2008 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

2008 Belgian GP2 round
Round details
	Round 9 of 10 rounds in the ; 2008 GP2 Series
	; Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	6 September 2008
Laps	26
Pole position
Driver	Bruno Senna
Time	2:15.550
Podium
First	Romain Grosjean
Second	Álvaro Parente
Third	Pastor Maldonado
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean
Time	1:59.529 (on lap 26)
Sprint race
Date	7 September 2008
Laps	18
Podium
First	Pastor Maldonado
Second	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Third	Vitaly Petrov
Fastest lap
Driver	Pastor Maldonado
Time	1:58.860 (on lap 5)

Last updated October 31, 2025

2008 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round was the penultimate round of the 2008 GP2 Series season. It was held on 6 September and 7, 2008 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. The race was used as a support race to the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	2:15.489	16
2	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	2:15.550	1
3	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	2:16.100	2
4	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	2:16.280	3
5	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	2:16.291	4
6	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	2:16.370	5
7	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	2:16.786	11
8	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	2:16.853	6
9	7	Andy Soucek	Super Nova Racing	2:16.958	7
10	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	2:17.310	8
11	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	2:17.374	9
12	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	2:17.587	10
13	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	2:17.757	12
14	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	2:17.857	13
15	19	Marko Asmer	FMS International	2:17.969	14
16	26	Adrián Vallés	BCN Competición	2:18.097	15
17	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	2:18.170	17
18	24	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	2:18.206	18
19	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	2:18.836	19
20	15	Luca Filippi	Trust Team Arden	2:19.174	20
21	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	2:19.394	21
22	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	2:21.482	22
23	27	Carlos Iaconelli	BCN Competición	2:22.089	23
24	3	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	2:22.764	24
25	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	2:24.020	25
26	6	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa International Campos Team	2:30.459	26
Source:^[1]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	26	1:02:33.710	3	20+1
2	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	26	+4.139	2	15
3	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	26	+6.308	8	10
4	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	26	+6.783	9	8
5	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	26	+8.711	11	6
6	7	Andy Soucek	Super Nova Racing	26	+8.939	7	5
7	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	26	+9.549	6	4
8	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	26	+10.846	21	3
9	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	26	+12.790	25
10	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	26	+13.048	16
11	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	26	+13.383	1	2
12	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	26	+14.176	13
13	26	Adrián Vallés	BCN Competición	26	+14.903	15
14	24	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	26	+16.537	18
15	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	26	+17.315	19
16	19	Marko Asmer	FMS International	26	+17.935	14
17	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	26	+18.204	22
18	3	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	26	+19.705	24
19	15	Luca Filippi	Trust Team Arden	26	+43.184	20
20	6	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa International Campos Team	25	+1 lap	26
21	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	25	+1 lap	17
Ret	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	21	Crash	10
Ret	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	9	Crash	12
Ret	27	Carlos Iaconelli	BCN Competición	3	Crash	23
DSQ	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	26	Disqualified	5
DSQ	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	26	Disqualified	4
Source:^[1]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	18	39:35.689	6	14+1
2	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	18	+1.256	1	10
3	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	18	+5.439	5	9
4	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	18	+6.390	4	8
5	6	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa International Campos Team	18	+7.222	20	6
6	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	18	+8.213	23	5
7	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	18	+8.767	10
8	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	18	+12.199	17
9	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	18	+16.317	8
10	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	18	+17.065	15
11	24	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	18	+18.351	14
12	27	Carlos Iaconelli	BCN Competición	18	+20.023	24
13	26	Adrián Vallés	BCN Competición	18	+20.350	13
14	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	18	+32.890	9
Ret	7	Andy Soucek	Super Nova Racing	15	Crash	3
Ret	15	Luca Filippi	Trust Team Arden	12	Collision	19
Ret	19	Marko Asmer	FMS International	10	Crash	16
Ret	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	9	Failure	11
Ret	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	7	Crash	12
Ret	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	5	Crash	7
Ret	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	5	Crash	22
Ret	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	4	Crash	2
Ret	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	4	Crash	21
Ret	3	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	2	Crash	18
Ret	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	1	Crash	25
EX	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	0	Excluded	26
Source:^[1]

References

1 2 3 "GP2 Series 2008 Results - Spa-Francorchamps". Team Dan. Team Dan. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

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Round details
Round 9 of 10 rounds in the 2008 GP2 Series
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	6 September 2008
Laps	26
Pole position
Driver	Bruno Senna	iSport International
Time	2:15.550
Podium
First	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix
Second	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing
Third	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:59.529 (on lap 26)
Sprint race
Date	7 September 2008
Laps	18
Podium
First	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports
Second	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS
Third	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Int. Campos Team
Fastest lap
Driver	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports
Time	1:58.860 (on lap 5)