2008 Valencia GP2 Series round

2008 Valencia GP2 Series round was the Eight round of the 2008 GP2 Series season. It was held on August 23 and 24, 2008 at Valencia Street Circuit at Valencia, Spain. The race was used as a support race to the 2008 European Grand Prix.

   2008 Valencia GP2 round

Round details
Round 8 of 10 rounds in the 2008 GP2 Series
Circuit de Valencia
Location	Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain
Course	Street Course 5.419 km (3.367 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	23 August 2008
Laps	34
Pole position
Driver	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering
Time	1:45.640
Podium
First	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Int. Campos Team
Second	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports
Third	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports
Time	1:46.880
Sprint race
Date	24 August 2008
Laps	23
Podium
First	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa Int. Campos Team
Second	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS
Third	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa Int. Campos Team
Time	1:47.712 (on lap 18)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	1:45.640	1
2	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	1:45.711	2
3	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:45.802	3
4	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	1:46.010	4
5	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	1:46.090	5
6	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:46.254	6
7	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	1:46.372	7
8	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	1:46.529	8
9	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	1:46.592	9
10	15	Luca Filippi	Trust Team Arden	1:46.603	10
11	6	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa International Campos Team	1:46.607	11
12	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	1:46.657	12
13	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	1:46.763	13
14	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	1:46.813	14
15	7	Andy Soucek	Super Nova Racing	1:46.949	15
16	26	Adrián Vallés	BCN Competición	1:47.102	16
17	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	1:47.269	17
18	3	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	1:47.270	18
19	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:47.374	19
20	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	1:47.756	20
21	19	Marko Asmer	FMS International	1:47.854	21
22	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	1:48.030	22
23	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	1:48.179	23
24	27	Carlos Iaconelli	BCN Competición	1:48.249	24
25	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:48.469	25
26	24	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	1:48.620	26
Source:[1]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	34	1:03:25.719	3	20
2	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	34	+0.868	2	15+1
3	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	34	+4.447	4	10
4	6	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa International Campos Team	34	+28.038	11	8
5	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	34	+28.736	6	6
6	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	34	+28.855	7	5
7	7	Andy Soucek	Super Nova Racing	34	+36.960	15	4
8	15	Luca Filippi	Trust Team Arden	34	+45.390	10	3
9	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	34	+48.177	8	2
10	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	34	+56.935	20	1
11	26	Adrián Vallés	BCN Competición	34	+59.149	16
12	24	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	34	+1:03.604	26
13	27	Carlos Iaconelli	BCN Competición	34	+1:12.716	24
14	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	33	Out of fuel	1	2
15	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	33	+1 lap	12
16	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	32	+2 laps	13
NC	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	29	+5 laps	19
Ret	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	24	Crash	5
Ret	3	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	9	Failure	18
Ret	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	1	Crash	9
Ret	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	0	Crash	14
Ret	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	0	Crash	17
Ret	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	0	Crash	22
Ret	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	0	Crash	23
Ret	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	0	Crash	25
DNS	19	Marko Asmer	FMS International	0	Did not start	21
Source:[1]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa International Campos Team	23	43:01.131	5	20+1
2	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	23	+6.456	4	15
3	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	23	+7.545	14	10
4	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	23	+12.039	10	8
5	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	23	+12.674	21	6
6	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	23	+13.201	25	5
7	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	23	+15.394	17	4
8	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	23	+17.496	20	3
9	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	23	+20.072	23	2
10	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	23	+22.960	22	1
11	27	Carlos Iaconelli	BCN Competición	23	+24.716	13
12	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	23	+25.933	24
13	15	Luca Filippi	Trust Team Arden	23	+29.213*	1
14	24	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	22	+1 lap	12
15	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	20	+3 laps	8
Ret	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	18	Crash	15
Ret	19	Marko Asmer	FMS International	12	Crash	26
Ret	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	11	Crash	6
Ret	7	Andy Soucek	Super Nova Racing	7	Crash	2
Ret	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	7	Crash	9
Ret	3	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	4	Collision	19
Ret	26	Adrián Vallés	BCN Competición	3	Collision	11
Ret	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	3	Collision	3
Ret	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	2	Crash	7
Ret	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	0	Crash	16
Ret	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	0	Crash	18
Source:[1]

• Luca Filippi finished 2nd, but was penalized with a drive-through (which became a 25-second penalty) because of the collision with Romain Grosjean.