After a remarkably clean start in the last sprint race of the GP2 Asia 2008 season, Milos Pavlovic kept the lead from his pole position. But, in the opening lap the Serbian has to retire after a problem of oil pressure, leaving Jérôme d'Ambrosio to lead the race. However, in the second lap, Marco Bonanomi and Sébastien Buemi both overtook the Belgian driver from Dams. The Italian from Piquet Sports then pulled away.
Behind the top three men, Trident Racing Ho-Pin Tung tried to resist to Petrov's attacks: the Russian knew at that point that with Buemi in front of him, the second place of the championship was out of his reach. The Safety car was deployed in Lap 5 after a crash involving the two DPR cars, along with Alberto Valerio and Ben Hanley.
At the restart, if Bonanomi impeccably kept the lead, Buemi went a little wide, letting d'Ambrosio pass, but the Arden ace quickly regained his position, while the Dams driver was overtaken by Vitaly Petrov. What promised to be a great battle between Buemi and Petrov ended prematurely after the Barwa International Campos Team man had to retire because of what seemed to be a problem of fuel pressure.
Marco Bonanomi crossed the finish line a winner for the first time in GP2 resisting to Trust Team Arden Sébastien Buemi's come back. The Swiss arrived in second place and hence was crowed 2008 GP2 Asia Vice Champion. Dams Jérôme d'Ambrosio took third and scored his second podium of the season. Davide Valsecchi, Yelmer Buurman and Fairuz Fauzy completed the Top 6.
ART Grand Prix was crowned Champion yesterday. Trust Team Arden finished second in front of Barwa International Campos Team.
Results Race 2
1 - Marco Bonanomi - Piquet - 23 laps 45'08"527
2 - Sebastien Buemi - Arden - 0"516
3 - Jerome D'Ambrosio - Dams - 5"361
4 - Davide Valsecchi - Durango - 8"445
5 - Ho Pin Tung - Trident - 11"905
6 - Yelmer Buurman - Arden - 12"550
7 - Fairuz Fauzy - Super Nova - 12"836
8 - Harald Schlegelmilch - Trident - 14"306
9 - Jason Tahinci - BCN - 15"948
10 - Christian Bakkerud - Super Nova - 16"474
11 - Adrian Valles - FMSI - 16"934
12 - Bruno Senna - iSport - 17"214
13 - Diego Nunes - DPR - 18"895
14 - Hiroki Yoshimoto - Meritus - 22"225
15 - Kamui Kobayashi - Dams - 26"212
16 - Alberto Valerio - Durango - 1 lap
Championship Classification
1.Grosjean 61; 2.Buemi 37; 3.Petrov 33; 4.Fauzy, Senna 23; 6.Kobayashi 22; 7.Valles 19; 8.Valsecchi 17; 9.Yoshimoto 13; 10.D'Ambrosio, Buurman 12; 12.Bonanomi 9; 13.Chandhok 7; 14.Soucek, Hanley, Pavlovic 6; 17.Filippi 4; 18.Tung, Schlegelmilch 3; 20.Valerio, Nunes 2.
Behind the top three men, Trident Racing Ho-Pin Tung tried to resist to Petrov's attacks: the Russian knew at that point that with Buemi in front of him, the second place of the championship was out of his reach. The Safety car was deployed in Lap 5 after a crash involving the two DPR cars, along with Alberto Valerio and Ben Hanley.
At the restart, if Bonanomi impeccably kept the lead, Buemi went a little wide, letting d'Ambrosio pass, but the Arden ace quickly regained his position, while the Dams driver was overtaken by Vitaly Petrov. What promised to be a great battle between Buemi and Petrov ended prematurely after the Barwa International Campos Team man had to retire because of what seemed to be a problem of fuel pressure.
Marco Bonanomi crossed the finish line a winner for the first time in GP2 resisting to Trust Team Arden Sébastien Buemi's come back. The Swiss arrived in second place and hence was crowed 2008 GP2 Asia Vice Champion. Dams Jérôme d'Ambrosio took third and scored his second podium of the season. Davide Valsecchi, Yelmer Buurman and Fairuz Fauzy completed the Top 6.
ART Grand Prix was crowned Champion yesterday. Trust Team Arden finished second in front of Barwa International Campos Team.
Results Race 2
1 - Marco Bonanomi - Piquet - 23 laps 45'08"527
2 - Sebastien Buemi - Arden - 0"516
3 - Jerome D'Ambrosio - Dams - 5"361
4 - Davide Valsecchi - Durango - 8"445
5 - Ho Pin Tung - Trident - 11"905
6 - Yelmer Buurman - Arden - 12"550
7 - Fairuz Fauzy - Super Nova - 12"836
8 - Harald Schlegelmilch - Trident - 14"306
9 - Jason Tahinci - BCN - 15"948
10 - Christian Bakkerud - Super Nova - 16"474
11 - Adrian Valles - FMSI - 16"934
12 - Bruno Senna - iSport - 17"214
13 - Diego Nunes - DPR - 18"895
14 - Hiroki Yoshimoto - Meritus - 22"225
15 - Kamui Kobayashi - Dams - 26"212
16 - Alberto Valerio - Durango - 1 lap
Championship Classification
1.Grosjean 61; 2.Buemi 37; 3.Petrov 33; 4.Fauzy, Senna 23; 6.Kobayashi 22; 7.Valles 19; 8.Valsecchi 17; 9.Yoshimoto 13; 10.D'Ambrosio, Buurman 12; 12.Bonanomi 9; 13.Chandhok 7; 14.Soucek, Hanley, Pavlovic 6; 17.Filippi 4; 18.Tung, Schlegelmilch 3; 20.Valerio, Nunes 2.