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2008 GP2 Asia Series

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2008

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The 2008 GP2 Asia Series season was the first GP2 Asia Series season. It started on 25 January and ended on 12 April. Romain Grosjean became the champion, with his team, ART Grand Prix, taking the teams' title despite his team-mate Stephen Jelley scoring no points.

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Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.

Feature race points
Sprint race points

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Drivers' Championship

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
  • ‡ — Luca Filippi was stripped of the victory after stewards found out he had used tyres allocated to his teammate Hiroki Yoshimoto.

    • Teams' Championship

    Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
  • ‡ — Luca Filippi was stripped of the victory after stewards found out he had used tyres allocated to his teammate Hiroki Yoshimoto.

    • References

    2008 GP2 Asia Series Wikipedia
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