2008 Silverstone GP2 Series round explained

Country:Great Britain
Grand Prix:Silverstone
Round No:5
Season No:10
Year:2008
Location:Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course:Permanent racing circuit
Course Mi:3.194
Course Km:5.141
Date R1:5 July
Laps R1:36
Pole Driver Country:BRA
Pole Driver:Bruno Senna
Pole Team:iSport International
Pole Time:1:26.912
First Driver Country R1:ITA
First Driver R1:Giorgio Pantano
First Team R1:Racing Engineering
Second Driver Country R1:BRA
Second Driver R1:Lucas di Grassi
Second Team R1:Barwa Int. Campos Team
Third Driver Country R1:IND
Third Driver R1:Karun Chandhok
Third Team R1:iSport International
Fast Driver Country R1:ITA
Fast Driver R1:Giorgio Pantano
Fast Team R1:Racing Engineering
Fast Time R1:1:31.995
Fast Lap R1:27
Date R2:6 July
Laps R2:24
First Driver Country R2:BRA
First Driver R2:Bruno Senna
First Team R2:iSport International
Second Driver Country R2:BRA
Second Driver R2:Lucas di Grassi
Second Team R2:Barwa Int. Campos Team
Third Driver Country R2:ITA
Third Driver R2:Giorgio Pantano
Third Team R2:Racing Engineering
Fast Driver Country R2:RUS
Fast Driver R2:Vitaly Petrov
Fast Team R2:Barwa Int. Campos Team
Fast Time R2:1:47.801
Fast Lap R2:21

2008 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 5 and 6 July 2008 at Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom. It was the fifth round of the 2008 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2008 British Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

DriverTeamTime
12 Bruno SennaiSport International1:26.9121
24 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix1:27.0342
322 Andreas ZuberPiquet Sports1:27.1473
46 Lucas di GrassiBarwa International Campos Team1:27.3504
512 Giorgio PantanoRacing Engineering1:27.4875
63 Luca FilippiART Grand Prix1:27.5546
77 Andy SoucekSuper Nova Racing1:27.6997
820 Mike ConwayTrident Racing1:27.7548
910 Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:27.7749
101 Karun ChandhokiSport International1:27.78510
1123 Pastor MaldonadoPiquet Sports1:27.84511
1214 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden1:27.92112
1311 Javier VillaRacing Engineering1:28.16313
149 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:28.17214
1526 Adrián VallésBCN Competición1:28.17415
165 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team1:28.22816
178 Álvaro ParenteSuper Nova Racing1:28.36517
1825 Diego NunesDavid Price Racing1:28.44218
1918 Roldán RodríguezFMS International1:28.59019
2021 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing1:28.59520
2116 Davide ValsecchiDurango1:28.75121
2219 Marko AsmerFMS International1:28.85722
2317 Alberto ValerioDurango1:29.02723
2415 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden1:29.10724
2527 Carlos IaconelliBCN Competición1:29.42925
2624 Michael HerckDavid Price Racing1:29.61526
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Feature race

DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
112 Giorgio PantanoRacing Engineering3656:38.094520+1
26 Lucas di GrassiBarwa International Campos Team36+4.060415
31 Karun ChandhokiSport International36+10.2801010
414 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden36+15.114128
54 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix36+18.84226
62 Bruno SennaiSport International36+18.98815+2
722 Andreas ZuberPiquet Sports36+20.20534
83 Luca FilippiART Grand Prix36+23.31163
99 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS36+25.590142
105 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team36+35.431161
1118 Roldán RodríguezFMS International36+36.88619
127 Andy SoucekSuper Nova Racing36+40.9117
1311 Javier VillaRacing Engineering36+50.71213
1420 Mike ConwayTrident Racing36+53.1478
1515 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden36+53.38424
168 Álvaro ParenteSuper Nova Racing36+56.49717
1725 Diego NunesDavid Price Racing36+59.65418
1821 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing36+1:01.00220
1916 Davide ValsecchiDurango36+1:01.26321
2019 Marko AsmerFMS International36+1:04.66722
2117 Alberto ValerioDurango36+1:07.76723
2226 Adrián VallésBCN Competición36+1:16.87615
2324 Michael HerckDavid Price Racing35+1 lap26
Ret23 Pastor MaldonadoPiquet Sports30Crash11
Ret10 Kamui KobayashiDAMS20Retired9
DNS27 Carlos IaconelliBCN Competición0Crash25
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Sprint race

DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
12 Bruno SennaiSport International2444:29.867320
26 Lucas di GrassiBarwa International Campos Team24+8.598715
312 Giorgio PantanoRacing Engineering24+9.420810
420 Mike ConwayTrident Racing24+17.784148
55 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team24+23.390106+1
616 Davide ValsecchiDurango24+1:02.921195
710 Kamui KobayashiDAMS24Collision damage 254
84 Romain GrosjeanART Grand Prix24+1:16.08343
917 Alberto ValerioDurango24+1:19.835212
1015 Yelmer BuurmanTrust Team Arden23+1 lap151
1122 Andreas ZuberPiquet Sports23+1 lap20
129 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS23+1 lap90
1319 Marko AsmerFMS International23+1 lap200
1426 Adrián VallésBCN Competición22+2 laps220
1523 Pastor MaldonadoPiquet Sports22+2 laps240
Ret11 Javier VillaRacing Engineering20Spins 130
Ret18 Roldán RodríguezFMS International20Spins110
Ret27 Carlos IaconelliBCN Competición17Spins260
Ret7 Andy SoucekSuper Nova Racing14Crash120
Ret3 Luca FilippiART Grand Prix8Spins10
Ret21 Ho-Pin TungTrident Racing3Spins180
Ret1 Karun ChandhokiSport International0Spins 60
Ret8 Álvaro ParenteSuper Nova Racing0Spins160
Ret25 Diego NunesDavid Price Racing0Spins170
DNS14 Sébastien BuemiTrust Team Arden0Crash50
DNS24 Michael HerckDavid Price Racing0Crash230
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Notes and References

  1. News: GP2 Series 2008 Results - Silverstone. Team Dan. Team Dan. 22 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006202409/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/2008/gp2.html. 2008-10-06. dead.