2008 Bahrain GP2 Asia Series round explained

Country:	BHR
Grand Prix:	Bahrain
Round No:	4
Season No:	5
Season:	2008
Year:	2008
Location:	Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	3.363
Course Km:	5.412
Date R1:	5 April
Laps R1:	34 (184.008 km)
Pole Driver Country:	FRA
Pole Driver:	Romain Grosjean
Pole Team:	ART Grand Prix
Pole Time:	1:42.661
First Driver Country R1:	FRA
First Driver R1:	Romain Grosjean
First Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Second Driver Country R1:	SUI
Second Driver R1:	Sébastien Buemi
Second Team R1:	Trust Team Arden
Third Driver Country R1:	JPN
Third Driver R1:	Kamui Kobayashi
Third Team R1:	DAMS
Fast Driver Country R1:	FRA
Fast Driver R1:	Romain Grosjean
Fast Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Fast Time R1:	1:45.453
Fast Lap R1:	9
Date R2:	6 April
Laps R2:	23 (124.476 km)
First Driver Country R2:	JPN
First Driver R2:	Kamui Kobayashi
First Team R2:	DAMS
Second Driver Country R2:	SUI
Second Driver R2:	Sébastien Buemi
Second Team R2:	Trust Team Arden
Third Driver Country R2:	RUS
Third Driver R2:	Vitaly Petrov
Third Team R2:	Barwa Int Campos Team
Fast Driver Country R2:	SUI
Fast Driver R2:	Sébastien Buemi
Fast Team R2:	Trust Team Arden
Fast Time R2:	1:45.455
Fast Lap R2:	19

The 2008 Bahrain GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 5 and 6 April 2008 at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the fourth round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series. The race supported the 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Classification

		Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	1:42.661		1
2	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	1:43.231	+0.570	2
3	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	1:43.238	+0.577	3
4	16	Adrián Vallés	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:43.239	+0.578	4
5	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:43.277	+0.616	5
6	8	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:43.489	+0.828	6
7	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:43.67	+1.009	7
8	11	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	1:43.698	+1.037	8
9	23	Diego Nunes	DPR	1:43.798	+1.137	9
10	21	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	1:43.800	+1.139	10
11	14	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:43.906	+1.245	11
12	27	Luca Filippi	Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:43.982	+1.321	12
13	12	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	1:44.006	+1.345	13
14	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	1:44.085	+1.424	14
15	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:44.087	+1.426	15
16	18	Harald Schlegelmilch	Trident Racing	1:44.187	+1.526	16
17	17	Michael Herck	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:44.260	+1.599	17
18	26	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:44.334	+1.673	18
19	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	1:44.347	+1.686	19
20	19	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	1:44.407	+1.746	20
21	15	Alberto Valerio	Durango	1:44.439	+1.778	21
22	20	Marcello Puglisi	Piquet Sports	1:44.542	+1.881	22
23	24	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competicion	1:44.659	+1.998	23
24	25	Jason Tahincioglu	BCN Competicion	1:44.732	+2.071	24
25	22	Armaan Ebrahim	DPR	1:44.845	+2.184	25
26	3	Stephen Jelley	ART Grand Prix	1:44.863	+2.202	26
Source:^[1]

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	34	1:04:03.530	1	10+2+1
2	11	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	34	+12.030	8	8
3	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	34	+19.148	5	6
4	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	34	+27.232	3	5
5	16	Adrián Vallés	Fisichella Motor Sport International	34	+29.747	4	4
6	14	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	34	+36.657	11	3
7	23	Diego Nunes	DPR	34	+37.226	9	2
8	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	34	+39.431	2	1
9	12	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	34	+39.974	13
10	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	34	+42.555	15
11	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	34	+43.444	7
12	26	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Qi-Meritus Mahara	34	+49.053	18
13	22	Armaan Ebrahim	DPR	34	+51.240	25
14	18	Harald Schlegelmilch	Trident Racing	34	+52.398	16
15	17	Michael Herck	Fisichella Motor Sport International	34	+52.799	17
16	3	Stephen Jelley	ART Grand Prix	34	+59.618	26
17	25	Jason Tahincioglu	BCN Competicion	34	+1:00.209	24
18	20	Marcello Puglisi	Piquet Sports	34	+1:08.461	22
19	24	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competicion	34	+1:28.912	23
Ret	19	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	24	Retired	20
Ret	8	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	24	Retired	6
Ret	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	8	Retired	14
Ret	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	1	Retired	19
Ret	21	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	0	Retired	10
Ret	27	Luca Filippi	Qi-Meritus Mahara	0	Retired	12
DNS	15	Alberto Valerio	Durango	0	Did not start	21
Source:^[2]

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	23	40:59.270	6	6
2	11	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	23	+0.861	7	5+1
3	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	23	+6.526	10	4
4	26	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+9.127	12	3
5	18	Harald Schlegelmilch	Trident Racing	23	+15.801	14	2
6	14	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	23	+17.016	3	1
7	19	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	23	+20.788	20
8	12	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	23	+21.543	9
9	3	Stephen Jelley	ART Grand Prix	23	+22.669	16
10	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	23	+28.217	22
11	27	Luca Filippi	Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+29.337	25
12	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	23	+29.406	11
13	25	Jason Tahincioglu	BCN Competicion	23	+36.450	17
14	17	Michael Herck	Fisichella Motor Sport International	23	+39.022	15
15	24	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competicion	23	+49.735	19
16	22	Armaan Ebrahim	DPR	23	+1:39.993	13
17	15	Alberto Valerio	Durango	22	+1 lap	26
Ret	21	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	19	Retired	24
Ret	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	17	Retired	8
Ret	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	11	Retired	1
Ret	16	Adrián Vallés	Fisichella Motor Sport International	7	Retired	4
Ret	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	3	Retired	23
Ret	20	Marcello Puglisi	Piquet Sports	1	Retired	18
Ret	23	Diego Nunes	DPR	1	Retired	2
Ret	8	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	0	Retired	21
DNS	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	0	Did not start	5
Source:^[3]

		Team	Points
	1	ART Grand Prix	48
	2	Barwa International Campos Team	34
	3	iSport International	30
3	4	Trust Team Arden	29
	5	DAMS	28

Web site: Grosjean takes dominant Bahrain pole . 5 January 2022 . Autosport.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622162754/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66351 . 22 June 2008 . dead.
Web site: Grosjean wins in Bahrain with ease . 26 July 2022 . Autosport.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080617213655/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66393 . 17 June 2008 . dead.
Web site: Kobayashi wins as Grosjean takes title . 26 July 2022 . Autosport.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513064638/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66421 . 13 May 2008 . dead.