| Type: | CUST |
| Description: | Race 1 of 5 in the 2008–09 Speedcar Series |
| Country: | UAE |
| Grand Prix: | UAE 3rd |
| Gp Suffix: | Speedcar Series round |
| Fulldate: | 5 December 2008 |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Course Km: | 5.390 |
| Course Mi: | 3.349 |
| Distance Laps: | 16 |
| Distance Km: | 86.24 |
| Pole Country: | ITA |
| Pole Driver: | Vitantonio Liuzzi |
| Pole Team: | Union Properties |
| Pole Time: | 2:04.680 |
| Fast Country: | GER |
| Fast Driver: | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
| Fast Team: | Phoenix Racing |
| Fast Time: | 2:05.910 |
| Fast Lap: | 15 |
| First Country: | ITA |
| First Driver: | Vitantonio Liuzzi |
| First Team: | Union Properties |
| Second Country: | GER |
| Second Driver: | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
| Second Team: | Phoenix Racing |
| Third Country: | ITA |
| Third Driver: | Gianni Morbidelli |
| Third Team: | Palm Beach |
The 2008 UAE 3rd Speedcar Series round was a Speedcar Series motor race held on 5 and 6 December 2008 at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the first round of the 2008–09 Speedcar Series.
| Driver | Team | Time | Gap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |  Vitantonio Liuzzi | Union Properties | 2:04.680 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 80 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Phoenix Racing | 2:05.134 | +0.454 | 2 | |
| 3 | 25 |  Christopher Zoechling | Durango | 2:05.380 | +0.700 | 3 | |
| 4 | 27 |  Jean Alesi | HPR | 2:05.580 | +0.900 | 4 | |
| 5 | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Palm Beach | 2:05.630 | +0.950 | 5 | |
| 6 | 21 | Mathias Lauda | Phoenix Racing | 2:06.120 | +1.440 | 6 | |
| 7 | 85 | Hasher Al Maktoum | Union Properties | 2:06.218 | +1.538 | 7 | |
| 8 | 07 |  Stefan Johansson | Palm Beach | 2:06.439 | +1.759 | 8 | |
| 9 | 69 | Johnny Herbert | JMB Racing | 2:06.668 | +1.988 | 9 | |
| 10 | 13 | Damien Pasini | JMB Racing | 2:06.742 | +2.062 | 10 | |
| 11 | 09 | Marcel Tiemann | Continental Circus | 2:06.948 | +2.268 | 11 | |
| 12 | 50 |  Marchy Lee | HPR | 2:07.060 | +2.380 | 12 | |
| 13 | 96 |  Jacques Villeneuve | Durango | 2:07.282 | +2.602 | 13 | |
| 14 | 32 | Eric Charles | Continental Circus | 2:13.022 | +8.432 | 14 | |
| Source:[1] | |||||||
| Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Union Properties | 16 | 40:55.976 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | 80 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Phoenix Racing | 16 | +0.839 | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Palm Beach | 16 | +3.091 | 5 | 6 | |
| 4 | 69 | Johnny Herbert | JMB Racing | 16 | +12.858 | 9 | 5 | |
| 5 | 85 | Hasher Al Maktoum | Union Properties | 16 | +15.815 | 7 | 4 | |
| 6 | 96 | Jacques Villeneuve | Durango | 16 | +34.741 | 13 | 3 | |
| 7 | 50 | Marchy Lee | HPR | 16 | +40.868 | 12 | 2 | |
| 8 | 13 | Damien Pasini | JMB Racing | 16 | +1:18.517 | 10 | 1 | |
| 9 | 32 | Continental Circus | 16 | +1:37.722 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 27 | HPR | 16 | +1:51.563 | 4 | |||
| 11 | 25 | Durango | 15 | +1 Lap | 3 | |||
| Ret | 09 | Continental Circus | 11 | DNF | 11 | |||
| Ret | 07 | Palm Beach | 11 | DNF | 8 | |||
| Ret | 21 | Phoenix Racing | 4 | DNF | 6 | |||
| Source:[2] | ||||||||
The race 2 was cancelled due to flooding due to heavy rainfall.[3]
| Driver | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 10 | ||
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 8 | ||
| 3 | Gianni Morbidelli | 6 | ||
| 4 |  Johnny Herbert | 5 | ||
| 5 | Hasher Al Maktoum | 4 |
| Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Properties | 14 | ||
| 2 | Phoenix Racing | 8 | ||
| 3 |  Palm Beach | 6 | ||
| 4 | JMB Racing | 6 | ||
| 5 | Durango | 3 |