2008 GP2 Asia Series

For the main series, see 2008 GP2 Series.

2008 GP2 Asia Series

Drivers' Champion: Romain Grosjean
Teams' Champion: ART Grand Prix

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Christian Bakkerud driving for Super Nova at the 2008 Bahrain GP2 Asia Series round.

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. ^[1]

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

Results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	F	Dubai Autodrome (International Circuit)	25 January	Romain Grosjean	Bruno Senna	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	Report
	S		26 January		Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix
2	F	Sentul International Circuit	16 February	Vitaly Petrov	Bruno Senna	Sébastien Buemi [b]	Trust Team Arden	Report
	S		17 February		Fairuz Fauzy	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing
3	F	Sepang International Circuit	22 March	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	Report
	S		23 March		Bruno Senna	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
4	F	Bahrain International Circuit	5 April	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	Report
	S		6 April		Sébastien Buemi	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
5	F	Dubai Autodrome (Grand Prix Circuit)	11 April	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	Report
	S		12 April		Kamui Kobayashi [c]	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports
Source: [2]

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. ^[2]

Point system for Feature Race [2] Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th    Pole     FL   Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 1

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

Drivers' Championship

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

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

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

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

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

Notes

1. Arden International competed under a Dutch licence.
2. Luca Filippi was stripped of the victory after stewards found out he had used tyres allocated to his teammate Hiroki Yoshimoto. ^[3]
3. Kamui Kobayashi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Davide Valsecchi ^[4] was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

References

1. "GP2 Asia - 2007-2008: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
2. "GP2 Asia - Season 2007-2008". Speedsport Magazine. pp.  2, 3 . Retrieved 3 September 2025.
3. "Filippi excluded, Buemi wins at Sentul". autosport.com. 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
4. "Sprint race - GP2 Asia: UAE 2008". Pitpass.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2022.