2008 UAE 1st Speedcar Series round

The 2008 UAE 1st Speedcar Series round was a Speedcar Series motor race held on 25 and 26 January 2008 at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the first round of the 2008 Speedcar Series. This round was declared a non-championship round as not all of the cars had been updated in time to the FIA crash standards.^[1]

The layout of the Dubai Autodrome

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Speedcar Team	1:42.558		1
2	21	Mathias Lauda	G.P.C. Squadra Corse	1:42.590	+0.032	2
3	20	David Terrien	Union Properties	1:42.612	+0.054	3
4	08	Uwe Alzen	Phoenix Racing Team	1:42.747	+0.189	4
5	27	Jean Alesi	Union Properties	1:42.956	+0.398	5
6	85	Hasher Al Maktoum	Union Properties	1:42.999	+0.441	6
7	71	Nicolas Navarro	Team First Centreville	1:43.099	+0.541	7
8	07	Ukyo Katayama	Speedcar Team	1:43.733	+1.175	8
9	18	Ananda Mikola	Speedcar Team	1.43.863	+1.797	9
10	15	Stefan Johansson	Speedcar Team	1:44.208	+1.722	10
11	17	Fabien Giroix	Team First Centreville	1:45.290	+2.732	11
12	14	Johnny Herbert	Speedcar Team	1:47.049	+4.491	12
Source:

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Speedcar Team	20	34:27.443	1
2	08	Uwe Alzen	Phoenix Racing Team	20	+8.364	4
3	21	Mathias Lauda	G.P.C. Squadra Corse	20	+9.842	2
4	20	David Terrien	Union Properties	20	+10.577	3
5	85	Hasher Al Maktoum	Union Properties	20	+17.795	6
6	27	Jean Alesi	Speedcar Team	20	+21.701	5
7	71	Nicolas Navarro	Team First Centreville	20	+33.738	7
8	07	Stefan Johansson	Speedcar Team	20	+42.365	10
9	69	Johnny Herbert	Speedcar Team	20	+59.704	12
Ret	18	Ananda Mikola	Speedcar Team	10	Retired	9
Ret	06	Ukyo Katayama	Speedcar Team	7	Retired	8
Ret	17	Fabien Giroix	Team First Centreville	0	Retired	11
Source:[2]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Speedcar Team	20	34:40.616	8
2	21	Mathias Lauda	G.P.C. Squadra Corse	20	+7.864	6
3	85	Hasher Al Maktoum	Union Properties	20	+17.148	4
4	17	Fabien Giroix	Team First Centreville	20	+48.196	12
5	06	Ukyo Katayama	Speedcar Team	20	+1:21.795	11
6	71	Nicolas Navarro	Team First Centreville	17	+3 laps	2
Ret	18	Ananda Mikola	Speedcar Team	3	Retired	10
Ret	27	Jean Alesi	Speedcar Team	3	Retired	3
Ret	07	Stefan Johansson	Speedcar Team	2	Retired	1
Ret	69	Johnny Herbert	Speedcar Team	1	Retired	9
Ret	20	David Terrien	Union Properties	1	Retired	5
DSQ	08	Uwe Alzen	Phoenix Racing Team	17	Disqualified	7
Source:[3]

See also

• 2008 UAE 1st GP2 Asia Series round