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2008 Valencia GP2 Series round

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{{Infobox GP2 round report

| Country = Spain

| Grand Prix = Valencia

| Round_No = 8

| Season_No = 10

| Image = Circuit Valencia street.svg

| Caption = Circuit de Valencia

| Year = 2008

| Location = Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain

| Course = Street Course

| Course_mi = 3.367

| Course_km = 5.419

| Date_r1 = 23 August

| Laps_r1 = 34

| Pole_driver_country = ITA

| Pole_driver = Giorgio Pantano

| Pole_team = Racing Engineering

| Pole_time = 1:45.640

| First_driver_country_r1 = RUS

| First_driver_r1 = Vitaly Petrov

| First_team_r1 = Barwa Int. Campos Team

| Second_driver_country_r1 = VEN

| Second_driver_r1 = Pastor Maldonado

| Second_team_r1 = Piquet Sports

| Third_driver_country_r1 = FRA

| Third_driver_r1 = Romain Grosjean

| Third_team_r1 = ART Grand Prix

| Fast_driver_country_r1 = VEN

| Fast_driver_r1 = Pastor Maldonado

| Fast_team_r1 = Piquet Sports

| Fast_time_r1 = 1:46.880

| Fast_lap_r1 =

| Date_r2 = 24 August

| Laps_r2 = 23

| First_driver_country_r2 = BRA

| First_driver_r2 = Lucas di Grassi

| First_team_r2 = Barwa Int. Campos Team

| Second_driver_country_r2 = BEL

| Second_driver_r2 = Jérôme d'Ambrosio

| Second_team_r2 = DAMS

| Third_driver_country_r2 = ITA

| Third_driver_r2 = Giorgio Pantano

| Third_team_r2 = Racing Engineering

| Fast_driver_country_r2 = BRA

| Fast_driver_r2 = Lucas di Grassi

| Fast_team_r2 = Barwa Int. Campos Team

| Fast_time_r2 = 1:47.712

| Fast_lap_r2 = 18

}}

2008 Valencia GP2 Series round was the Eight round of the 2008 GP2 Series season. It was held on August 23 and 24, 2008 at Valencia Street Circuit at Valencia, Spain. The race was used as a support race to the 2008 European Grand Prix.

Classification

=Qualifying=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Time

! {{Tooltip|Grid|Final grid position}}

1

| 12

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Pantano

| Racing Engineering

| 1:45.640

| 1

2

| 23

| {{flagicon|VEN}} Pastor Maldonado

| Piquet Sports

| 1:45.711

| 2

3

| 5

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Vitaly Petrov

| Barwa International Campos Team

| 1:45.802

| 3

4

| 4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean

| ART Grand Prix

| 1:46.010

| 4

5

| 22

| {{flagicon|UAE}} Andreas Zuber

| Piquet Sports

| 1:46.090

| 5

6

| 9

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Jérôme d'Ambrosio

| DAMS

| 1:46.254

| 6

7

| 14

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Sébastien Buemi

| Trust Team Arden

| 1:46.372

| 7

8

| 2

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Senna

| iSport International

| 1:46.529

| 8

9

| 20

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Conway

| Trident Racing

| 1:46.592

| 9

10

| 15

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Filippi

| Trust Team Arden

| 1:46.603

| 10

11

| 6

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi

| Barwa International Campos Team

| 1:46.607

| 11

12

| 1

| {{flagicon|IND}} Karun Chandhok

| iSport International

| 1:46.657

| 12

13

| 8

| {{flagicon|POR}} Álvaro Parente

| Super Nova Racing

| 1:46.763

| 13

14

| 11

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Villa

| Racing Engineering

| 1:46.813

| 14

15

| 7

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Andy Soucek

| Super Nova Racing

| 1:46.949

| 15

16

| 26

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Adrián Vallés

| BCN Competición

| 1:47.102

| 16

17

| 18

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Roldán Rodríguez

| FMS International

| 1:47.269

| 17

18

| 3

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Sakon Yamamoto

| ART Grand Prix

| 1:47.270

| 18

19

| 16

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Valsecchi

| Durango

| 1:47.374

| 19

20

| 25

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Diego Nunes

| David Price Racing

| 1:47.756

| 20

21

| 19

| {{flagicon|EST}} Marko Asmer

| FMS International

| 1:47.854

| 21

22

| 21

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung

| Trident Racing

| 1:48.030

| 22

23

| 17

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Alberto Valerio

| Durango

| 1:48.179

| 23

24

| 27

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Iaconelli

| BCN Competición

| 1:48.249

| 24

25

| 10

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kamui Kobayashi

| DAMS

| 1:48.469

| 25

26

| 24

| {{flagicon|RUM}} Michael Herck

| David Price Racing

| 1:48.620

| 26

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= Feature race =

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 5

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Vitaly Petrov

| Barwa International Campos Team

| 34

| 1:03:25.719

| 3

| 20

2

| 23

| {{flagicon|VEN}} Pastor Maldonado

| Piquet Sports

| 34

| +0.868

| 2

| 15+1

3

| 4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean

| ART Grand Prix

| 34

| +4.447

| 4

| 10

4

| 6

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi

| Barwa International Campos Team

| 34

| +28.038

| 11

| 8

5

| 9

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Jérôme d'Ambrosio

| DAMS

| 34

| +28.736

| 6

| 6

6

| 14

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Sébastien Buemi

| Trust Team Arden

| 34

| +28.855

| 7

| 5

7

| 7

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Andy Soucek

| Super Nova Racing

| 34

| +36.960

| 15

| 4

8

| 15

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Filippi

| Trust Team Arden

| 34

| +45.390

| 10

| 3

9

| 2

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Senna

| iSport International

| 34

| +48.177

| 8

|2

10

| 25

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Diego Nunes

| David Price Racing

| 34

| +56.935

| 20

|1

11

| 26

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Adrián Vallés

| BCN Competición

| 34

| +59.149

| 16

|

12

| 24

| {{flagicon|RUM}} Michael Herck

| David Price Racing

| 34

| +1:03.604

| 26

|

13

| 27

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Iaconelli

| BCN Competición

| 34

| +1:12.716

| 24

|

14

| 12

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Pantano

| Racing Engineering

| 33

| Out of fuel

| 1

| 2

15

| 1

| {{flagicon|IND}} Karun Chandhok

| iSport International

| 33

| +1 lap

| 12

|

16

| 8

| {{flagicon|POR}} Álvaro Parente

| Super Nova Racing

| 32

| +2 laps

| 13

|

NC

| 16

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Valsecchi

| Durango

| 29

| +5 laps

| 19

|

Ret

| 22

| {{flagicon|UAE}} Andreas Zuber

| Piquet Sports

| 24

| Crash

| 5

|

Ret

| 3

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Sakon Yamamoto

| ART Grand Prix

| 9

| Failure

| 18

|

Ret

| 20

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Conway

| Trident Racing

| 1

| Crash

| 9

|

Ret

| 11

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Villa

| Racing Engineering

| 0

| Crash

| 14

|

Ret

| 18

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Roldán Rodríguez

| FMS International

| 0

| Crash

| 17

|

Ret

| 21

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung

| Trident Racing

| 0

| Crash

| 22

|

Ret

| 17

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Alberto Valerio

| Durango

| 0

| Crash

| 23

|

Ret

| 10

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kamui Kobayashi

| DAMS

| 0

| Crash

| 25

|

DNS

| 19

| {{flagicon|EST}} Marko Asmer

| FMS International

| 0

| Did not start

| 21

|

colspan="8" | Source:

= Sprint race =

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 6

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi

| Barwa International Campos Team

| 23

| 43:01.131

| 5

| 20+1

2

| 9

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Jérôme d'Ambrosio

| DAMS

| 23

| +6.456

| 4

| 15

3

| 12

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Pantano

| Racing Engineering

| 23

| +7.545

| 14

| 10

4

| 25

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Diego Nunes

| David Price Racing

| 23

| +12.039

| 10

| 8

5

| 11

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Villa

| Racing Engineering

| 23

| +12.674

| 21

| 6

6

| 10

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kamui Kobayashi

| DAMS

| 23

| +13.201

| 25

| 5

7

| 16

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Valsecchi

| Durango

| 23

| +15.394

| 17

|4

8

| 20

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Conway

| Trident Racing

| 23

| +17.496

| 20

|3

9

| 21

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung

| Trident Racing

| 23

| +20.072

| 23

|2

10

| 18

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Roldán Rodríguez

| FMS International

| 23

| +22.960

| 22

|1

11

| 27

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Iaconelli

| BCN Competición

| 23

| +24.716

| 13

|

12

| 17

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Alberto Valerio

| Durango

| 23

| +25.933

| 24

|

13

| 15

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Filippi

| Trust Team Arden

| 23

| +29.213*

| 1

|

14

| 24

| {{flagicon|RUM}} Michael Herck

| David Price Racing

| 22

| +1 lap

| 12

|

15

| 5

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Vitaly Petrov

| Barwa International Campos Team

| 20

| +3 laps

| 8

|

Ret

| 1

| {{flagicon|IND}} Karun Chandhok

| iSport International

| 18

| Crash

| 15

|

Ret

| 19

| {{flagicon|EST}} Marko Asmer

| FMS International

| 12

| Crash

| 26

|

Ret

| 4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean

| ART Grand Prix

| 11

| Crash

| 6

|

Ret

| 7

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Andy Soucek

| Super Nova Racing

| 7

| Crash

| 2

|

Ret

| 2

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Senna

| iSport International

| 7

| Crash

| 9

|

Ret

| 3

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Sakon Yamamoto

| ART Grand Prix

| 4

| Collision

| 19

|

Ret

| 26

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Adrián Vallés

| BCN Competición

| 3

| Collision

| 11

|

Ret

| 14

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Sébastien Buemi

| Trust Team Arden

| 3

| Collision

| 3

|

Ret

| 23

| {{flagicon|VEN}} Pastor Maldonado

| Piquet Sports

| 2

| Crash

| 7

|

Ret

| 8

| {{flagicon|POR}} Álvaro Parente

| Super Nova Racing

| 0

| Crash

| 16

|

Ret

| 22

| {{flagicon|UAE}} Andreas Zuber

| Piquet Sports

| 0

| Crash

| 18

|

colspan="8" | Source:

  • Luca Filippi finished 2nd, but was penalized with a drive-through (which became a 25-second penalty) because of the collision with Romain Grosjean.

References

{{Reflist}}

{{GP2 round report

| Name_of_round = Valencian GP2 round

| Year_of_round = 2008

| Previous_round_in_season = 2008 Hungaroring GP2 Series round

| Next_round_in_season = 2008 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

| Previous_year's_round = 2007 Valencia GP2 Series round

| Next_year's_round = 2009 Valencia GP2 Series round

}}

{{GP2Round}}

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