2008 UAE 1st GP2 Asia Series Round
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The 2008 UAE 1st GP2 Asia Series round was a
GP2 Asia Series The GP2 Asia Series was a form of open wheel motor racing as a result of a spin-off from the GP2 Series. History The series was officially announced during the weekend of the 2007 Monaco GP2 Series round. GP2 series organiser Bruno Michel com ...
motor race held on 25 and 26 January 2008 at
Dubai Autodrome The Dubai Autodrome (دبي أوتودروم) is an FIA sanctioned motorsports circuit located in Dubailand, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The architects of the project were Populous and the circuit was designed by Clive Bowen of Apex Circui ...
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. It was the first round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series.


Classification


Qualifying


Feature race

;Notes: * –
Vitaly Petrov Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov ( rus, Вита́лий Алекса́ндрович Петро́в, p=vʲɪˈtalʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈtrof; born 8 September 1984) is a Russian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to ...
did not start due to a gearbox failure. * –
Sébastien Buemi Sébastien Olivier Humbert Buemi (; born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Formula E for Envision. In formula racing, Buemi competed in Formula One from to , and w ...
finished seventh but was disqualified because the car's side skirts did not meet the technical regulations.


Sprint race

;Notes: * – Diego Nunes did not start due to a fuel leak.


Standings after the event

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.


See also

* 2008 UAE 1st Speedcar Series round


References

{{GP2 Asia round report , Name_of_round = UAE GP2 Asia Series round , Year_of_round = 2008 , Previous_round_in_season = None , Next_round_in_season = 2008 Indonesian GP2 Asia Series round , Previous_year's_round = None , Next_year's_round =
2008 UAE 2nd GP2 Asia Series round The 2008 UAE 2nd GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 11 and 12 April 2008 at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the final round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series. Classification Qualifying Feature race ...
GP2 Asia Series
GP2 Asia The GP2 Asia Series was a form of open wheel motor racing as a result of a spin-off from the GP2 Series. History The series was officially announced during the weekend of the 2007 Monaco GP2 Series round. GP2 series organiser Bruno Michel com ...