2008 UAE 2nd GP2 Asia Series round

2008 UAE GP2 round
Round details
	Round 5 of 5 rounds in the ; 2008 GP2 Series
Location	Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.390 km (3.349 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	11 April 2008
Laps	34
Pole position
Driver	Romain Grosjean
Time	1:40.887
Podium
First	Romain Grosjean
Second	Sébastien Buemi
Third	Yelmer Buurman
Fastest lap
Driver	Romain Grosjean
Time	1:42.154 (on lap 32)
Sprint race
Date	12 April 2008
Laps	23
Podium
First	Marco Bonanomi
Second	Sébastien Buemi
Third	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Fastest lap
Driver	Kamui Kobayashi[lower-alpha 1]
Time	1:41.220 (on lap 22)

The 2008 UAE 2nd GP2 Asia Series round was the fifth round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series. It was held on 11 and 12 April 2008 at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	1:40.887		1
2	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	1:41.095	+0.208	2
3	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:41.224	+0.337	3
4	21	Marco Bonanomi	Piquet Sports	1:41.629	+0.742	4
5	26	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:41.819	+0.932	5
6	11	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	1:41.819	+0.932	6
7	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:41.836	+0.949	7
8	12	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	1:41.870	+0.983	8
9	27	Luca Filippi	Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:41.962	+1.075	9
10	15	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:41.988	+1.101	10
11	25	Jason Tahincioglu	BCN Competicion	1:41.998	+1.111	11
12	14	Alberto Valerio	Durango	1:42.056	+1.169	12
13	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	1:42.063	+1.176	13
14	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:42.089	+1.202	14
15	24	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competicion	1:42.136	+1.249	15
16	18	Harald Schlegelmilch	Trident Racing	1:42.223	+1.336	16
17	19	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	1:42.301	+1.414	17
18	16	Adrián Vallés	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:42.358	+1.471	18
19	8	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:42.440	+1.553	19
20	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	1:42.652	+1.765	20
21	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	1:42.657	+1.770	21
22	3	Stephen Jelley	ART Grand Prix	1:42.697	+1.810	22
23	20	Marcello Puglisi	Piquet Sports	1:42.717	+1.830	23
24	22	Armaan Ebrahim	DPR	1:42.866	+1.979	24
25	17	Roldán Rodríguez	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:43.254	+2.367	25
26	23	Diego Nunes	DPR	1:43.839	+2.952	26
Source:[1]

Kamui Kobayashi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Davide Valsecchi was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

"Grosjean storms to Dubai pole". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

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