2008 GP2 Series season

GP2 Series season
Current	2008
Previous	2007
Next	2009

The 2008 GP2 Series season was the fourth GP2 Series season. It began on April 26 at Barcelona, Spain and it finished on September 14 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.

Teams and drivers

On 19 October 2007, it was announced that the same 13 teams which took part in 2007 would continue into 2008.

Team	Car #	Driver	Rounds
iSport International	1	Karun Chandhok	All
	2	Bruno Senna	All
ART Grand Prix	3	Luca Filippi	1-5
		Sakon Yamamoto	6-10
	4	Romain Grosjean	All
Campos Grand Prix	5	Vitaly Petrov	All
	6	Ben Hanley	1-3
		Lucas Di Grassi	4-10
Super Nova Racing	7	Christian Bakkerud	1, 3
		Andy Soucek	2, 4-10
	8	Álvaro Parente	All
DAMS	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	All
	10	Kamui Kobayashi	All
Racing Engineering	11	Javier Villa	All
	12	Giorgio Pantano	All
Trust Team Arden	14	Sébastien Buemi	All
	15	Yelmer Buurman	1-5
		Luca Filippi	6-10
Durango	16	Davide Valsecchi	1-2, 5-10
		Marcello Puglisi	3
		Ben Hanley	4
	17	Alberto Valerio	All
Fisichella Motor Sport International	18	Roldan Rodriguez	All
	19	Adrián Vallés	1
		Adam Carroll	2-3
		Marko Asmer	4-10
Trident Racing	20	Mike Conway	All
	21	Ho-Pin Tung	All
Piquet Sports	22	Andreas Zuber	All
	23	Pastor Maldonado	All
David Price Racing	24	Michael Herck	4-10
		Giacomo Ricci	1-2
		Andy Soucek	3
	25	Diego Nunes	All
BCN Competicion	26	Paolo Maria Nocera	1
		Adrián Vallés	2-9
	27	Miloš Pavlović	1-3
		Carlos Iaconelli	4-10

2008 Schedule

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	April 26	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing
	R2			April 27	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
2	R1	Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Park	May 10	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering
	R2			May 11	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix
3	R1	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	May 23	Bruno Senna	iSport International
	R2			May 24	Mike Conway	Trident Racing
4	R1	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Magny-Cours	June 21	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering
	R2			June 22	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden
5	R1	Silverstone, Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	July 5	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering
	R2			July 6	Bruno Senna	iSport International
6	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	July 19	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering
	R2			July 20	Karun Chandhok	iSport International
7	R1	Budapest, Hungary	Hungaroring	August 2	Lucas di Grassi	Campos Grand Prix
	R2			August 3	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden
8	R1	Valencia, Spain	Valencia Street Circuit	August 23	Vitaly Petrov	Campos Grand Prix
	R2			August 24	Lucas di Grassi	Campos Grand Prix
9	R1	Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	September 6	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix
	R2			September 7	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports
10	R1	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 13	Lucas di Grassi	Campos Grand Prix
	R2			September 14	Davide Valsecchi	Durango

The original calendar was released on 25th March 2008 and had a standalone event on the 31st May - 1st June at the Valencia's Ricardo Tormo circuit. However, on the 18th 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, there will be two races 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.

Results

Driver standings

Pos Driver ESP FEA ESP SPR TUR FEA TUR SPR MON FEA MON SPR FRA FEA FRA SPR GBR FEA GBR SPR GER FEA GER SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR VAL FEA VAL SPR BEL FEA BEL SPR ITA FEA ITA SPR Points 1 Pantano 4 3 1 4 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 3 1 Ret 14 5 14† 3 DSQ EX 10 5 76 2 Senna 2 4 15 Ret 1 5 Ret 5 6 1 4 3 3 3 9 Ret 11 Ret 5 9 64 3 Di Grassi 2 4 2 2 5 Ret 1 10 4 1 20† 5 1 11 63 4 Grosjean 5 13 2 1 Ret 10 Ret Ret 5 8 2 4 17 12 3 Ret 1 9 4 3 62 5 Maldonado 12 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 7 Ret 15 6 18 5 18† 2 Ret 3 1 2 4 60 6 Buemi 7 2 6 3 Ret 11 Ret 1 4 DNS Ret 8 7 1 6 Ret 5 4 3 7 50 7 Petrov 6 Ret 5 2 Ret 15 4 18 10 5 Ret 12 Ret 9 1 15 4 3 Ret Ret 39 8 Parente 1 7 Ret 8 5 3 9 Ret 16 Ret 3 6 16 Ret 16† Ret 2 Ret Ret 12 34 9 Zuber 3 Ret 3 Ret 11 17 5 8 7 11 11† 2 2 7 Ret Ret DSQ Ret Ret 10 32 10 Chandhok 9 Ret 4 12 3 Ret 7 Ret 3 Ret 8 1 4 DNS 15† Ret 10 7 11 Ret 31 11 d'Ambrosio Ret 15 Ret Ret 9 7 6 Ret 9 12 Ret 11 9 Ret 5 2 8 2 7 6 21 12 Conway Ret 8 9 5 8† 1 8 6 14 4 Ret 9 6 11 Ret 8 7 Ret 13 Ret 20 13 Rodríguez Ret Ret 12 13 6 4 Ret 16 11 Ret 18 16 19 Ret Ret 10 21† Ret 6 2 14 14 Soucek 19 Ret 13 6 13 Ret 12 Ret 7 Ret 8 2 7 Ret 6 Ret 9 18 14 15 Valsecchi 10 5 DNS INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 19 6 Ret 14 Ret 13 Ret 7 Ret 6 8 1 11 16 Kobayashi 8 1 Ret 9 Ret 18 Ret 9 Ret 7 Ret 18 11 8 Ret 6 9 14 Ret 13 10 17 Villa 14 6 7 15 14 13 14 10 13 Ret 10† 5 13 6 Ret 5 17 8 Ret EX 8 18 Tung Ret 14 11 Ret 7 2 Ret 14 18 Ret 13 7 Ret 14 Ret 9 15 10 Ret 8 7 19 Filippi 11 Ret 16 14 Ret 12 10 3 8 Ret Ret Ret 15 NC 8 13 19 Ret Ret Ret 6 20 Buurman Ret 10 14 Ret 12 8 12 2 15 10 5 21 Vallés 18 11 10 Ret 4 16 15 12 22 14 15 Ret Ret 19 11 Ret 13 13 WD WD 5 22 Nunes 15 16 13 10 15 9 11 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 12 15 10 4 12 Ret Ret 16 3 23 Yamamoto 12 NC 10 4 Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret 3 24 Hanley Ret 9 17 6 16 14 Ret Ret 1 25 Carroll 8 Ret Ret Ret 1 26 Valerio 13 Ret 18 7 Ret Ret 18 17 21 9 9 15 DNS 17 Ret 12 Ret Ret 12 15 0 27 Bakkerud Ret INJ INJ INJ 10 Ret INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 0 28 Asmer 17 11 20 13 14 13 18 Ret DNS Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 0 29 Iaconelli 16 13 DNS Ret 16 17 Ret Ret 13 11 Ret 12 14 14 0 30 Herck INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ Ret 15 23 DNS 17 Ret Ret 17 12 14 14 11 Ret 17 0 31 Ricci 16 Ret Ret 11 0 32 Pavlović DNS 12 Ret 16 DNS DNS 0 33 Puglisi 17 19 0 34 Nocera 17 Ret 0 Pos Driver ESP FEA ESP SPR TUR FEA TUR SPR MON FEA MON SPR FRA FEA FRA SPR GBR FEA GBR SPR GER FEA GER SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR VAL FEA VAL SPR BEL FEA BEL SPR ITA FEA ITA SPR Points

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Blank Injured (INJ) Blank Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

Team standings

Pos Team Car No. ESP FEA ESP SPR TUR FEA TUR SPR MON FEA MON SPR FRA FEA FRA SPR GBR FEA GBR SPR GER FEA GER SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR VAL FEA VAL SPR BEL FEA BEL SPR ITA FEA ITA SPR Points 1 Campos Grand Prix 5 6 Ret 5 2 Ret 15 4 18 10 5 Ret 12 Ret 9 1 15 4 3 Ret Ret 103 6 Ret 9 17 6 16 14 2 4 2 2 5 Ret 1 10 4 1 20† 5 1 11 2 iSport International 1 9 Ret 4 12 3 Ret 7 Ret 3 Ret 8 1 4 DNS 15† Ret 10 7 11 Ret 95 2 2 4 15 Ret 1 5 Ret 5 6 1 4 3 3 3 9 Ret 11 Ret 5 8 3 Piquet Sports 22 3 Ret 3 Ret 11 Ret 5 8 7 11 11† 2 2 7 Ret Ret DSQ Ret Ret 10 92 23 12 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 7 Ret 15 6 18 5 18† 2 Ret 3 1 2 4 4 Racing Engineering 11 14 6 7 15 14 13 14 10 13 Ret 10† 5 13 6 Ret 5 17 8 Ret EX 84 12 4 3 1 4 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 3 1 Ret 14 5 14† 3 DSQ EX 10 5 5 ART Grand Prix 3 11 Ret 16 14 Ret 12 10 3 8 Ret 12 NC 10 4 Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret 70 4 5 13 2 1 Ret 10 Ret Ret 5 8 2 4 17 12 3 Ret 1 9 4 3 6 Trust Team Arden 14 7 2 6 3 Ret 11 Ret 1 4 DNS Ret 8 7 1 6 Ret 5 4 3 7 56 15 Ret 10 14 Ret 12 8 12 2 15 10 Ret Ret 15 NC 8 13 19 Ret Ret Ret 7 Super Nova Racing 7 Ret INJ 19 Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret 12 Ret 7 Ret 8 2 7 Ret 6 Ret 9 18 47 8 1 7 Ret 8 5 3 9 Ret 16 Ret 3 6 16 Ret 16† Ret 2 Ret Ret 12 8 DAMS 9 Ret 15 Ret Ret 9 7 6 Ret 9 12 Ret 11 9 Ret 5 2 8 2 7 6 31 10 8 1 Ret 9 Ret 18 Ret 9 Ret 7 Ret 18 11 8 Ret 6 9 14 Ret 13 9 Trident Racing 20 Ret 8 9 5 8† 1 8 6 14 4 Ret 9 6 11 Ret 8 7 Ret 13 Ret 27 21 Ret 14 11 Ret 7 2 Ret 14 18 Ret 13 7 Ret 14 Ret 9 15 10 Ret 9 10 FMS International 18 Ret Ret 12 13 6 4 Ret 16 11 Ret 18 16 19 Ret Ret 10 21† Ret 6 2 15 19 18 11 8 Ret Ret Ret 17 11 20 13 14 13 18 Ret DNS Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 11 Durango 16 10 5 INJ INJ 17 Ret Ret Ret 19 6 Ret 14 Ret 13 Ret 7 Ret 6 8 1 11 17 13 Ret 18 7 Ret Ret 18 17 21 9 9 15 DNS 17 Ret 12 Ret Ret 12 15 12 BCN Competicion 26 17 Ret 10 Ret 4 16 15 12 22 14 15 Ret Ret 19 11 Ret 13 13 WD WD 5 27 DNS 12 Ret 16 DNS DNS 16 13 DNS Ret 16 17 Ret Ret 13 11 Ret 12 14 14 13 DPR 24 16 Ret Ret 11 13 6 Ret 15 12 DNS 17 Ret Ret 17 12 14 14 11 Ret 17 4 25 15 16 13 10 15 9 11 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 12 15 10 4 12 Ret Ret 16 Pos Team Car No. ESP FEA ESP SPR TUR FEA TUR SPR MON FEA MON SPR FRA FEA FRA SPR GBR FEA GBR SPR GER FEA GER SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR VAL FEA VAL SPR BEL FEA BEL SPR ITA FEA ITA SPR Points

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Blank Injured (INJ) Blank Excluded (EX)

• Pole-winners in bold; feature race pole-winners are awarded two points, whereas no points are given for the reverse-grid pole winner in the sprint race.
• Drivers who achieve fastest lap in italics; earn one point, if classified in the top ten.
• Drivers who didn't finish the race but were classified are marked with †.

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