of the 2008–09 Speedcar Series.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 1 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi Union Properties 2:04.680 1 2 80 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Phoenix Racing 2:05.134 +0.454 2 3 25 Christopher Zoechling Durango 2:05.380 +0.700 3 4 27 Jean Alesi HPR 2:05.580 +0.900 4 5 10 Gianni Morbidelli Palm Beach 2:05.630 +0.950 5 6 21 Mathias Lauda Phoenix Racing 2:06.120 +1.440 6 7 85 Hasher Al Maktoum Union Properties 2:06.218 +1.538 7 8 07 Stefan Johansson Palm Beach 2:06.439 +1.759 8 9 69 Johnny Herbert JMB Racing 2:06.668 +1.988 9 10 13 Damien Pasini JMB Racing 2:06.742 +2.062 10 11 09 Marcel Tiemann Continental Circus 2:06.948 +2.268 11 12 50 Marchy Lee HPR 2:07.060 +2.380 12 13 96 Jacques Villeneuve Durango 2:07.282 +2.602 13 14 32 Eric Charles Continental Circus 2:13.022 +8.432 14Source:
Race 1 Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi Union Properties 16 40:55.976 1 10 2 80 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Phoenix Racing 16 +0.839 2 8 3 10 Gianni Morbidelli Palm Beach 16 +3.091 5 6 4 69 Johnny Herbert JMB Racing 16 +12.858 9 5 5 85 Hasher Al Maktoum Union Properties 16 +15.815 7 4 6 96 Jacques Villeneuve Durango 16 +34.741 13 3 7 50 Marchy Lee HPR 16 +40.868 12 2 8 13 Damien Pasini JMB Racing 16 +1:18.517 10 1 9 32 Eric Charles Continental Circus 16 +1:37.722 14 10 27 Jean Alesi HPR 16 +1:51.563 4 11 25 Christopher Zoechling Durango 15 +1 Lap 3 Ret 09 Marcel Tiemann Continental Circus 11 DNF 11 Ret 07 Stefan Johansson Palm Beach 11 DNF 8 Ret 21 Mathias Lauda Phoenix Racing 4 DNF 6Source:
Race 2 The race 2 was cancelled due to flooding due to heavy rainfall.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Vitantonio Liuzzi 10 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 8 3 Gianni Morbidelli 6 4 Johnny Herbert 5 5 Hasher Al Maktoum 4
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Union Properties 14 2 Phoenix Racing 8 3 Palm Beach 6 4 JMB Racing 6 5 Durango 3
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2008 UAE 3rd GP2 Asia Series round
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