2008 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round

2008 Malaysian GP2 round
Round details
	Round 3 of 5 rounds in the ; 2008 GP2 Series
Location	Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.543 km (3.445 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	22 March 2008
Laps	33 (182.919 km)
Pole position
Driver	Romain Grosjean
Time	1:44.182
Podium
First	Vitaly Petrov
Second	Fairuz Fauzy
Third	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean
Time	1:46.405 (on lap 33)
Sprint race
Date	23 March 2008
Laps	22 (121.946 km)
Podium
First	Kamui Kobayashi
Second	Romain Grosjean
Third	Vitaly Petrov
Fastest lap
Driver	Bruno Senna
Time	1:46.548 (on lap 20)

The 2008 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 22 and 23 March 2008 at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. It was the third round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series. The race supported the 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	1:44.182		1
2	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	1:44.965	+0.783	2
3	16	Adrián Vallés	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:45.035	+0.853	3
4	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	1:45.094	+0.912	4
5	27	Luca Filippi	Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:45.166	+0.984	10¹
6	11	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	1:45.182	+1.000	5
7	8	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:45.367	+1.185	6
8	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:45.401	+1.219	7
9	14	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:45.471	+1.289	8
10	12	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	1:45.560	+1.378	9
11	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	1:45.576	+1.394	11
12	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:45.668	+1.486	15¹
13	19	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	1:45.704	+1.522	12
14	26	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:45.719	+1.537	19¹
15	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	1:45.879	+1.697	13
16	3	Stephen Jelley	ART Grand Prix	1:45.901	+1.719	14
17	15	Alberto Valerio	Durango	1:45.932	+1.750	16
18	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:46.019	+1.837	17
19	18	Harald Schlegelmilch	Trident Racing	1:46.069	+1.887	18
20	24	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competicion	1:46.093	+1.911	20
21	23	Diego Nunes	DPR	1:46.186	+2.004	21
22	17	Michael Herck	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:46.258	+2.076	22
23	21	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	1:46.281	+2.099	23
24	25	Jason Tahincioglu	BCN Competicion	1:46.710	+2.528	26¹
25	20	Marcello Puglisi	Piquet Sports	1:46.923	+2.741	24
26	22	Armaan Ebrahim	DPR	1:47.720	+3.538	25
Source:^[1]^[2]

^1 – Luca Filippi, Vitaly Petrov, Hiroki Yoshimoto and Jason Tahincioglu received five place grid penalty for disregarding yellow flags during free practice.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	33	1:27.39.378	15	10
2	8	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	33	+6.531	6	8
3	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	33	+7.725	17	6
4	14	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	33	+11.010	8	5
5	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	33	+11.328	7	4
6	12	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	33	+15.262	9	3
7	24	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competicion	33	+35.862	20	2
8	18	Harald Schlegelmilch	Trident Racing	33	+41.267	18	1
9	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	33	+51.129	1	2+1
10	23	Diego Nunes	DPR	32	+1 lap	21
11	17	Michael Herck	Fisichella Motor Sport International	32	+1 lap	22
12	25	Jason Tahincioglu	BCN Competicion	32	+1 lap	26
13	20	Marcello Puglisi	Piquet Sports	32	+1 lap	24
Ret	22	Armaan Ebrahim	DPR	26	Retired	25
Ret	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	26	Retired	2
Ret	19	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	23	Retired	12
Ret	16	Adrián Vallés	Fisichella Motor Sport International	22	Retired	3
Ret	11	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	22	Retired	5
Ret	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	21	Retired	11
Ret	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	5	Retired	4
Ret	3	Stephen Jelley	ART Grand Prix	4	Retired	14
Ret	26	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Qi-Meritus Mahara	2	Retired	19
Ret	27	Luca Filippi	Qi-Meritus Mahara	0	Retired	10
Ret	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	0	Retired	13
Ret	15	Alberto Valerio	Durango	0	Retired	16
Ret	21	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	0	Retired	23
Source:^[3]^[4]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	22	39:31.347	4	6
2	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	22	+4.001	9	5
3	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	22	+11.608	8	4
4	14	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	22	+12.417	5	3
5	12	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	22	+21.986	3	2
6	8	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	22	+26.080	7	1
7	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	22	+26.488	15
8	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	22	+30.608	19	1
9	20	Marcello Puglisi	Piquet Sports	22	+39.353	13
10	26	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Qi-Meritus Mahara	22	+39.488	21
11	17	Michael Herck	Fisichella Motor Sport International	22	+40.371	11
12	24	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competicion	22	+41.385	2
13	23	Diego Nunes	DPR	22	+41.996	10
14	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	22	+42.187	23
15	21	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	22	+42.770	25
16	19	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	22	+44.456	16
17	15	Alberto Valerio	Durango	22	+48.833	24
18	3	Stephen Jelley	ART Grand Prix	22	+49.290	20
19	22	Armaan Ebrahim	DPR	22	+1:14.908	14
20	16	Adrián Vallés	Fisichella Motor Sport International	21	+1 lap	17
Ret	27	Luca Filippi	Qi-Meritus Mahara	18	Retired	22
Ret	11	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	18	Retired	18
Ret	18	Harald Schlegelmilch	Trident Racing	4	Retired	1
Ret	25	Jason Tahincioglu	BCN Competicion	0	Retired	12
Ret	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	0	Retired	6
DNS	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	0	Did not start²
Source:^[5]^[6]

^2 – Christian Bakkerud was excluded from the race for ignoring the marshals in the feature race.^[7]

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	ART Grand Prix	35
1	2	Barwa International Campos Team	30
1	3	iSport International	24
1	4	Super Nova Racing	23
7	5	DAMS	16

^ "Grosjean on pole for feature race". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "Pole n°2 for Romain Grosjean in Sepang". Automobilsport.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^ "Petrov claims first win in Sepang". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "Vitaly Petrov scores his first win in Sepang". Automobilsport.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^ "Kobayashi claims maiden GP2 win". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "Kobayashi flies to his first win!". Automobilsport.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^ "Bakkerud disqualified". Pitpass.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

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