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   2008 Spanish GP2 round

Round details
Round 1 of 10 rounds in the 2008 GP2 Series
Location	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.627 km (2.875 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	26 April 2008
Laps	38
Pole position
Driver	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports
Time	1:27.547
Podium
First	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing
Second	Bruno Senna	iSport International
Third	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports
Fastest lap
Driver	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing
Time	1:30.548 (on lap 10)
Sprint race
Date	27 April 2008
Laps	26
Podium
First	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
Second	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden
Third	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
Time	1:30.045 (on lap 5)

The 2008 Spanish GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 26 April and 27 April 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain. It was the first race of the 2008 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	1:27.547	1
2	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	1:27.705	2
3	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	1:28.155	3
4	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	1:28.273	4
5	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	1:28.290	5
6	19	Adrián Vallés	FMS International	1:28.323	6
7	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	1:28.385	7
8	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:28.423	8
9	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	1:28.562	9
10	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	1:28.622	10
11	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	1:28.684	11
12	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:28.713	12
13	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:28.799	13
14	3	Luca Filippi	ART Grand Prix	1:28.868	14
15	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	1:28.889	15
16	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	1:28.937	16
17	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	1:29.338	17
18	15	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	1:29.339	18
19	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	1:29.394	19
20	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	1:29.478	20
21	27	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competición	1:29 618	21
22	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:29.628	22
23	26	Paolo Nocera	BCN Competición	1:29.708	23
24	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	1:29.762	24
25	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	1:30.343	25
26	24	Giacomo Ricci	David Price Racing	1:30.443	26
Source:[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	38	1:01:09.902	2	10+1
2	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	38	+0.579	4	8
3	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	38	+1.511	3	6
4	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	38	+3.768	5	5
5	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	38	+8.155	11	4
6	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	38	+19.729	8	3
7	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	38	+27.326	20	2
8	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	38	+27.945	13	1
9	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	38	+30.394	7
10	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	38	+34.573	12
11	3	Luca Filippi	ART Grand Prix	38	+34.816	14
12	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	38	+38.600	1	2
13	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	38	+42.489	17
14	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	38	+43.200	9
15	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	38	+1:09.867	25
16	24	Giacomo Ricci	David Price Racing	38	+1:10.152	26
17	26	Paolo Nocera	BCN Competición	38	+1:28.749	23
18	19	Adrián Vallés	FMS International	38	+1:28.778	6
Ret	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	20	Crash	19
Ret	15	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	18	Crash	18
Ret	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	15	Crash	15
Ret	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	15	Crash	22
Ret	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	4	Collision damage	24
Ret	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	1	Collision	16
Ret	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	0	Crash	10
DNS	27	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competición	0	Did not start	21
Source:[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	26	40:27.229	1	6+1
2	14	Sébastien Buemi	Trust Team Arden	26	+1.176	2	5
3	12	Giorgio Pantano	Racing Engineering	26	+1.962	5	4
4	2	Bruno Senna	iSport International	26	+2.808	7	3
5	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	26	+3.501	10	2
6	11	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	26	+8.480	14	1
7	8	Álvaro Parente	Super Nova Racing	26	+8.573	8
8	20	Mike Conway	Trident Racing	26	+9.593	25
9	6	Ben Hanley	Barwa International Campos Team	26	+11.469	21
10	15	Yelmer Buurman	Trust Team Arden	26	+16.974	20
11	19	Adrián Vallés	FMS International	26	+22.871	18
12	27	Miloš Pavlović	BCN Competición	26	+23.360	26
13	4	Romain Grosjean	ART Grand Prix	26	+23.558	4
14	21	Ho-Pin Tung	Trident Racing	26	+25.486	24
15	9	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	26	+47.929	22
16	25	Diego Nunes	David Price Racing	25	+1 lap	15
Ret	23	Pastor Maldonado	Piquet Sports	22	Collision	12
Ret	22	Andreas Zuber	Piquet Sports	22	Collision	6
Ret	1	Karun Chandhok	iSport International	18	Collision	9
Ret	24	Giacomo Ricci	David Price Racing	18	Collision	16
Ret	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	15	Crash	3
Ret	17	Alberto Valerio	Durango	14	Crash	13
Ret	18	Roldán Rodríguez	FMS International	13	Crash	23
Ret	26	Paolo Nocera	BCN Competición	12	Crash	17
Ret	3	Luca Filippi	ART Grand Prix	3	Crash	11
DNS	7	Christian Bakkerud	Super Nova Racing	0	Did not start	19
Source:[1]