Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: For 2008 , D'Ambrosio competed in both the GP2 Series and the new GP2 Asia Series for the DAMS team , alongside Kamui Kobayashi .
Simplified: For 2008 , d'Ambrosio raced in both the GP2 Series and the new GP2 Asia Series .