2008 Monza GP2 Series round

2008 Monza GP2 Series round was the final race of the 2008 GP2 Series season. It was held on September 13 and 14, 2008 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza at Monza, Italy. The race was used as a support race to the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.

   2008 Italian GP2 round

Round details
Round 10 of 10 rounds in the 2008 GP2 Series
Circuit de Monza
Location	Circuit Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.6 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	13 September 2008
Laps	32
Pole position
Driver	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering
Time	1:31.220
Podium
First	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa Int. Campos Team
Second	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports
Third	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden
Fastest lap
Driver	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports
Time	1:36.275 (on lap 32)
Sprint race
Date	14 September 2008
Laps	21
Podium
First	Davide Valsecchi	Durango
Second	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International
Third	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering
Time	1:47.002 (on lap 21)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	1:31.220	1
2	6	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa International Campos Team	1:31.239	2
3	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	1:31.330	3
4	15	Luca Filippi	Trust Team Arden	1:31.440	4
5	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:31.527	5
6	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	1:31.546	6
7	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	1:31.663	7
8	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	1:31.708	8
9	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	1:31.797	9
10	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	1:31.810	10
11	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	1:31.949	11
12	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	1:31.964	12
13	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:32.090	13
14	3	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	1:32.092	14
15	7	Andy Soucek	Super Nova Racing	1:32.165	15
16	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	1:32.229	16
17	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	1:32.236	17
18	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:32.361	18
19	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:32.503	19
20	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	1:32.550	20
21	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	1:32.604	21
22	19	Marko Asmer	FMS International	1:32.808	22
23	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	1:32.817	23
24	24	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	1:33.021	24
25	27	Carlos Iaconelli	BCN Competición	1:33.264	25
Source:[1]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa International Campos Team	32	1:00:23.203	2	25
2	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	32	+0.736	6	20+1
3	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	32	+6.785	3	18
4	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	32	+17.789	11	15
5	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	32	+18.324	12	10
6	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	32	+20.488	8	8
7	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	32	+22.709	19	6
8	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	32	+24.826	13	4
9	7	Andy Soucek	Super Nova Racing	32	+32.866	15	2
10	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	32	+34.682	1	1
11	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	32	+35.259	10	0
12	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	32	+59.501	16	0
13	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	32	+1:17.567	20	0
14	27	Carlos Iaconelli	BCN Competición	32	+1:51.344	25	0
15	19	Marko Asmer	FMS International	31	+1 lap	22	0
16	15	Luca Filippi	Trust Team Arden	30	+2 lap	4	0
Ret	3	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	27	Retired	14	0
Ret	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	26	Collision damage	23	0
Ret	24	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	22	Crash	24	0
Ret	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	19	Retired	21	0
Ret	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	16	Retired	17	0
Ret	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	15	Spins off	18	0
Ret	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	3	Collision	5	0
Ret	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	3	Collision	7	0
Ret	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	3	Collision	9	0
Source:[1]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	21	38:09.871	1	15
2	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	21	+9.004	3	10
3	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	21	+9.537	5	9
4	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	21	+10.190	7	8
5	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	21	+11.428	10	6+1
6	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	21	+16.731	2	5
7	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	21	+17.675	6	4
8	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	21	+18.540	4	3
9	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	21	+32.030	18	2
10	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	21	+33.641	24	1
11	6	Lucas di Grassi	Barwa International Campos Team	21	+42.236	8
12	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	21	+46.434	20
13	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	21	+46.836	22
14	27	Carlos Iaconelli	BCN Competición	21	+51.080	14
15	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	21	+51.743	13
16	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	21	+52.565	21
17	24	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	21	+55.792	19
18	7	Andy Soucek	Super Nova Racing	21	+56.456	9
Ret	3	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	14	Retired	17
Ret	15	Luca Filippi	Trust Team Arden	12	Retired	16
Ret	19	Marko Asmer	FMS International	8	Retired	15
Ret	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	6	Collision damage	23
Ret	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	3	Collision	12
Ret	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	0	Crash	11
EX	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	0	Excluded	25
Source:[1]

References

1. "GP2 Series 2008 Results - Monza". Team Dan. Team Dan. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

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