2008 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round

2008 Malaysian GP2 round
Round details
	Round 3 of 5 rounds in the ; 2008 GP2 Series
Location	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

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	10
6	12	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	15	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:45.471	+1.289	8
10	11	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	15
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	19
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	14	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	26
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]

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	15	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	33	+11.010	8	5
5	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	33	+11.328	7	4
6	11	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	12	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	14	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	15	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	22	+12.417	5	3
5	11	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	20	1
9	20	Marcello Puglisi	Piquet Sports	22	+39.353	13
10	26	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Qi-Meritus Mahara	22	+39.488	22
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	24
15	21	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	22	+42.770	26
16	19	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	22	+44.456	16
17	14	Alberto Valerio	Durango	22	+48.833	25
18	3	Stephen Jelley	ART Grand Prix	22	+49.290	21
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	23
Ret	12	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
Source:^[5]^[6]

	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. 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. 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. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

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