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Sporting Regulations

2008 Drivers and Car
By GP2 Series June 26 2008
The 2008 Sporting Regulations of the GP2 Series outline the schedule of the weekend racing, the penalities, the procedures, the resources and the rewards. The Weekend format: One half hour practice session and one half hour qualifying session, followed by two races.

Weekend format:

One half hour practice session and one half hour qualifying session, followed by two races. 

The qualifying session is a straight fight for fastest laptime, and determines the order of the grid for Race 1. Two points are awarded for pole position.   

Race 1 is run over 180km or 1hr15min, and each driver must complete one compulsory pitstop in which a minimum of two tyres must be changed. The top eight drivers score points (10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) with a point being awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race.

The grid for Race 2 is determined by the finishing order of the first race, with the top 8 positions reversed. Race 2 is run over 120km or 45 minutes, with no pitstops allowed. The top six finishers score points (6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) and the driver who sets the fastest lap scores one point.  

Safety Car:

Traditional safety car regulations apply. The pitlane remains open throughout safety car periods. The safety car will pick up the leader of the race as the first car in the queue. Lapped cars will not be able to unlap themselves. 

Pit window:

Drivers may pit anytime from the end of their second lap of race 1. No pitstops are permitted in race 2 except in the event of a driver suffering from damage to either car or tyres. 

Tyres:

Drivers are limited to four new sets of slick tyres at each event. Bridgestone determines the compound in advance. Each driver must keep one new set of tyres on which he must start race 2. These tyres may not be changed in the second race, except for an occasion when a tyre is damaged significantly to merit being changed in the name of safety.

Fastest Lap:

The point for fastest lap in both Race 1 and Race 2 will only be awarded to a driver who finishes in the top 10, and who has started the race from the grid. If the driver who has set the fastest lap has not finished in the top ten, or has started the race from the pits, then the point goes to the driver who set the fastest race lap and fits within the remit. The record for the fastest lap still goes to the overall fastest lap time however. 

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