2008 Chinese GP2 Asia Series round

The 2008 Chinese GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 18 and 19 October 2008 at Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. It was the first round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series. The race supported the 2008 Chinese Grand Prix.

   2008 Chinese GP2 round

Round details
Round 1 of 6 rounds in the 2008 GP2 Series
Location	Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.451 km (3.388 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	18 October 2008
Laps	34 (185.334 km)
Pole position
Driver	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP
Time	1:45.233
Podium
First	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP
Second	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
Third	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
Time	1:46.407 (on lap 32)
Sprint race
Date	19 October 2008
Laps	23 (125.373 km)
Podium
First	Davide Valsecchi	Durango
Second	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara
Third	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Sakon Yamamoto[a]	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:47.513 (on lap 23)

Alex Yoong drive Meritus's car in China.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	1:45.233		1
2	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:45.418	+0.185	2
3	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	1:45.643	+0.410	3
4	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	1:45.643	+0.410	4
5	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	1:45.800	+0.567	5
6	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:45.843	+0.610	6
7	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:45.885	+0.652	7
8	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:46.009	+0.776	8
9	19	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:46.060	+0.827	9
10	25	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	1:46.084	+0.851	10
11	3	Luiz Razia	Trust Team Arden	1:46.130	+0.897	11
12	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	1:46.169	+0.936	12
13	2	Nelson Philippe	ART Grand Prix	1:46.171	+0.938	13
14	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	1:46.305	+1.072	14
15	4	Mika Mäki	Trust Team Arden	1:46.504	+1.271	15
16	27	Chris van der Drift	Trident Racing	1:46.595	+1.362	16
17	23	Yuhi Sekiguchi	DPR	1:46.733	+1.500	17
18	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	1:46.809	+1.576	18
19	22	Michael Herck	DPR	1:46.843	+1.610	19
20	26	Giacomo Ricci	Trident Racing	1:47.010	+1.777	20
21	24	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:47.231	+1.998	21
22	17	Carlos Iaconelli	Durango	1:47.355	+2.122	22
23	18	Alex Yoong	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:47.652	+2.419	23
24	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	1:49.026	+3.793	24
25	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:49.413	+4.180	25
26	14	Andreas Zuber	Fisichella Motor Sport International	No Time1		26
Source:[1][2]

Notes

• ^1 – Andreas Zuber didn't get time due to an engine problem.

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	34	1:06:23.303	1	10+2
2	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	34	+0.632	2	8+1
3	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	34	+3.971	4	6
4	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	34	+7.235	3	5
5	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	34	+9.405	6	4
6	19	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	34	+11.675	9	3
7	27	Chris van der Drift	Trident Racing	34	+15.546	16	2
8	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	34	+16.178	8	1
9	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	34	+16.495	7
10	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	34	+16.811	5
11	17	Carlos Iaconelli	Durango	34	+20.604	22
12	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	34	+21.618	12
13	26	Giacomo Ricci	Trident Racing	34	+23.109	20
14	18	Alex Yoong	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	34	+25.892	23
15	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	34	+26.419	14
16	22	Michael Herck	DPR	34	+26.821	19
17	2	Nelson Philippe	ART Grand Prix	33	+1 lap	13
Ret	25	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	24	Retired	10
Ret	23	Yuhi Sekiguchi	DPR	24	Retired	17
Ret	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	24	Retired	25
Ret	24	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	20	Retired	21
Ret	14	Andreas Zuber	Fisichella Motor Sport International	19	Retired	26
Ret	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	19	Retired	24
Ret	4	Mika Mäki	Trust Team Arden	10	Retired	15
Ret	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	10	Retired	18
Ret	3	Luiz Razia	Trust Team Arden	3	Retired	11
Source:[3]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	23	41:44.065	1	6
2	19	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+4.809	3	5
3	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	23	+10.189	5	4+1
4	27	Chris van der Drift	Trident Racing	23	+17.700	2	3
5	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	23	+18.383	9	2
6	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	23	+18.810	8	1
7	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	23	+19.356	24
8	24	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	23	+31.563	19
9	18	Alex Yoong	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+32.982	13
10	4	Mika Mäki	Trust Team Arden	23	+33.587	22
11	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	23	+34.608	21
12	23	Yuhi Sekiguchi	DPR	23	+38.078	232
13	2	Nelson Philippe	ART Grand Prix	23	+40.428	16
14	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	23	+1:05.498	6
15	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	23	+1:39.742	18
16	22	Michael Herck	DPR	22	+1 lap	15
17	3	Luiz Razia	Trust Team Arden	21	+2 laps	25
Ret	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	19	Retired	4
Ret	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	16	Retired	7
Ret	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	11	Retired	14
Ret	25	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	10	Retired	17
Ret	17	Carlos Iaconelli	Durango	1	Retired	10
Ret	26	Giacomo Ricci	Trident Racing	1	Retired	12
Ret	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	0	Retired	11
Ret	14	Andreas Zuber	Fisichella Motor Sport International	0	Retired	20
DNS	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	0	Did not start3
Source:[4][5]

Notes

• ^2 – Yuhi Sekiguchi was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Luca Filippi in the feature race.
• ^3 – Giedo van der Garde didn't leave because she attended on saturday night to fly back to Europe to attend the awards ceremony.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Roldán Rodríguez 13 2 Javier Villa 10 3 Kamui Kobayashi 9 4 Earl Bamber 8 5 Davide Valsecchi 7

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Piquet GP 13 2 DAMS 11 3 Super Nova Racing 10 4 My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara 8 5 Durango 7

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

1. Sakon Yamamoto set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Javier Villa was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.