2008 Macau Grand Prix

Race details
Date	16 November 2008
Official name	55th Windsor Arch Macau Grand Prix
Location	Guia Circuit, Macau
Course	Temporary street circuit 6.120 km (3.803 mi)
Distance	Qualifying Race 10 laps, 61.200 km (38.028 mi) Main Race 15 laps, 91.800 km (57.042 mi)
Weather	Qualifying Race: Sunny and dry Main Race: Sunny and dry
Qualifying Race
Pole
Driver	Carlo van Dam	TOM'S
Time	2:11.846
Fastest Lap
Driver	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
Time	2:13.169 (on lap 6 of 10)
Podium
First	Edoardo Mortara	Signature-Plus
Second	Keisuke Kunimoto	TOM'S
Third	Roberto Streit	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
Main Race
Pole
Driver	Edoardo Mortara	Signature-Plus
Fastest Lap
Driver	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
Time	2:12.565 (on lap 15 of 15)
Podium
First	Keisuke Kunimoto	TOM'S
Second	Edoardo Mortara	Signature-Plus
Third	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport

The 2008 Macau Grand Prix was the 55th Macau Grand Prix race held on the streets of Macau on 16 November 2008. It was supported by the 2008 Guia Race of Macau.

Entry list

• All drivers competed in Dallara F308 chassis.

2008 Entry List[1]
Team	No.	Driver	Engine	Main series
Tom´s Team	1	Carlo van Dam	Toyota-TOM'S	All-Japan Formula Three
	2	Keisuke Kunimoto
Carlin Motorsport	3	Oliver Turvey	Mercedes-HWA	British Formula 3
	4	Jaime Alguersuari
	5	Brendon Hartley
	6	Marcus Ericsson
Signature-Plus	7	Edoardo Mortara	Volkswagen	Formula 3 Euro Series
	8	Cong Fu Cheng
	9	Mika Mäki
Räikkönen-Robertson Racing	10	Atte Mustonen	Mercedes-HWA	British Formula 3
	11	Roberto Streit		Formula Nippon
	12	Michael Ho		Formula V6 Asia
ART Grand Prix	14	Jules Bianchi	Mercedes-HWA	Formula 3 Euro Series
	15	James Jakes
Prema Powerteam	16	Renger van der Zande	Mercedes-HWA	Formula 3 Euro Series
	17	Stefano Coletti
Hitech Racing	18	Max Chilton	Mercedes-HWA	British Formula 3
	19	Walter Grubmuller
	20	Roberto Merhi		Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Manor Motorsport	21	Sam Bird	Mercedes-HWA	Formula 3 Euro Series
	22	Kazuya Oshima
	23	Jon Lancaster
Now Motor Sports	24	Kei Cozzolino	Toyota-TOM'S	All-Japan Formula Three
Le Beausset Motorsports	25	Koki Saga	Toyota-TOM'S	All-Japan Formula Three
PTRS by Ombra	26	Masaki Matsushita	Mugen-Honda	All-Japan Formula Three
Ombra Racing	27	James Winslow	Mugen-Honda	Australian Drivers' Championship
HBR Motorsport	28	Daniel Campos-Hull	Mercedes-HWA	Formula 3 Euro Series
	29	Basil Shaaban
RC Motorsport	30	Laurens Vanthoor	Volkswagen	German Formula 3
	31	Nicola de Marco		Spanish Formula 3

Classification

Qualifying

• Qualifying is split into two sessions, both of which being 45 minutes. One session was held on November 15 and another was held on November 16, with the best times of each driver counting towards the grid for the qualifying race.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Q1 Time	Rank	Q2 Time	Rank	Gap	Grid
1	1	Carlo van Dam	Tom´s Team	2:12.772	2	2:11.846	1		1
2	21	Sam Bird	Manor Motorsport	2:13.722	7	2:11.988	2	+0.142	51
3	2	Keisuke Kunimoto	Tom´s Team	2:14.696	12	2:12.039	3	+0.293	2
4	7	Edoardo Mortara	Signature-Plus	2:12.416	1	2:12.044	4	+0.298	3
5	11	Roberto Streit	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	2:13.153	3	2:12.061	5	+0.315	4
6	20	Roberto Merhi	Hitech Racing	2:15.574	16	2:12.369	6	+0.618	6
7	16	Renger van der Zande	Prema Powerteam	2:13.607	5	2:12.402	7	+0.653	7
8	3	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	2:14.208	9	2:12.404	8	+0.655	8
9	4	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	2:13.669	6	2:12.412	9	+0.661	9
10	15	James Jakes	ART Grand Prix	2:14.459	10	2:12.423	10	+0.672	10
11	5	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	2:13.348	4	2:12.573	11	+0.722	11
12	17	Stefano Coletti	Prema Powerteam	2:14.788	14	2:12.835	12	+0.984	12
13	18	Max Chilton	Hitech Racing	2:15.007	15	2:12.869	13	+1.018	13
14	9	Mika Mäki	Signature-Plus	no time	DNQ	2:12.942	14	+1.091	14
15	6	Marcus Ericsson	Carlin Motorsport	2:14.664	11	2:12.988	15	+1.135	15
16	22	Kazuya Oshima	Manor Motorsport	2:15.985	19	2:13.110	16	+1.157	16
17	14	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix	2:13.840	8	2:13.124	17	+1.171	17
18	24	Kei Cozzolino	Now Motor Sports	2:14.779	13	2:13.504	18	+1.551	18
19	19	Walter Grubmüller	Hitech Racing	2:15.731	18	2:13.710	19	+1.757	19
20	8	Cong Fu Cheng	Signature-Plus	2:17.050	24	2:13.777	20	+1.844	20
21	28	Daniel Campos-Hull	HBR Motorsport	2:16.345	20	2:14.325	21	+2.392	21
22	27	James Winslow	Ombra Racing	2:15.638	17	2:14.399	22	+2.466	22
23	23	Jon Lancaster	Manor Motorsport	2:17.490	25	2:14.620	23	+2.687	23
24	29	Basil Shaaban	HBR Motorsport	2:16.939	23	2:15.412	24	+3.479	24
25	25	Koki Saga	Le Beausset Motorsports	2:26.492	DNQ	2:15.969	25	+4.036	25
26	10	Atte Mustonen	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	2:16.675	22	2:16.029	26	+4.096	26
27	30	Laurens Vanthoor	RC Motorsport	2:16.464	21	no time	DNQ	+4.531	27
28	26	Masaki Matsushita	PTRS by Ombra	2:18.059	26	2:18.667	25	+6.126	302
29	12	Michael Ho	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	2:18.415	27	2:18.606	27	+5.078	28
30	31	Nicola de Marco	RC Motorsport	2:18.668	28	no time	DNQ	+5.140	29

1.^  – Bird was handed three-place grid penalty for blocking.

2.^  – Matsushita was penalised due to speeding during red flag conditions.

Qualification Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	7	Edoardo Mortara	Signature-Plus	10	29:20.769	3
2	2	Keisuke Kunimoto	Tom´s Team	10	+1.189	2
3	11	Roberto Streit	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	10	+2.904	4
4	3	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	10	+3.364	8
5	21	Sam Bird	Manor Motorsport	10	+3.984	5
6	4	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	10	+4.623	9
7	17	Stefano Coletti	Prema Powerteam	10	+4.952	12
8	6	Marcus Ericsson	Carlin Motorsport	10	+8.799	15
9	28	Daniel Campos-Hull	HBR Motorsport	10	+22.448	21
10	24	Kei Cozzolino	Now Motor Sports	10	+23.056	18
11	27	James Winslow	Ombra Racing	10	+26.786	22
12	30	Laurens Vanthoor	RC Motorsport	10	+28.090	27
13	25	Koki Saga	Le Beausset Motorsports	10	+42.871	25
14	19	Walter Grubmüller	Hitech Racing	10	+48.578	19
15	20	Roberto Merhi	Hitech Racing	10	+49.439	6
16	23	Jon Lancaster	Manor Motorsport	10	+57.740	23
17	26	Masaki Matsushita	PTRS by Ombra	10	+1:06.943	30
18	31	Nicola de Marco	RC Motorsport	10	+1:31.545	29
19	9	Mika Mäki	Signature-Plus	10	+1:44.930	14
NC	5	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	7	+3 laps	11
Ret	12	Michael Ho	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	4	Accident	28
Ret	29	Basil Shaaban	HBR Motorsport	3	Accident	24
Ret	22	Kazuya Oshima	Manor Motorsport	3	Accident	16
Ret	18	Max Chilton	Hitech Racing	0	Accident	13
Ret	16	Renger van der Zande	Prema Powerteam	0	Accident	7
Ret	15	James Jakes	ART Grand Prix	0	Accident	10
Ret	10	Atte Mustonen	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	0	Accident	26
Ret	8	Cong Fu Cheng	Signature-Plus	0	Accident	20
Ret	1	Carlo van Dam	Tom´s Team	0	Accident	1
Ret	14	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix	0	Accident	17
Fastest lap: Brendon Hartley, 2:13.169, 165.444 km/h (102.802 mph) on lap 6

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	Keisuke Kunimoto	Tom´s Team	15	41:01.864	2
2	7	Edoardo Mortara	Signature-Plus	15	+1.710	1
3	5	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	15	+4.006	20
4	9	Mika Mäki	Signature-Plus	15	+8.442	19
5	16	Renger van der Zande	Prema Powerteam	15	+10.276	25
6	30	Laurens Vanthoor	RC Motorsport	15	+12.975	12
7	3	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	15	+13.134	4
8	19	Walter Grubmüller	Hitech Racing	15	+14.695	14
9	14	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix	15	+18.725	30
10	4	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	15	+20.801	6
11	23	Jon Lancaster	Manor Motorsport	15	+20.898	16
12	15	James Jakes	ART Grand Prix	15	+21.418	26
13	8	Cong Fu Cheng	Signature-Plus	15	+22.404	28
14	18	Max Chilton	Hitech Racing	15	+22.604	27
15	24	Kei Cozzolino	Now Motor Sports	15	+23.270	10
16	22	Kazuya Oshima	Manor Motorsport	15	+23.930	23
17	28	Daniel Campos-Hull	HBR Motorsport	15	+24.997	9
18	10	Atte Mustonen	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	15	+33.744	29
19	31	Nicola de Marco	RC Motorsport	15	+46.527	18
20	12	Michael Ho	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	15	+51.739	21
Ret	17	Stefano Coletti	Prema Powerteam	11	Accident	7
Ret	29	Basil Shaaban	HBR Motorsport	10	Accident	22
Ret	1	Carlo van Dam	Tom´s Team	7	Accident	24
Ret	20	Roberto Merhi	Hitech Racing	6	Accident	15
Ret	26	Masaki Matsushita	PTRS by Ombra	6	Accident	17
Ret	27	James Winslow	Ombra Racing	5	Accident	11
Ret	25	Koki Saga	Le Beausset Motorsports	2	Accident	13
Ret	21	Sam Bird	Manor Motorsport	0	Accident	5
Ret	11	Roberto Streit	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	0	Accident	3
Ret	6	Marcus Ericsson	Carlin Motorsport	0	Accident	8
Fastest lap: Brendon Hartley, 2:12.565, 166.198 km/h (103.271 mph) on lap 15

References

External links

• The official website of the 55th Macau Grand Prix