Our inclusion as the support races on the programme of Asian Grands Prix in 2008 is an essential key in this new venture".

It ran alongside the new Speedcar Series,[2] and the events in Malaysia and Bahrain acted as support races for the Formula One championship.

In effort to promote motor racing in Asia, each team is encouraged to have at least one driver whose passport does not come from Western Europe or the Americas (North and South).

The qualifying session decided the grid order for Saturday's race which had a length of 180 kilometres.

Both cars were powered by the same mechanical package: The French Mecachrome V8108 4.0 V8 engine, generating 620 hp (456 kW), coupled to a six-speed manual Hewland transmission.