Wikipedia

2008–09 GP2 Asia Series

(Redirected from2008-09 GP2 Asia Series)
For the main series, see2009 GP2 Series.

The2008–09 GP2 Asia Series seasonwas the second season of theGP2 Asia Series.It began on 18 October 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009 and consisted of eleven races at six events.

Alex Yoongdriving forQi-Meritus Maharaat the2008 Chinese GP2 Asia Series round.

Season summary

edit

All teams from the2008 GP2 Series seasonexcept forRacing Engineeringtook part in the competition, with the thirteenth slot being filled byQi-Meritus Mahara.The reigning championRomain Grosjeandid not defend his title.

Kamui Kobayashiclinched the title with a fourth place at the penultimate race inBahrain.8 different winners were in 12 races:Kamui Kobayashibecome champion, afterJapanesewon in two consecutive feature races atDubai Autodrome,and atBahrain International Circuit.

Diego Nuneswon the last two feature races atSepang International Circuit,and atBahrain International Circuit.Roldán Rodríguezwins in first race of the season.Nico Hülkenberg,Luiz Razia,Vitaly Petrov,Davide Valsecchi,andSergio Pérezeach other won one race.

Teams and drivers

edit

All of the teams used theDallaraGP2/05chassis withRenault-badged 4.0 litre (244 cu in) naturally-aspiratedMecachromeV8 enginesorder and with tyres supplied byBridgestone.

Team No. Driver Rounds
ART Grand Prix 1 Sakon Yamamoto[1] All
2 Nelson Philippe[2] 1
Pastor Maldonado[3] 2, 5–6
Nico Hülkenberg[4] 3–4
Trust Team Arden[a](1–2)
Arden International Motorsport[a](3–6) 		3 Luiz Razia[5] All
4 Mika Mäki[6] 1
Renger van der Zande[7] 2
Edoardo Mortara[8] 3–6
Barwa International Campos Team 5 Vitaly Petrov[9] All
6 Sergio Pérez[2] All
DAMS 7 Jérôme d'Ambrosio[2] All
8 Kamui Kobayashi[2] All
GFH Team iSport 9 Giedo van der Garde[10] All
10 Hamad Al Fardan[11] All
Super Nova Racing 11 Javier Villa[5] All
12 James Jakes[2] All
Fisichella Motor Sport International 14 Andreas Zuber[2][b] 1–2
Rodolfo González[12] 3–6
15 Kevin Chen[2][c] All
Durango 16 Davide Valsecchi[13] All
17 Carlos Iaconelli[14] 1
Michael Dalle Stelle[15] 2–6
My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara 18 Alex Yoong[16] 1–2
Marco Bonanomi[17] 3–6
19 Earl Bamber[18] 1–3
Álvaro Parente[19] 4–6
Piquet GP 20 Roldán Rodríguez[20] All
21 Diego Nunes[21] All
DPR 22 Michael Herck[22] All
23 Yuhi Sekiguchi[22] 1
Giacomo Ricci[23] 2–6
BCN Competición* 24 Hiroki Yoshimoto[2] 1
25 Luca Filippi[24] 1
Ocean Racing Technology* 24 Yelmer Buurman[25] 2–5
Karun Chandhok[26] 6
25
Fabrizio Crestani[25] 2–6
Trident Racing 26 Giacomo Ricci[2] 1
Alberto Valerio[23] 2
Frankie Provenzano[27] 3–4
Ricardo Teixeira[28] 5–6
27 Chris van der Drift[2] 1–2
Adrián Vallés[27] 3
Davide Rigon[29] 4–6

* – Team was known asBCN Competiciónat round one inShanghai,beforeTiago Monteirobought over the team's assets and renamed it asOcean Racing Technology.[30]

Calendar

edit

On 12 July, GP2 Series organisers announced a provisional calendar for their second season. Unlike the first season of the GP2 Asia Series, this season will start prior to the new year, and be expanded to six events from the previous five. The Indonesian round has been dropped, while Bahrain earns a second event and Shanghai earns its first GP2 races. Shanghai will also host the official GP2 Asia Series test session prior to the start of the season.[31]

The sprint race of the second round of the championship – at theDubai Autodrome– was cancelled due to flooding.[32]

On 17 December, an alteration was made to the calendar, with theLosail International CircuitinQatarreplacing the February meeting in Dubai. The meeting was also moved to February 12–14 because the original date on the calendar was unsuitable, due to MotoGP testing. This event introduced night racing to GP2, following the circuit's lead withMotoGP and its support classesand alsoFormula One's night race inSingapore.[33]

Race Calendar

edit
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 F Shanghai International Circuit 18 October Roldán Rodríguez Kamui Kobayashi Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP Report
S 19 October Sakon Yamamoto[d] Davide Valsecchi Durango
2 F Dubai Autodrome 5 December Kamui Kobayashi Kamui Kobayashi Kamui Kobayashi DAMS Report
S 6 December Race cancelled
3 F Bahrain International Circuit 23 January Nico Hülkenberg Kamui Kobayashi Kamui Kobayashi DAMS Report
S 24 January Diego Nunes[e] Sergio Pérez Barwa International Campos Team
4 F Losail International Circuit 13 February Nico Hülkenberg Álvaro Parente[f] Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix Report
S 14 February Sergio Pérez Sergio Pérez Barwa International Campos Team
5 F Sepang International Circuit 4 April Jérôme d'Ambrosio[g] Javier Villa[h] Diego Nunes Piquet GP Report
S 5 April Álvaro Parente Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team
6 F Bahrain International Circuit 25 April Kamui Kobayashi[i] Jérôme d'Ambrosio Diego Nunes Piquet GP Report
S 26 April Jérôme d'Ambrosio Luiz Razia Arden International Motorsport

Championship standings

edit
Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.

Drivers' Championship

edit
Pos Driver SHI
 DUB
 BHR
 LSL
 SEP
 BHR
 Points
1 Kamui Kobayashi 2 Ret 1 C 1 6 4 18 2 7 4 5 56
2 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 9 5 7 C 2 3 5 7 DNS DSQ 3 2 36
3 Roldán Rodríguez 1 6 3 C 6 23 Ret 17 4 12 2 Ret 35
4 Davide Valsecchi 8 1 2 C 5 2 6 5 8 3 16 Ret 34
5 Vitaly Petrov 5 Ret 5 C 10 12 3 2 6 1 19 11 28
6 Nico Hülkenberg 4 4 1 3 27
7 Sergio Pérez Ret 7 6 C 8 1 2 1 Ret 6 12 9 26
8 Diego Nunes 12 Ret Ret C 13 22 11 12 1 4 1 6 24
9 Sakon Yamamoto 3 14 8 C 17 11 Ret 14 12 Ret 6 4 13
10 Javier Villa 4 3 9 C 9 5 13 10 19 18 15 12 12
11 Edoardo Mortara 3 8 7 4 Ret 17 Ret 16 11
12 Giedo van der Garde 10 DNS 4 C 7 14 12 8 14 10 5 7 11
13 Luiz Razia Ret 17 10 C 14 9 8 6 Ret Ret 8 1 9
14 Earl Bamber 6 2 Ret C 11 7 8
15 Pastor Maldonado Ret C 7 2 Ret Ret 7
16 James Jakes Ret 11 12 C 22 Ret 9 9 3 Ret 10 14 7
17 Davide Rigon 14 15 Ret 13 7 3 6
18 Chris van der Drift 7 4 Ret C 5
19 Yelmer Buurman Ret C Ret 13 Ret DNS 5 11 4
20 Hamad Al Fardan 15 Ret Ret C 12 Ret Ret Ret 9 5 Ret 17 2
21 Álvaro Parente 17 16 11 9 Ret 13 1
22 Marco Bonanomi 20 10 16 11 Ret 14 14 8 0
23 Rodolfo González 16 Ret Ret 19 10 8 Ret Ret 0
24 Hiroki Yoshimoto Ret 8 0
25 Alex Yoong 14 9 Ret C 0
26 Karun Chandhok 9 Ret 0
27 Giacomo Ricci 13 Ret 13 C Ret 16 Ret 13 16 15 11 10 0
28 Fabrizio Crestani 14 C Ret 17 10 21 15 16 18 15 0
29 Mika Mäki Ret 10 0
30 Carlos Iaconelli 11 Ret 0
31 Renger van der Zande 11 C 0
32 Yuhi Sekiguchi Ret 12 0
33 Michael Herck 16 16 15 C 18 18 15 Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret 0
34 Nelson Philippe 17 13 0
35 Frankie Provenzano 15 15 19 20 0
36 Kevin Chen Ret 15 18 C 21 21 18 23 20 Ret Ret 18 0
37 Alberto Valerio 16 C 0
38 Ricardo Teixeira 17 19 17 Ret 0
39 Michael Dalle Stelle 17 C 19 20 20 22 18 20 Ret 19 0
40 Adrián Vallés Ret 19 0
– Andreas Zuber Ret Ret Ret C 0
– Luca Filippi Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver SHI
 DUB
 BHR
 LSL
 SEP
 BHR
 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole positionpoint(s)
Italics Fastest lappoint(s)

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

edit
Pos Team Car
No. 		SHI
 DUB
 BHR
 LSL
 SEP
 BHR
 Points
1 DAMS 7 9 5 7 C 2 3 5 7 DNS DSQ 3 2 92
8 2 Ret 1 C 1 6 4 18 2 7 4 5
2 Piquet GP 20 1 6 3 C 6 23 Ret 17 4 12 2 Ret 59
21 12 Ret Ret C 13 22 11 12 1 4 1 6
3 Barwa International Campos Team 5 5 Ret 5 C 10 12 3 2 6 1 19 11 54
6 Ret 7 6 C 8 1 2 1 Ret 6 12 9
4 ART Grand Prix 1 3 14 8 C 17 11 Ret 14 12 Ret 6 4 47
2 17 13 Ret C 4 4 1 3 7 2 Ret Ret
5 Durango 16 8 1 2 C 5 2 6 5 8 3 16 Ret 34
17 11 Ret 17 C 19 20 20 22 18 20 Ret 19
6 Trust Team Arden(1–2)
Arden International Motorsport(3–6) 		3 Ret 17 10 C 14 9 8 6 Ret Ret 8 1 20
4 Ret 10 11 C 3 8 7 4 Ret 17 Ret 16
7 Super Nova Racing 11 4 3 9 C 9 5 13 10 19 18 15 12 19
12 Ret 11 12 C 22 Ret 9 9 3 Ret 10 14
8 GFH Team iSport 9 10 DNS 4 C 7 14 12 8 14 10 5 7 13
10 15 Ret Ret C 12 Ret Ret Ret 9 5 Ret 17
9 Trident Racing 26 13 Ret 16 C 15 15 19 20 17 13 17 3 11
27 7 4 Ret C Ret 19 14 15 Ret 19 7 Ret
10 My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara 18 14 9 Ret C 20 10 16 11 Ret 14 14 8 9
19 6 2 Ret C 11 7 17 16 11 9 Ret 13
11 Ocean Racing Technology 24 Ret C Ret 13 Ret DNS 5 11 9 Ret 4
25 14 C Ret 17 10 21 15 16 18 15
12 Fisichella Motor Sport International 14 Ret Ret Ret C 16 Ret Ret 19 10 8 Ret Ret 0
15 Ret 15 18 C 21 21 18 23 20 Ret Ret 18
13 DPR 22 16 16 15 C 18 18 15 Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret 0
23 Ret 12 13 C Ret 16 Ret 13 16 15 11 10
14 BCN Competición 24 Ret 8 0
25 Ret Ret
Pos Team Car
No. 		SHI
 DUB
 BHR
 LSL
 SEP
 BHR
 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole positionpoint(s)
Italics Fastest lappoint(s)

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Notes

edit
  1. ^abArden International competed under a Dutch licence.
  2. ^Zuber is an Austrian driver who competed under an Emirati racing licence.
  3. ^Chen is a Taiwan driver who competed under a United States racing licence.
  4. ^Sakon Yamamotoset the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.Javier Villa[34]was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  5. ^Diego Nunesset the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.Jérôme d'Ambrosio[35]was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  6. ^Álvaro Parenteset the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.Nico Hülkenberg[36]was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  7. ^Jérôme d'Ambrosioset the fastest time in qualifying, but did not start due to gearbox problems. The pole position remained empty on the grid.Diego Nuneswas the first driver on the grid in second place. d'Ambrosio is still considered to hold the pole position.
  8. ^Javier Villaset the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.James Jakes[37]was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  9. ^Jérôme d'Ambrosiorecorded the fastest time in the time trial, but got a ten-place penalty after receiving a black flag in the previous Malaysian sprint race.Kamui Kobayashiwas identified for the race pole position.

References

edit
  1. ^Sakon Yamamoto: official GP2 Asia driver of ARTArchived2008-10-09 at theWayback Machineart-grandprix
  2. ^abcdefghijFreeman, Glenn, ed. (October 2008). "Japan leads GP2 Asia charge".Autosport.194(3): 22–23.
  3. ^"Maldonado to race for ART in 2009".autosport. 2008-11-10.Retrieved2008-11-11.
  4. ^"Hulkenberg takes pole on GP2 debut".Autosport. 2009-01-22.Archivedfrom the original on 24 January 2009.Retrieved2009-01-22.
  5. ^ab"Razia joins Arden, Villa to Super Nova".GPUpdate.net. 2008-10-02.Retrieved2011-01-29.
  6. ^"GP2: Trust Team Arden Confirm Mika Maki and Luiz Razia for GP2 Asia 2008/09".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-10-13.Retrieved2008-10-10.
  7. ^"Van der Zande to replace Maki in Dubai".GPUpdate.net. 2008-10-27.Retrieved2011-01-29.
  8. ^"Mortara signs for Arden".autosport. 2009-01-21.Archivedfrom the original on 31 January 2009.Retrieved2009-01-21.
  9. ^Campos RacingArchived2008-10-22 at theWayback Machine
  10. ^"Van der Garde joins iSport for Asia Series".GPUpdate.net. 2008-10-02.Retrieved2011-01-29.
  11. ^"Al Fardan joins GFH iSport".GPUpdate.net. 2008-09-23.Retrieved2011-01-29.
  12. ^"Gonzalez joins Fisichella for GP2 Asia".autosport. 2009-01-21.Archivedfrom the original on 25 January 2009.Retrieved2009-01-21.
  13. ^"Durango and Valsecchi extend contract".GPUpdate.net. 2008-09-23.Retrieved2011-01-29.
  14. ^GP2: Iaconelli to team with valsecchi at shanghaidurango.it
  15. ^"Durango signs teen for Asia campaign".crash.net. 2008-12-01.Archivedfrom the original on 5 December 2008.Retrieved2008-12-02.
  16. ^My Team Qi-Meritus.Mahara signs Alex Yoong
  17. ^"Bonanomi replaces Yoong at Meritus".autosport. 2009-01-17.Archivedfrom the original on 22 January 2009.Retrieved2009-01-17.
  18. ^GP2: Meritus confirms Kiwi to second seatcrash.net
  19. ^"Parente joins Meritus for Qatar".autosport. 2009-02-11.Archivedfrom the original on 14 February 2009.Retrieved2009-02-11.
  20. ^GP2: Piquet GP & Rodríguez together for GP2 Asia and GP2 MainArchived2008-10-21 at theWayback MachinePiquet GP official site – 23.09.2008.
  21. ^GP2: Diego Nunes second car in GP2 Asia SeriesArchived2008-10-21 at theWayback MachinePiquet GP official site – 07.10.2008.
  22. ^ab"Sekiguchi joins DPR for Asia campaign".crash.net. 2008-10-15. Archived fromthe originalon June 30, 2012.Retrieved2008-10-15.
  23. ^ab"Driver changes aplenty in Dubai".crash.net. 2008-12-04.Archivedfrom the original on 6 December 2008.Retrieved2008-12-04.
  24. ^GP2: Filippi back with BCNArchived2008-12-07 at theWayback Machinecrash.net
  25. ^ab"Ocean sign Crestani as second driver".autosport. 2008-12-02.Archivedfrom the original on 5 December 2008.Retrieved2008-12-02.
  26. ^"08/09 GP2 Asia Series – Round 6".GP2 Asia Series.2009-04-23. Archived fromthe originalon May 2, 2009.Retrieved2009-04-23.
  27. ^ab"Trident names new pairing".crash.net. 2009-01-21. Archived fromthe originalon August 1, 2012.Retrieved2009-01-21.
  28. ^"08/09 GP2 Asia Series – Round 5".GP2 Asia Series.2009-04-02. Archived fromthe originalon May 2, 2009.Retrieved2009-04-02.
  29. ^"Rigon replaces Valles at Trident".autosport. 2009-02-10.Archivedfrom the original on 13 February 2009.Retrieved2009-02-10.
  30. ^"Tiago Monteiro confirms the acquisition of GP2 team".tiagomonteiro. 2008-11-27.Retrieved2008-11-27.[permanent dead link‍]
  31. ^"GP2 Asia 2008–09 Calendar".UpdateF1. 2008-07-12. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-08-20.Retrieved2008-07-12.
  32. ^"Floods force cancellation of Dubai race".autosport. 2008-12-06.Archivedfrom the original on 8 December 2008.Retrieved2008-12-06.
  33. ^"Qatar night race for Asia Series".autosport. 2008-12-17.Archivedfrom the original on 19 December 2008.Retrieved2008-12-17.
  34. ^"Sprint race - GP2 Asia: Chinese 2008".Pitpass.Archived fromthe originalon 20 October 2008.Retrieved4 January2022.
  35. ^"Sprint race - GP2 Asia: Bahrain 2009".Pitpass.Archived fromthe originalon 6 January 2010.Retrieved6 January2022.
  36. ^"Feature race - GP2 Asia: Qatar 2009".Pitpass.Archived fromthe originalon 16 February 2009.Retrieved6 January2022.
  37. ^"Feature race - GP2 Asia: Malaysian 2009".Pitpass.Archived fromthe originalon 7 April 2009.Retrieved5 January2022.
edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008–09_GP2_Asia_Series&oldid=1245043205"