2008 Bahrain GP2 Asia Series round

   2008 Bahrain GP2 round

Round details
Round 4 of 5 rounds in the 2008 GP2 Series
Location	Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.412 km (3.363 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	5 April 2008
Laps	34 (184.008 km)
Pole position
Driver	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:42.661
Podium
First	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix
Second	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden
Third	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:45.453 (on lap 9)
Sprint race
Date	6 April 2008
Laps	23 (124.476 km)
Podium
First	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
Second	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden
Third	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Int Campos Team
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden
Time	1:45.455 (on lap 19)

Christian Bakkerud

Yelmer Buurman

Armaan Ebrahim

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	1:42.661		1
2	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	1:43.231	+0.570	2
3	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	1:43.238	+0.577	3
4	16	Adrián Vallés	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:43.239	+0.578	4
5	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:43.277	+0.616	5
6	8	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:43.489	+0.828	6
7	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:43.67	+1.009	7
8	11	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	1:43.698	+1.037	8
9	23	Diego Nunes	DPR	1:43.798	+1.137	9
10	21	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	1:43.800	+1.139	10
11	14	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:43.906	+1.245	11
12	27	Luca Filippi	Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:43.982	+1.321	12
13	12	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	1:44.006	+1.345	13
14	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	1:44.085	+1.424	14
15	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:44.087	+1.426	15
16	18	Harald Schlegelmilch	Trident Racing	1:44.187	+1.526	16
17	17	Michael Herck	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:44.260	+1.599	17
18	26	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:44.334	+1.673	18
19	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	1:44.347	+1.686	19
20	19	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	1:44.407	+1.746	20
21	15	Alberto Valerio	Durango	1:44.439	+1.778	21
22	20	Marcello Puglisi	Piquet Sports	1:44.542	+1.881	22
23	24	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competicion	1:44.659	+1.998	23
24	25	Jason Tahincioglu	BCN Competicion	1:44.732	+2.071	24
25	22	Armaan Ebrahim	DPR	1:44.845	+2.184	25
26	3	Stephen Jelley	ART Grand Prix	1:44.863	+2.202	26
Source: [1]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	34	1:04:03.530	1	10+2+1
2	11	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	34	+12.030	8	8
3	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	34	+19.148	5	6
4	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	34	+27.232	3	5
5	16	Adrián Vallés	Fisichella Motor Sport International	34	+29.747	4	4
6	14	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	34	+36.657	11	3
7	23	Diego Nunes	DPR	34	+37.226	9	2
8	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	34	+39.431	2	1
9	12	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	34	+39.974	13
10	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	34	+42.555	15
11	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	34	+43.444	7
12	26	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Qi-Meritus Mahara	34	+49.053	18
13	22	Armaan Ebrahim	DPR	34	+51.240	25
14	18	Harald Schlegelmilch	Trident Racing	34	+52.398	16
15	17	Michael Herck	Fisichella Motor Sport International	34	+52.799	17
16	3	Stephen Jelley	ART Grand Prix	34	+59.618	26
17	25	Jason Tahincioglu	BCN Competicion	34	+1:00.209	24
18	20	Marcello Puglisi	Piquet Sports	34	+1:08.461	22
19	24	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competicion	34	+1:28.912	23
Ret	19	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	24	Retired	20
Ret	8	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	24	Retired	6
Ret	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	8	Retired	14
Ret	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	1	Retired	19
Ret	21	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	0	Retired	10
Ret	27	Luca Filippi	Qi-Meritus Mahara	0	Retired	12
DNS	15	Alberto Valerio	Durango	0	Did not start	21
Source: [2]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	23	40:59.270	6	6
2	11	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	23	+0.861	7	5+1
3	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	23	+6.526	10	4
4	26	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+9.127	12	3
5	18	Harald Schlegelmilch	Trident Racing	23	+15.801	14	2
6	14	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	23	+17.016	3	1
7	19	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	23	+20.788	20
8	12	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	23	+21.543	9
9	3	Stephen Jelley	ART Grand Prix	23	+22.669	16
10	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	23	+28.217	22
11	27	Luca Filippi	Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+29.337	25
12	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	23	+29.406	11
13	25	Jason Tahincioglu	BCN Competicion	23	+36.450	17
14	17	Michael Herck	Fisichella Motor Sport International	23	+39.022	15
15	24	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competicion	23	+49.735	19
16	22	Armaan Ebrahim	DPR	23	+1:39.993	13
17	15	Alberto Valerio	Durango	22	+1 lap	26
Ret	21	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	19	Retired	24
Ret	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	17	Retired	8
Ret	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	11	Retired	1
Ret	16	Adrián Vallés	Fisichella Motor Sport International	7	Retired	4
Ret	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	3	Retired	23
Ret	20	Marcello Puglisi	Piquet Sports	1	Retired	18
Ret	23	Diego Nunes	DPR	1	Retired	2
Ret	8	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	0	Retired	21
DNS	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	0	Did not start	5
Source: [3]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. 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 Pos. 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

References

1. "Grosjean takes dominant Bahrain pole". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
2. "Grosjean wins in Bahrain with ease". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
3. "Kobayashi wins as Grosjean takes title". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

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