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2008 GP2 Series

Season of Formula One feeder championship

Teams' Champion: Barwa International Campos Team Formula One Support series: Porsche Supercup

The 2008 GP2 Series season was the forty-second season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also fourth season under the GP2 Series moniker. It began on 26 April at Montmeló, Spain and it finished on 14 September at Monza, Italy. This is the first season using a new car design to be used during the following 3 seasons. The series was won by Giorgio Pantano.

Season summary

The fourth GP2 Series season started in Circuit de Catalunya. Pastor Maldonado took first pole position of the season, but he couldn't use the advantage after a very bad start. Alvaro Parente won in his debut race in the series. In the sprint race, Romain Grosjean was heading for victory until late-race safety car. When the safety car went back to the pits, Grosjean straight-lined the chicane and lost momentum. He then blocked Kamui Kobayashi, receiving drive through penalty. Kobayashi won the race while Grosjean was left without points.

At Turkey, Giorgio Pantano won from pole in the feature race. Grosjean won the sprint race which included multi-car crashes on the first lap, as well as two stray dogs on the track. One of them was hit by Bruno Senna whose car was damaged and he had to retire. Luckily Senna escaped without injury. Senna then won at Monaco, on the track where his uncle Ayrton had won six times. In the sprint race, which was held for the first time in Monaco, Mike Conway was victorious. He was heading for third place in feature race before being punted off by Javier Villa on the final lap. He was lucky in the event, as only eight drivers were unlapped, so he ended in eight and therefore for the pole in the sprint.

Magny-Cours feature race was won by Pantano after Grosjean and Senna suffered mechanical retirements. The sprint race started on damp track and few drivers gambled starting with slicks. This worked well for Arden drivers, as Sébastien Buemi won from 21st on the grid. His teammate Yelmer Buurman was second. At Silverstone Pantano won the feature again, and wet sprint race was dominated by Senna.

At Hockenheim Grosjean finished first on the road, but he was later penalized for overtaking under yellow flag, giving Pantano third straight feature race victory. Karun Chandhok won the sprint race from pole. At Hungaroring, Lucas di Grassi who had returned to GP2 in Magny-Cours, won the feature race, while Buemi won the sprint after polesitter Andy Soucek made a small mistake.

The feature race at Valencia ended in dramatic fashion. Pantano was on road for victory before he ran out of fuel on the final lap. Several other drivers suffered same fate, including Senna who could get his car over the finish line but in 9th place. Vitaly Petrov inherited the win. Pantano recovered well in sprint race to take third place while Senna crashed out. di Grassi was the winner.

With four races to go, Pantano led by 13 points on Senna and 20 on di Grassi. Senna took the pole in Spa, but his race was destroyed by drive through penalty for unsafe release by the team in his pit stop. Pantano suffered mechanical glitch during safety car and was dropped to back of the field. He was recovering until he collided with di Grassi on the final lap. Pantano was disqualified for the race and also excluded from the sprint. Grosjean won the feature while Maldonado took his first victory of the season in the sprint, overtaking Jérôme d'Ambrosio on the final lap.

Pantano got perfect start for final weekend with pole, therefore knocking di Grassi out from the championship hunt. A race started in wet conditions and mandatory pit stop was done as late as possible, as the track was ready for slicks. di Grassi won while Pantano ended in 10th after drive through penalty for crossing white line at the pit exit. It didn't matter much: while Senna couldn't finish better than 5th, Pantano clinched the title with one race to go. The sprint race was held in wet conditions as well and won by polesitter Davide Valsecchi.

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Dallara GP2/08 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 name	Rounds
GBR iSport International	1	IND Karun Chandhok	All
2	BRA Bruno Senna	All
FRA ART Grand Prix	3	ITA Luca Filippi	1–5
JPN Sakon Yamamoto	6–10
4	FRA Romain Grosjean	All
ESP Barwa International Campos Team	5	RUS Vitaly Petrov	All
6	GBR Ben Hanley	1–3
BRA Lucas di Grassi	4–10
GBR Super Nova Racing	7	DNK Christian Bakkerud	1, 3
ESP Andy Soucek	2, 4–10
8	PRT Álvaro Parente	All
FRA DAMS	9	BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio	All
10	JPN Kamui Kobayashi	All
ESP Racing Engineering	11	ESP Javier Villa	All
12	ITA Giorgio Pantano	All
NLD Trust Team Arden	14	CHE Sébastien Buemi	All
15	NLD Yelmer Buurman	1–5
ITA Luca Filippi	6–10
ITA Durango	16	ITA Davide Valsecchi	1–2, 5–10
ITA Marcello Puglisi	3
GBR Ben Hanley	4
17	BRA Alberto Valério	All
ITA Fisichella Motor Sport International	18	ESP Roldán Rodríguez	All
19	ESP Adrián Vallés	1
GBR Adam Carroll	2–3
EST Marko Asmer	4–10
ITA Trident Racing	20	GBR Mike Conway	All
21	CHN Ho-Pin Tung	All
BRA Piquet Sports	22	ARE Andreas Zuber	All
23	VEN Pastor Maldonado	All
GBR DPR	24	ITA Giacomo Ricci	1–2
ESP Andy Soucek	3
ROU Michael Herck	4–10
25	BRA Diego Nunes	All
ESP BCN Competición	26	nowrap	ITA Paolo Maria Nocera	1
ESP Adrián Vallés	2–10
27	SRB Miloš Pavlović	1–3
BRA Carlos Iaconelli	4–10
Sources:

Calendar

The original calendar was released on 25 March 2008 and had a standalone event on the 31 May – 1 June at the Valencia's Ricardo Tormo circuit. However, on the 18 April 2008, it was confirmed that a deal had been agreed for a GP2 event to run alongside the new European GP at the Valencia Street Circuit instead of the original date at the Ricardo Tormo circuit. Also, for the first time in the history of GP2, two races were held at Monaco. All of the races supported the Formula One Grands Prix indicated by the relevant flags, except the round at Valencia which supported the 2008 European Grand Prix.

Round	Location	Circuit	Date	Time	Tyres
ESP Montmeló, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	26 April	16:00	14:00	Hard
27 April	10:30	08:30
TUR Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Park	10 May	16:00	13:00	Hard
11 May	11:30	08:30
MCO Monte Carlo, Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	23 May	11:15	09:15	Super Soft
24 May	16:00	14:00
FRA Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Magny-Cours	21 June	16:00	14:00	Medium
22 June	10:30	08:30
UK Silverstone, Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	5 July	15:00	14:00	Medium
6 July	09:30	08:30
GER Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	19 July	16:00	14:00	Medium
20 July	10:30	08:30
HUN Mogyoród, Hungary	Hungaroring	2 August	16:00	14:00	Medium
3 August	10:30	08:30
ESP Valencia, Spain	Valencia Street Circuit	23 August	16:00	14:00	Medium
24 August	10:30	08:30
BEL Stavelot, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	6 September	16:00	14:00	Medium
7 September	10:30	08:30
ITA Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	13 September	16:00	14:00	Medium
14 September	10:30	08:30
Source:

The following rounds were included on the provisional calendars published by the FIA but were cancelled:

Round	Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting	F	S
ESP Cheste, Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	31 May	Stand-alone event
1 June

Results

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
ESP Circuit de Catalunya	VEN Pastor Maldonado	ESP	PRT Álvaro Parente	GBR Super Nova Racing	Report
	FRA	JPN Kamui Kobayashi	FRA DAMS
TUR Istanbul Park	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ARE Andreas Zuber	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ESP Racing Engineering	Report
	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA ART Grand Prix
MCO Circuit de Monaco	nowrap	VEN Pastor Maldonado	BRA Bruno Senna	BRA Bruno Senna	GBR iSport International	Report
	ARE	GBR Mike Conway	ITA Trident Racing
FRA Circuit de Magny-Cours	BRA Bruno Senna	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ESP Racing Engineering	Report
	JPN Kamui Kobayashi	CHE Sébastien Buemi	NLD Trust Team Arden
GBR Silverstone Circuit	BRA Bruno Senna	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ESP Racing Engineering	Report
	VEN	BRA Bruno Senna	GBR iSport International
DEU Hockenheimring	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ESP Racing Engineering	Report
	JPN	IND Karun Chandhok	GBR iSport International
HUN Hungaroring	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA	BRA Lucas di Grassi	ESP Barwa International Campos Team	Report
	BRA Lucas di Grassi	CHE Sébastien Buemi	NLD Trust Team Arden
ESP Valencia Street Circuit	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ITA	RUS Vitaly Petrov	ESP Barwa International Campos Team	Report
	BRA Lucas di Grassi	BRA Lucas di Grassi	ESP Barwa International Campos Team
BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	BRA Bruno Senna	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA Romain Grosjean	FRA ART Grand Prix	Report
	nowrap	VEN Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	VEN Pastor Maldonado	BRA Piquet Sports
ITA Autodromo Nazionale Monza	ITA Giorgio Pantano	GBR	BRA Lucas di Grassi	nowrap	ESP Barwa International Campos Team	Report
	ESP	ITA Davide Valsecchi	ITA Durango
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.

;Feature race points

Position	Points
1st	2nd
10	8

;Sprint race points Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
6	5

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	CAT
ESP	IST
TUR	MON
MCO	MAG
FRA	SIL
GBR	HOC
DEU	HUN
HUN	VAL
ESP	SPA
BEL	MNZ
ITA	Points	1	76	2	64	3	63	4	62	5	60	6	50	7	39	8	34	9	32	10	31	11	21	12	20	13	14	14	14	15	11	16	10	17	8	18	7	19	6	20	5	21	5	22	3	23	3	24	1	25	1	26	0	27	0	28	0	29	0	30	0	31	0	32	0	33	0	34	0	Pos	Driver	CAT
ESP	IST
TUR	MON
MCO	MAG
FRA	SIL
GBR	HOC
DEU	HUN
HUN	VAL
ESP	SPA
BEL	MNZ
ITA	Points
ITA Giorgio Pantano	4	3	1	4	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	3	1	Ret	14	5	14†	3	DSQ	EX	10	5
BRA Bruno Senna	2	4	15	Ret	1	5	Ret	5	6	1	4	3	3	3	9	Ret	11	Ret	5	8
BRA Lucas di Grassi							2	4	2	2	5	Ret	1	10	4	1	20†	5	1	11
FRA Romain Grosjean	5	13	2	1	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	5	8	2	4	17	12	3	Ret	1	9	4	3
VEN Pastor Maldonado	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	3	7	Ret	15†	6	17	5	18†	2	Ret	3	1	2	4
CHE Sébastien Buemi	7	2	6	3	Ret	11	Ret	1	4	DNS	Ret	8	7	1	6	Ret	5	4	3	7
RUS Vitaly Petrov	6	Ret	5	2	Ret	15	4	18†	10	5	Ret	11	Ret	9	1	15†	4	3	Ret	Ret
PRT Álvaro Parente	1	7	Ret	8	5	3	9	Ret	16	Ret	3	6	16	Ret	16†	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	12
ARE Andreas Zuber	3	Ret	3	Ret	11	17	5	8	7	11	11†	2	2	7	Ret	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	10
IND Karun Chandhok	9	Ret	4	12	3	Ret	7	Ret	3	Ret	8	1	4	DNS	15†	Ret	10	7	11	Ret
BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	9	7	6	Ret	9	12	Ret	10	9	Ret	5	2	8	2	7	6
GBR Mike Conway	Ret	8	9	5	8†	1	8	6	14	4	Ret	9	6	11	Ret	8	7	Ret	13	Ret
ESP Roldán Rodríguez	Ret	Ret	12	13	6	4	Ret	16	11	Ret	18†	15	19	Ret	Ret	10	21†	Ret	6	2
ESP Andy Soucek			19	Ret	13	6	13	Ret	12	Ret	7	19	8	2	7	Ret	6	Ret	9	18
ITA Davide Valsecchi	10	5	DNS	DNS					19	6	Ret	13	Ret	13	NC	7	Ret	6	8	1
JPN Kamui Kobayashi	8	1	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	7	Ret	18	11	8	Ret	6	9	14	Ret	13
ESP Javier Villa	14	6	7	15	14	13	14	10	13	Ret	10†	5	13	6	Ret	5	17	8	Ret	EX
CHN Ho-Pin Tung	Ret	14	11	Ret	7	2	Ret	14	18	Ret	13†	7	Ret	14	Ret	9	15	10	Ret	9
ITA Luca Filippi	11	Ret	16	14	Ret	12	10	3	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	8	13	19	Ret	16	Ret
NLD Yelmer Buurman	Ret	10	14	Ret	12	8	12	2	15	10
ESP Adrián Vallés	18	11	10	Ret	4	16	15	12	22	14†	15	Ret	Ret	19	11	Ret	13	13	WD	WD
BRA Diego Nunes	15	16	13	10	15	9	11	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	20	12	15	10	4	12	Ret	Ret	16
JPN Sakon Yamamoto											12†	NC	10	4	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	Ret
GBR Ben Hanley	Ret	9	17	6	16	14	Ret	Ret
GBR Adam Carroll			8	Ret	Ret	Ret
BRA Alberto Valério	13	Ret	18	7	Ret	Ret	18	17	21	9	9	14	DNS	17	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	12	15
DNK Christian Bakkerud	Ret	DNS			10	Ret
BRA Carlos Iaconelli							16	13	DNS	Ret	16	16	Ret	Ret	13	11	Ret	12	14	14
EST Marko Asmer							17	11	20	13	14	12	18	Ret	DNS	Ret	16	Ret	15	Ret
ROU Michael Herck							Ret	15	23	DNS	17	Ret	Ret	16	12	14	14	11	Ret	17
ITA Giacomo Ricci	16	Ret	Ret	11
SRB Miloš Pavlović	DNS	12	Ret	16	DNS	DNS
ITA Paolo Maria Nocera	17	Ret
ITA Marcello Puglisi					17	Ret
Sources:

|} Notes:

– Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	Car
No.	CAT
ESP	IST
TUR	MON
MCO	MAG
FRA	SIL
GBR	HOC
DEU	HUN
HUN	VAL
ESP	SPA
BEL	MNZ
ITA	Points	1	103	2	95	3	92	4	84	5	70	6	56	7	47	8	31	9	27	10	15	11	11	12	5	13	4	Pos	Team	Car
No.	CAT
ESP	IST
TUR	MON
MCO	MAG
FRA	SIL
GBR	HOC
DEU	HUN
HUN	VAL
ESP	SPA
BEL	MNZ
ITA	Points
ESP Barwa International Campos Team	5	6	Ret	5	2	Ret	15	4	18†	10	5	Ret	11	Ret	9	1	15†	4	3	Ret	Ret
6	Ret	9	17	6	16	14	2	4	2	2	5	Ret	1	10	4	1	20†	5	1	11
GBR iSport International	1	9	Ret	4	12	3	Ret	7	Ret	3	Ret	8	1	4	DNS	15†	Ret	10	7	11	Ret
2	2	4	15	Ret	1	5	Ret	5	6	1	4	3	3	3	9	Ret	11	Ret	5	8
BRA Piquet Sports	22	3	Ret	3	Ret	11	17	5	8	7	11	11†	2	2	7	Ret	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	10
23	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	3	7	Ret	15†	6	17	5	18†	2	Ret	3	1	2	4
ESP Racing Engineering	11	14	6	7	15	14	13	14	10	13	Ret	10†	5	13	6	Ret	5	17	8	Ret	EX
12	4	3	1	4	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	3	1	Ret	14	5	14†	3	DSQ	EX	10	5
FRA ART Grand Prix	3	11	Ret	16	14	Ret	12	10	3	8	Ret	12†	NC	10	4	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	Ret
4	5	13	2	1	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	5	8	2	4	17	12	3	Ret	1	9	4	3
NLD Trust Team Arden	14	7	2	6	3	Ret	11	Ret	1	4	DNS	Ret	8	7	1	6	Ret	5	4	3	7
15	Ret	10	14	Ret	12	8	12	2	15	10	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	8	13	19	Ret	16	Ret
GBR Super Nova Racing	7	Ret	DNS	19	Ret	10	Ret	13	Ret	12	Ret	7	19	8	2	7	Ret	6	Ret	9	18
8	1	7	Ret	8	5	3	9	Ret	16	Ret	3	6	16	Ret	16†	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	12
FRA DAMS	9	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	9	7	6	Ret	9	12	Ret	10	9	Ret	5	2	8	2	7	6
10	8	1	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	7	Ret	18	11	8	Ret	6	9	14	Ret	13
ITA Trident Racing	20	Ret	8	9	5	8†	1	8	6	14	4	Ret	9	6	11	Ret	8	7	Ret	13	Ret
21	Ret	14	11	Ret	7	2	Ret	14	18	Ret	13†	7	Ret	14	Ret	9	15	10	Ret	9
ITA Fisichella Motor Sport International	18	Ret	Ret	12	13	6	4	Ret	16	11	Ret	18†	15	19	Ret	Ret	10	21†	Ret	6	2
19	18	11	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	11	20	13	14	12	18	Ret	DNS	Ret	16	Ret	15	Ret
ITA Durango	16	10	5	DNS	DNS	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	6	Ret	13	Ret	13	NC	7	Ret	6	8	1
17	13	Ret	18	7	Ret	Ret	18	17	21	9	9	14	DNS	17	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	12	15
ESP BCN Competición	26	17	Ret	10	Ret	4	16	15	12	22	14†	15	Ret	Ret	19	11	Ret	13	13	WD	WD
27	DNS	12	Ret	16	DNS	DNS	16	13	DNS	Ret	16	16	Ret	Ret	13	11	Ret	12	14	14
GBR DPR	24	16	Ret	Ret	11	13	6	Ret	15	23	DNS	17	Ret	Ret	16	12	14	14	11	Ret	17
25	15	16	13	10	15	9	11	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	20	12	15	10	4	12	Ret	Ret	16
Sources:

|} Notes:

– Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Notes

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