GP2 Asia Series Season 2008/09
master | |
Driver: | Kamui Kobayashi |
Team: | DAMS |
Season dates | |
Number of races: | 12 |
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The 2008/09 GP2 Asia Series season was the second season of the GP2 Asia Series . It began on October 18, 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit and ends on April 19, 2009 at the Bahrain International Circuit . On the last race weekend, the Japanese Kamui Kobayashi secured the championship title of this season. His racing team DAMS won the team championship.
Starting field
1 BCN Competición was sold to Tiago Monteiro after the first race weekend , who competed in the GP2 Asia series with Ocean Racing Technology for the rest of the season .
run
The calendar for the GP2 Asia Series season 2008/2009 was published on July 8, 2008.
No. | date | Racetrack | winner | Second | Third |
1. | October 18, 2008 | Shanghai | Roldán Rodríguez | Kamui Kobayashi | Sakon Yamamoto |
2. | October 19, 2008 | Davide Valsecchi | Earl Bamber | Javier Villa | |
3. | December 5, 2008 | Dubai | Kamui Kobayashi | Davide Valsecchi | Roldán Rodríguez |
4th | December 6, 2008 | called off | |||
5. | January 23, 2009 | as-Sachir | Kamui Kobayashi | Jérôme D'Ambrosio | Edoardo Mortara |
6th | January 24, 2009 | Sergio Perez | Davide Valsecchi | Jérôme D'Ambrosio | |
7th | February 13, 2009 | Losail | Nico Hulkenberg | Sergio Perez | Vitaly Petrov |
8th. | February 14, 2009 | Sergio Perez | Vitaly Petrov | Nico Hulkenberg | |
9. | April 4, 2009 | Sepang | Diego Nunes | Kamui Kobayashi | James Jakes |
10. | April 5, 2009 | Vitaly Petrov | Pastor Maldonado | Davide Valsecchi | |
11. | April 25, 2009 | as-Sachir | Diego Nunes | Roldán Rodríguez | Jérôme D'Ambrosio |
12. | April 26, 2009 | Luiz Razia | Jérôme D'Ambrosio | Davide Rigon |
On December 17, 2008, the organizers announced that the fourth event of the season would not take place in Dubai as planned, but on February 8 and 9, 2009 at the Losail Circuit in Qatar . This was the first night race under floodlights in GP2 history.
Rating
Point system
In the main race (HAU) the first eight of the race got 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 point (s). In the sprint race (SPR), the first six of the race received 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 point (s). In addition, the winner of the qualifying, who started from pole position in the main race, received two points. The driver who achieved the fastest lap of the first ten classified drivers also received a point.
Driver ranking
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Bold - Pole Position |
Team evaluation
Item | team | Car no. |
CHN HAU |
CHN SPR |
UAE HAU |
UAE SPR |
BRN HAU |
BRN SPR |
QAT HAU |
QAT SPR |
MAS HAU |
MAS SPR |
BRN HAU |
BRN SPR |
Points |
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1 | DAMS | 7th | 9 | 5 | 7th | C. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7th | DNF | DSQ | 3 | 2 | 92 |
8th | 2 | DNF | 1 | C. | 1 | 6th | 4th | 18th | 2 | 7th | 4th | 5 | |||
2 | Piquet GP | 20th | 1 | 6th | 3 | C. | 6th | 23 | DNF | 17th | 4th | 12 | 2 | DNF | 59 |
21st | 12 | DNF | DNF | C. | 13 | 22nd | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 6th | |||
3 | Barwa International Campos | 5 | 5 | DNF | 5 | C. | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6th | 1 | 19th | 11 | 54 |
6th | DNF | 7th | 6th | C. | 8th | 1 | 2 | 1 | DNF | 6th | 12 | 9 | |||
4th | ART Grand Prix | 1 | 3 | 14th | 8th | C. | 17th | 11 | DNF | 14th | 12 | DNF | 6th | 4th | 47 |
2 | 17th | 13 | DNF | C. | 4th | 4th | 1 | 3 | 7th | 2 | DNF | DNF | |||
5 | Durango | 16 | 8th | 1 | 2 | C. | 5 | 2 | 6th | 5 | 8th | 3 | 16 | DNF | 34 |
17th | 11 | DNF | 17th | C. | 19th | 20th | 20th | 22nd | 18th | 20th | DNF | 19th | |||
6th | Arden Motorsport | 3 | DNF | 17th | 10 | C. | 14th | 9 | 8th | 6th | DNF | DNF | 8th | 1 | 20th |
4th | DNF | 10 | 11 | C. | 3 | 8th | 7th | 4th | DNF | 17th | DNF | 16 | |||
7th | Super Nova Racing | 11 | 4th | 3 | 9 | C. | 9 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 19th | 18th | 15th | 12 | 19th |
12 | DNF | 11 | 12 | C. | 22nd | DNF | 9 | 9 | 3 | DNF | 10 | 14th | |||
8th | GFH Team iSport | 9 | 10 | DNS | 4th | C. | 7th | 14th | 12 | 8th | 14th | 10 | 5 | 7th | 13 |
10 | 15th | DNF | DNF | C. | 12 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 9 | 5 | DNF | 17th | |||
9 | Trident Racing | 26th | 13 | DNF | 16 | C. | 15th | 15th | 19th | 20th | 17th | 19th | 17th | DNF | 11 |
27 | 7th | 4th | DNF | C. | DNF | 19th | 14th | 15th | DNF | 13 | 7th | 3 | |||
10 | Qi-Meritus Mahara | 18th | 14th | 9 | DNF | C. | 20th | 10 | 16 | 11 | DNF | 14th | 14th | 8th | 9 |
19th | 6th | 2 | DNF | C. | 11 | 7th | 17th | 16 | 11 | 9 | DNF | 13 | |||
11 |
BCN Competición Ocean Racing Technology |
24 | DNF | 8th | DNF | C. | DNF | 13 | DNF | DNS | 5 | 11 | 9 | DNF | 4th |
25th | DNF | DNF | 14th | C. | DNF | 17th | 10 | 21st | 15th | 16 | 18th | 15th | |||
12 | FMS International | 14th | DNF | DNF | DNF | C. | 16 | DNF | DNF | 19th | 10 | 8th | DNF | DNF | 0 |
15th | DNF | 15th | 18th | C. | 21st | 21st | 18th | 23 | 20th | DNF | DNF | 18th | |||
13 | David Price Racing | 22nd | 16 | 16 | 15th | C. | 18th | 18th | 15th | DNF | 13 | DNF | 13 | DNF | 0 |
23 | DNF | 12 | 13 | C. | DNF | 16 | DNF | 13 | 16 | 15th | 11 | 10 | |||
Item | team | Car no. |
CHN HAU |
CHN SPR |
UAE HAU |
UAE SPR |
BRN HAU |
BRN SPR |
QAT HAU |
QAT SPR |
MAS HAU |
MAS SPR |
BRN HAU |
BRN SPR |
Points |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sakon Yamamoto, official GP2 Asia driver of ART ( Memento from October 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) art-grandprix.com on September 23, 2008.
- ↑ GP2-Asia: Arden signs Mäki and Razia motorsport-total.com on October 10, 2008.
- ↑ GP2-Asia: Arden signs Mäki and Razia motorsport-total.com on October 10, 2008.
- ↑ GP2 Asia: Mortara from now on for Arden motorsport-total.com on January 20, 2009.
- ↑ GP2 Asia: iSport with van der Garde and Al Fardan motorsport-total.com on October 4th, 2008.
- ↑ GP2-Asia: iSport with a new sponsor and new driver motorsport-total.com on August 11, 2008.
- ↑ GP2 Asia: FMS gets Gonzalez for the last races motorsport-total.com on January 21, 2009.
- ↑ Valsecchi stays with Durango motorsport-total.com on September 23, 2008.
- ↑ iaconelli to team with valsecchi at shanghai durango.it on October 8, 2008.
- ↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/formelsport/splitter/2008/12/Durango_Dalle_Stelle_ersetzt_Iaconelli_08120201.html motorsport-total.com on December 2nd, 2008.
- ^ GP2-Asia: Meritus with Yoong and Bamber motorsport-total.com on October 10, 2008.
- ↑ Meritus: Bonanomi replaces Yoong motorsport-total.com on January 18, 2009.
- ^ GP2-Asia: Meritus with Yoong and Bamber motorsport-total.com on October 10, 2008.
- ^ Parente for Meritus in Qatar motorsport-total.com on February 11, 2009.
- ↑ Rodriguez returns to Piquet at motorsport-total.com on September 24, 2008.
- ↑ DIEGO NUNES COMPLETA LA COPPIA DI PILOTI DI PIQUET GP NEL CAMPIONATO GP2 ASIA SERIES ( Memento from October 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) gpracingcars.com on October 7, 2008.
- ↑ Sekiguchi joins DPR for Asia campaign. crash.net on October 15, 2008.
- ↑ Sekiguchi joins DPR for Asia campaign. crash.net on October 15, 2008.
- ↑ Monteiro buys BCN: First Portuguese team motorsport-total.com on November 28, 2008.
- ↑ Monteiro's team complete: Crestani drives second car motorsport-total.com on December 2nd, 2008.
- ↑ Filippi returns to BCN at motorsport-total.com on October 4th, 2008.
- ↑ Monteiro's team complete: Crestani drives second car motorsport-total.com on December 2nd, 2008.
- ↑ a b Trident names new pairing. crash.net on January 21, 2009.
- ↑ Rigon gets a GP2 chance at Trident motorsport-total.com on February 9, 2009.
- ↑ GP2 Asia series confirms calendar 2009 (Motorsport-Total.com on July 8, 2008)
- ↑ Rainstorms in Dubai: GP2 sprint races canceled at motorsport-total.com on December 6, 2008.