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2008 GP2 Asia Series

Teams' Champion: ART Grand Prix Speedcar Series

The 2008 GP2 Asia Series season was the first GP2 Asia Series season. It started on 25 January and ended on 12 April.

Season summary

Romain Grosjean became the champion despite his teammate Stephen Jelley scoring no points, with their team, ART Grand Prix, winning the teams' title.

In this season, only two drivers scored pole positions. Grosjean took pole in all but one race in Sentul, where Vitaly Petrov secured the first position on the grid. The Frenchman also won four races, including a clean sweep in Dubai and the feature race in Sakhir.

Kamui Kobayashi won two sprint races in Sepang and Sakhir, while Sébastien Buemi won the feature race in Sentul. Marco Bonanomi and Fairuz Fauzy won a sprint race each.

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Dallara GP2/05 chassis with Renault-badged 4.0 litre (244 cu in) naturally-aspirated Mecachrome V8 engines order and with tyres supplied by Bridgestone.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
GBR iSport International	1	IND Karun Chandhok	All
2	BRA Bruno Senna	All
FRA ART Grand Prix	3	GBR Stephen Jelley	All
4	FRA Romain Grosjean	All
ESP Barwa International Campos Team	5	RUS Vitaly Petrov	All
6	BRA Diego Nunes	1
GBR Ben Hanley	2–5
GBR Super Nova Racing	7	DNK Christian Bakkerud	All
8	MYS Fairuz Fauzy	All
FRA DAMS	9	BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio	All
10	JPN Kamui Kobayashi	All
NLD Trust Team Arden	11	CHE Sébastien Buemi	All
12	PAK Adam Khan	1–2
NLD Yelmer Buurman	3–5
ITA Durango	14	ITA Davide Valsecchi	All
15	BRA Alberto Valerio	All
ITA Fisichella Motor Sport International	16	ESP Adrián Vallés	All
17	ROU Michael Herck	1–4
ESP Roldán Rodríguez	5
ITA Trident Racing	18	nowrap	LVA Harald Schlegelmilch	All
19	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	All
BRA Piquet Sports	20	ITA Marcello Puglisi	All
21	ITA Marco Bonanomi	All
GBR DPR	22	IND Armaan Ebrahim	All
23	ESP Andy Soucek	1
BRA Diego Nunes	2–5
ESP BCN Competicion	24	SRB Miloš Pavlović	All
25	TUR Jason Tahincioglu	All
MYS Qi-Meritus Mahara	26	JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto	All
27	ITA Luca Filippi	All
Sources:

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report	1	F
ARE Dubai Autodrome
(International Circuit)	25 January	FRA Romain Grosjean	BRA Bruno Senna	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA ART Grand Prix	Report
26 January		FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA ART Grand Prix
IDN Sentul International Circuit	nowrap	16 February	RUS Vitaly Petrov	BRA Bruno Senna	nowrap	CHE Sébastien Buemi	NLD Trust Team Arden	Report
17 February		MYS Fairuz Fauzy	MYS Fairuz Fauzy	GBR Super Nova Racing
MYS Sepang International Circuit	22 March	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA Romain Grosjean	RUS Vitaly Petrov	nowrap	ESP Barwa International Campos Team	Report
23 March		BRA Bruno Senna	JPN Kamui Kobayashi	FRA DAMS
BHR Bahrain International Circuit	5 April	nowrap	FRA Romain Grosjean	nowrap	FRA Romain Grosjean	nowrap	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA ART Grand Prix	Report
6 April		CHE Sébastien Buemi	JPN Kamui Kobayashi	FRA DAMS
ARE Dubai Autodrome
(Grand Prix Circuit)	11 April	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA ART Grand Prix	Report
12 April		nowrap	JPN	ITA Marco Bonanomi	BRA Piquet Sports
Source:

Championship standings

;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.

Point system for Feature Race	Position	Points
1st	2nd	3rd
10	8	6

Point system for Sprint Race	Position	Points
1st	2nd	3rd
6	5	4

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	DUB1
ARE	SEN
IDN	SEP
MYS	BHR
BHR	DUB2
ARE	Points	1	61	2	37	3	33	4	24	5	23	6	22	7	19	8	17	9	13	10	13	11	12	12	9	13	7	14	6	15	6	16	6	17	4	18	3	19	2	20	2	21	1	22	0	23	0	24	0	25	0	26	0	27	0	28	0	29	0	Pos	Driver	DUB1
ARE	SEN
IDN	SEP
MYS	BHR
BHR	DUB2
ARE	Points
FRA Romain Grosjean	1	1	4	4	9	2	1	Ret	1	Ret
CHE Sébastien Buemi	DSQ	Ret	1	7	Ret	Ret	2	2	2	2
RUS Vitaly Petrov	DNS	9	5	3	1	3	10	3	4	Ret
MYS Fairuz Fauzy	8	2	8	1	2	6	Ret	Ret	11	6
BRA Bruno Senna	2	19	7	2	Ret	8	4	DNS	DSQ	11
JPN Kamui Kobayashi	13	Ret	DNS	15	5	1	3	1	20	14
ESP Adrián Vallés	4	Ret	2	5	Ret	20	5	Ret	Ret	10
ITA Davide Valsecchi	17	6	Ret	19	4	4	6	6	14	4
NLD Yelmer Buurman					6	5	9	8	3	5
JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto	6	4	Ret	20	Ret	10	12	4	5	13
BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio	11	8	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	11	12	7	3
ITA Marco Bonanomi	20	13	Ret	8	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	6	1
IND Karun Chandhok	7	3	Ret	13	Ret	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret
ESP Andy Soucek	3	7
GBR Ben Hanley			3	16	Ret	14	Ret	10	Ret	Ret
SRB Miloš Pavlović	10	14	6	Ret	7	12	19	15	8	Ret
ITA Luca Filippi	5	Ret	DSQ	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	12	Ret
LVA Harald Schlegelmilch	14	18	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	14	5	16	7
BRA Alberto Valerio	9	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	DNS	17	13	15
BRA Diego Nunes	12	DNS	Ret	10	10	13	7	Ret	17	12
CHN Ho-Pin Tung	22	10	Ret	6	Ret	16	Ret	7	10	DSQ
TUR Jason Tahincioglu	19	16	Ret	17	12	Ret	17	13	9	8
ROU Michael Herck	Ret	17	9	12	11	11	15	14
DNK Christian Bakkerud	Ret	11	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	9
GBR Stephen Jelley	15	12	DSQ	Ret	Ret	18	16	9	18	DNS
ITA Marcello Puglisi	16	Ret	DNS	18	13	9	18	Ret	Ret	Ret
IND Armaan Ebrahim	21	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	19	13	16	19	Ret
PAK Adam Khan	18	15	Ret	11
ESP Roldán Rodríguez									15	Ret
Source:

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† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	Car
No.	DUB1
ARE	SEN
IDN	SEP
MYS	BHR
BHR	DUB2
ARE	Points	1	61	2	50	3	39	4	34	5	30	6	24	7	19	8	19	9	17	10	9	11	8	12	6	13	4	Pos	Team	Car
No.	DUB1
ARE	SEN
IDN	SEP
MYS	BHR
BHR	DUB2
ARE	Points
FRA ART Grand Prix	3	15	12	DSQ	Ret	Ret	18	16	9	18	DNS
4	1	1	4	4	9	2	1	Ret	1	Ret
NLD Trust Team Arden	11	DSQ	Ret	1	7	Ret	Ret	2	2	2	2
12	18	15	Ret	11	6	5	9	8	3	5
ESP Barwa International Campos Team	5	DNS	9	5	3	1	3	10	3	4	Ret
6	12	DNS	3	16	Ret	14	Ret	10	Ret	Ret
FRA DAMS	9	11	8	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	11	12	7	3
10	13	Ret	DNS	15	5	1	3	1	19	14
GBR iSport International	1	7	3	Ret	13	Ret	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret
2	2	19	7	2	Ret	8	4	DNS	DSQ	11
GBR Super Nova Racing	7	Ret	11	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	9
8	8	2	8	1	2	6	Ret	Ret	11	6
ITA Fisichella Motor Sport International	16	4	Ret	2	5	Ret	20	5	Ret	Ret	10
17	Ret	17	9	12	11	11	15	14	15	Ret
ITA Durango	14	17	6	Ret	19	4	4	6	6	14	4
15	9	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	DNS	17	13	15
MYS Qi-Meritus Mahara	26	6	4	Ret	20	Ret	10	12	4	5	13
27	5	Ret	DSQ	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	12	Ret
BRA Piquet Sports	20	16	Ret	DNS	18	13	9	18	Ret	Ret	Ret
21	20	13	Ret	8	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	6	1
GBR DPR	22	21	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	19	13	16	19	Ret
23	3	7	Ret	10	10	13	7	Ret	17	12
ESP BCN Competicion	24	10	14	6	Ret	7	12	19	12	8	Ret
25	19	16	Ret	17	12	Ret	17	13	9	8
ITA Trident Racing	18	14	18	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	14	5	16	7
19	22	10	Ret	6	Ret	16	Ret	7	10	DSQ
Source:

|} Notes:

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Notes

References

"GP2 Asia - 2007-2008: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine.
(2008-02-16). "Filippi excluded, Buemi wins at Sentul". autosport.com.
"Sprint race - GP2 Asia: UAE 2008".
"GP2 Asia - Season 2007-2008". Speedsport Magazine.

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