2008 Chinese GP2 Asia Series round

   2008 Chinese GP2 round

Round details
Round 1 of 6 rounds in the 2008 GP2 Series
Location	Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.451 km (3.388 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	18 October 2008
Laps	34
Pole position
Driver	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP
Time	1:45.233
Podium
First	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP
Second	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
Third	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
Time	1:46.407 (on lap 32)
Sprint race
Date	19 October 2008
Laps	23
Podium
First	Davide Valsecchi	Durango
Second	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara
Third	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Sakon Yamamoto[a]	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:47.513 (on lap 23)

Alex Yoong drive Meritus's car in China.

The 2008 Chinese GP2 Asia Series round was the first round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series. It was held on 18 and 19 October 2008 at Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The race supported the 2008 Chinese Grand Prix.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	1:45.233		1
2	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:45.418	+0.185	2
3	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	1:45.643	+0.410	3
4	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	1:45.643	+0.410	4
5	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	1:45.800	+0.567	5
6	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:45.843	+0.610	6
7	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:45.885	+0.652	7
8	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:46.009	+0.776	8
9	19	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:46.060	+0.827	9
10	25	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	1:46.084	+0.851	10
11	3	Luiz Razia	Trust Team Arden	1:46.130	+0.897	11
12	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	1:46.169	+0.936	12
13	2	Nelson Philippe	ART Grand Prix	1:46.171	+0.938	13
14	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	1:46.305	+1.072	14
15	4	Mika Mäki	Trust Team Arden	1:46.504	+1.271	15
16	27	Chris van der Drift	Trident Racing	1:46.595	+1.362	16
17	23	Yuhi Sekiguchi	DPR	1:46.733	+1.500	17
18	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	1:46.809	+1.576	18
19	22	Michael Herck	DPR	1:46.843	+1.610	19
20	26	Giacomo Ricci	Trident Racing	1:47.010	+1.777	20
21	24	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:47.231	+1.998	21
22	17	Carlos Iaconelli	Durango	1:47.355	+2.122	22
23	18	Alex Yoong	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:47.652	+2.419	23
24	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	1:49.026	+3.793	24
25	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:49.413	+4.180	25
26	14	Andreas Zuber	Fisichella Motor Sport International	No Time
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