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2008 World Touring Car Championship season

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2008 World Touring Car Championship season
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The 2008 World Touring Car Championship season was the fifth World Touring Car Championship season, the fourth since its 2005 return. It began on March 2, and ended on November 16, after twenty-four races. The championship, which was open to Super 2000 Cars and Diesel 2000 Cars, was composed of the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers [1].

Frenchman Yvan Muller won the Drivers title by 26 points from SEAT team-mate Gabriele Tarquini, with Chevrolet's Robert Huff finishing third just a point behind Tarquini. The Manufacturers Championship was awarded to SEAT.

Entry List[]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
25px UK BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1 25px Great Britain Andy Priaulx All
25px Germany BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 2 25px Germany Jörg Müller All
3 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus Jr. All
25px Italy BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 4 25px Italy Alessandro Zanardi All
5 25px Spain Félix Porteiro All
25px USA Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 6 25px Italy Nicola Larini All
7 25px Great Britain Robert Huff All
8 25px Switzerland Alain Menu All
80 25px Japan Manabu Orido 10-12
25px Spain SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 9 25px Spain Jordi Gené All
10 25px Sweden Rickard Rydell All
11 25px Italy Gabriele Tarquini All
12 25px France Yvan Muller All
18 25px Flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro All
SEAT León TFSI 21 25px Spain José Manuel Pérez-Aicart 3
25px Template:Country alias TUR Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si 13 25px Template:Country alias TUR Ibrahim Okyay I All
62 25px Template:Country alias TUR Aytaç Biter I 7-8
25px Italy N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 15 25px Great Britain James Thompson 3-12
66 25px Template:Country alias MAC André Couto 12
72 25px Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 10-11
25px Germany Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 16 25px Netherlands Olivier Tielemans I 1-3, 5-6, 8
17 25px Japan Takayuki Aoki I 10-12
33 25px France Laurent Cazenave I 4
49 25px Netherlands Duncan Huisman I 8
60 25px Flag of Denmark Kristian Poulsen I 10
88 25px Template:Country alias HKG Matthew Marsh I 11-12
25px Spain SUNRED Engineering SEAT León TFSI 20 25px Netherlands Tom Coronel All
22 25px Flag of the Czech Republic Michal Matejovský I 5
32 25px Spain Oscar Nogués I 4
75 25px Template:Country alias HUN Norbert Michelisz I 11
76 25px Flag of Portugal Lourenço Beirão da Veiga I 7
77 25px Great Britain Tom Boardman I 6
78 25px Template:Country alias Croatia Marin Čolak I 8
79 25px Flag of Portugal Duarte Félix da Costa I 10
25px France Exagon Engineering SEAT León TFSI 23 25px Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals I 1-10
25px Italy Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 26 25px Italy Stefano D'Aste I 1-11
31 25px Spain Sergio Hernández I All
45 25px Template:Country alias BUL George Tanev I 12
25px The flag of the Russian Federation Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 27 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Kirill Ladygin I 9-12
28 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Viktor Shapovalov I 3-10
29 25px Netherlands Jaap van Lagen I 3-12
25px Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 42 25px Germany Franz Engstler I All
43 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Andrey Romanov I 1-6, 8-12
BMW 320i 81 25px Japan Masaki Kano I 11-12
25px Template:Country alias BUL Petrol GT Racing Team BMW 320si 45 25px Template:Country alias BUL George Tanev I 8-10
25px The flag of the Russian Federation Golden Motors Honda Accord Euro R 54 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Alexander Lvov I 3, 5
55 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Andrey Smetsky I 3, 5
25px Flag of Denmark Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si 60 25px Flag of Denmark Kristian Poulsen I 6-8
25px Sweden Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 63 25px Sweden Robert Dahlgren * 7
25px SGP Thunder Asia Racing BMW 320si 69 25px SGP Melvin Choo I 11-12
Icon Class
I Independents' Championship
* Not eligible to score points

Note: Macau-based RPM Racing Team had planned to race one Toyota Altezza and one Honda Civic Type-R for Macanese drivers Lei Kit Meng and Jo Rosa Merszei in the final races in Macau [2]. Although car numbers were allocated to them (#64 for Meng (Toyota Altezza) and #65 for Merszei (Honda Civic)), the FIA Touring Car Bureau rejected the entries because neither of these cars had been homologated by the FIA [3].

Calendar[]

A provisional calendar was released in November, 2007.[4][5].

Sweden was to be included in the calendar for 21 September but the FIA confirmed on 3 May 2008 that the Swedish round at the Scandinavian Raceway was replaced by an Italy round at the revamped Imola Circuit.[6]

Round Race Name Track Date
1 R1 Race of Brazil 25px Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 2 March
R2
2 R3 Race of Mexico 25px Mexico Autódromo Miguel E. Abed 6 April
R4
3 R7 Race of Spain 25px Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo 18 May
R8
4 R5 Race of France 25px France Circuit de Pau Ville 1 June
R6
5 R9 Race of the Czech Republic 25px Flag of the Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit 15 June
R10
6 R11 Race of Portugal 25px Flag of Portugal Autódromo do Estoril 13 July
R12
7 R13 Race of UK 25px UK Brands Hatch 27 July
R14
8 R15 Race of Germany 25px Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 31 August
R16
9 R17 Race of Europe 25px Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 21 September
R18
10 R19 Race of Italy 25px Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 5 October
R20
11 R21 Race of Japan 25px Japan Okayama International Circuit 26 October
R22
12 R23 Guia Race of Macau 25px Template:Country alias MAC Guia Circuit 16 November
R24

Results[]

Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent Report
1 25px Brazil Race of Brazil 25px France Yvan Muller 25px Great Britain Andy Priaulx 25px France Yvan Muller 25px Spain SEAT Sport 25px Netherlands Olivier Tielemans Report
2 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus 25px Italy Gabriele Tarquini 25px Spain SEAT Sport 25px Netherlands Olivier Tielemans
3 25px Mexico Race of Mexico 25px Spain Jordi Gené 25px Flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro 25px Spain Jordi Gené 25px Spain SEAT Sport 25px Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals Report
4 25px France Yvan Muller 25px Flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro 25px Spain SEAT Sport 25px Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals
5 25px Spain Race of Spain 25px France Yvan Muller 25px Germany Jörg Müller 25px Great Britain Robert Huff 25px USA Chevrolet 25px Italy Stefano D'Aste Report
6 25px Switzerland Alain Menu 25px Switzerland Alain Menu 25px USA Chevrolet 25px Spain Sergio Hernández
7 25px France Race of France 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus 25px Germany BMW Team Germany 25px France Laurent Cazenave Report
8 25px Sweden Rickard Rydell 25px Great Britain Andy Priaulx 25px UK BMW Team UK 25px France Stefano D'Aste
9 25px Flag of the Czech Republic Race of the Czech Republic 25px Italy Alessandro Zanardi 25px Spain Félix Porteiro 25px Italy Alessandro Zanardi 25px Italy BMW Team Italy-Spain 25px Spain Sergio Hernández Report
10 25px Italy Alessandro Zanardi 25px Italy Gabriele Tarquini 25px Spain SEAT Sport 25px Spain Sergio Hernández
11 25px Flag of Portugal Race of Portugal 25px Italy Nicola Larini 25px Italy Nicola Larini 25px Sweden Rickard Rydell 25px Spain SEAT Sport 25px Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals Report
12 25px Italy Nicola Larini 25px Flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro 25px Spain SEAT Sport 25px Spain Sergio Hernández
13 25px UK Race of UK 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus 25px Great Britain Robert Huff 25px Germany Jörg Müller 25px Germany BMW Team Germany 25px Italy Stefano D'Aste Report
14 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus 25px Switzerland Alain Menu 25px USA Chevrolet 25px Italy Stefano D'Aste
15 25px Germany Race of Germany 25px Great Britain Robert Huff 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus 25px Germany BMW Team Germany 25px Italy Stefano D'Aste Report
16 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus 25px Spain Félix Porteiro 25px Italy BMW Team Italy-Spain 25px Spain Sergio Hernández
17 25px Italy Race of Europe 25px Sweden Rickard Rydell 25px Great Britain James Thompson 25px France Yvan Muller 25px Spain SEAT Sport 25px Spain Sergio Hernández Report
18 25px Flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro 25px Great Britain James Thompson 25px Italy N.Technology 25px Spain Sergio Hernández
19 25px Italy Race of Italy 25px France Yvan Muller 25px Great Britain Andy Priaulx 25px France Yvan Muller 25px Spain SEAT Sport 25px Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals Report
20 25px Switzerland Alain Menu 25px Italy Gabriele Tarquini 25px Spain SEAT Sport 25px Spain Sergio Hernández
21 25px Japan Race of Japan 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus 25px Germany Jörg Müller 25px Sweden Rickard Rydell 25px Spain SEAT Sport 25px Italy Stefano D'Aste Report
22 25px Great Britain James Thompson 25px Netherlands Tom Coronel 25px Spain SUNRED Racing 25px Spain Sergio Hernández
23 25px Template:Country alias MAC Guia Race of Macau 25px Switzerland Alain Menu 25px Great Britain Andy Priaulx 25px Switzerland Alain Menu 25px USA Chevrolet 25px Spain Sergio Hernández Report
24 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus 25px Great Britain Robert Huff 25px USA Chevrolet 25px Germany Franz Engstler

Championship standings[]

Drivers' standings[]

The final standings in the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers were :

Pos Driver BRA
25px Brazil 		MEX
25px Mexico 		ESP
25px Spain 		FRA
25px France 		CZE
25px Template:Country alias Czech Republic 		POR
25px The flag of Portugal 		UK
25px United Kingdom 		GER
25px Germany 		EUR
25px Italy 		ITA
25px Italy 		JPN
25px Japan 		MAC
25px Template:Country alias Macau 		 Pts 
1 25px France Yvan Muller 1 5 6 4 4 8 2 7 8 5 3 2 2 11 11 8 1 5 1 4 7 6 3 2 114
2 25px Italy Gabriele Tarquini 5 1 5 3 2 5 5 4 6 1 13 11 7 5 24 16 5 Ret 2 1 10 Ret 7 12 88
3 25px United Kingdom Robert Huff Ret Ret 9 9 1 2 4 5 9 DSQ 4 5 21 10 2 3 4 3 6 26 4 5 5 1 87
4 25px United Kingdom Andy Priaulx 4 2 10 8 7 3 8 1 14 8 6 3 3 Ret Ret 5 11 7 3 25 3 22 2 3 81
5 25px Sweden Rickard Rydell 2 7 2 2 10 7 6 3 10 17 1 8 11 9 6 20 2 6 16 9 1 9 Ret 4 77
6 25px Brazil Augusto Farfus DSQ 6 11 10 Ret 20 1 6 4 3 Ret 10 Ret 6 1 6 7 8 Ret 8 6 2 4 11 63
7 25px Germany Jörg Müller 3 4 14 12 5 4 9 13 5 7 9 7 1 4 26 9 8 2 9 10 2 Ret 10 Ret 60
8 25px Spain Jordi Gené 11 8 1 5 3 6 3 19 13 14 5 9 9 Ret 5 4 17 17 7 2 11 10 6 Ret 56
9 25px Switzerland Alain Menu Ret 10 8 7 8 1 10 Ret 3 6 11 14 8 1 3 Ret Ret 12 11 5 Ret 13 1 13 54
10 25px Spain Félix Porteiro 6 3 16 20 22 10 15 12 2 4 8 4 6 2 8 1 10 Ret NC 12 Ret 8 14 DNS 51
11 25px Italy Nicola Larini Ret 12 3 Ret 6 9 7 2 11 11 2 6 23 12 Ret 11 6 4 5 3 16 12 9 Ret 48
12 25px The flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro 17 13 7 1 18 Ret 13 10 12 10 7 1 16 15 4 Ret 13 11 4 6 5 7 11 Ret 43
13 25px Italy Alessandro Zanardi 15 11 15 11 12 18 12 11 1 2 20 13 4 3 12 19 12 9 8 7 13 Ret 23 5 36
14 25px Netherlands Tom Coronel 7 9 4 6 9 DNS 14 9 18 12 10 12 5 22 7 2 15 15 10 24 8 1 22 Ret 35
15 25px United Kingdom James Thompson 11 11 11 8 7 9 DNS DNS 10 14 15 Ret 3 1 Ret 11 17 4 8 14 25
16 25px Spain Sergio Hernández 14 15 17 15 23 12 17 17 15 13 Ret 15 13 8 10 7 9 10 14 13 12 3 12 Ret 9
17 25px Germany Franz Engstler 10 17 18 16 17 17 19 15 16 23 18 18 17 13 Ret 15 16 14 13 16 14 11 15 6 3
18 25px Italy Stefano D'Aste 9 16 13 14 14 15 18 14 25 21 19 16 12 7 9 13 18 16 24 14 9 23 2
19 25px Japan Manabu Orido 15 17 Ret 18 16 7 2
20 25px Netherlands Olivier Tielemans 8 14 19 17 15 Ret 19 Ret Ret DNS 22 18 1
21 25px Template:Country alias HKG Matthew Marsh 21 14 17 8 1
22 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Andrey Romanov 12 19 20 18 16 Ret 20 20 20 16 16 20 17 Ret 20 20 18 Ret 22 15 20 9 0
23 25px Template:Country alias Turkey Ibrahim Okyay 16 20 21 19 24 19 Ret Ret Ret 19 17 23 18 Ret 19 Ret Ret 21 19 21 Ret DNS 18 10 0
24 25px Netherlands Duncan Huisman 16 10 0
25 25px Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals 13 18 12 13 Ret 12 Ret 21 17 15 12 19 14 16 25 12 14 13 12 Ret 0
26 25px Spain José Manuel Pérez-Aicart 13 14 0
27 25px Template:Country alias Croatia Marin Čolak 13 17 0
28 25px Template:Country alias MAC André Couto 13 Ret 0
29 25px Flag of Denmark Kristian Poulsen 14 22 15 17 18 14 23 15 0
30 25px Netherlands Jaap van Lagen Ret Ret 21 18 21 Ret 15 21 DNS 18 14 22 19 18 Ret 19 18 17 21 Ret 0
31 25px Japan Takayuki Aoki 17 Ret 15 Ret Ret 15 0
32 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Alexander Lvov 19 16 23 20 0
33 25px France Laurent Cazenave 16 Ret 0
33 25px Flag of Hungary Norbert Michelisz Ret 16 0
33 25px Spain Oscar Nogués Ret 16 0
36 25px Great Britain Tom Boardman Ret 17 0
37 25px Template:Country alias Bulgaria George Tanev 21 21 21 19 20 18 19 Ret 0
38 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Viktor Shapovalov 20 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 18 Ret 24 19 20 20 23 Ret DNS Ret 22 DNS DNS DNS DNS 0
39 25px Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 21 Ret 20 19 0
40 25px Flag of Portugal Lourenço Beirão da Veiga 20 19 0
41 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Kirill Ladygin Ret 22 22 23 19 Ret Ret Ret 0
42 25px Singapore Melvin Choo 23 20 Ret Ret 0
43 25px Flag of Portugal Duarte Félix Da Costa Ret 20 0
44 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Andrey Smetsky 21 21 24 22 0
45 25px Template:Country alias Turkey Aytaç Biter 22 21 23 24 0
46 25px Japan Masaki Kano 24 21 Ret DNS 0
47 25px Flag of the Czech Republic Michal Matejovský 22 Ret 0
guest drivers ineligible for points
- 25px Sweden Robert Dahlgren 24 DNS *
Pos Driver BRA
25px Brazil 		MEX
25px Mexico 		ESP
25px Spain 		FRA
25px France 		CZE
25px Template:Country alias Czech Republic 		POR
25px The flag of Portugal 		UK
25px United Kingdom 		GER
25px Germany 		EUR
25px Italy 		ITA
25px Italy 		JPN
25px Japan 		MAC
25px Template:Country alias Macau 		 Pts 

Template:F1 driver results legend Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in each race.

Manufacturers' standings[]

The final standings in the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers were :

Position [7] Manufacturer Car R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21 R22 R23 R24 Total
1 SEAT SEAT Leon TDI 18 15 18 18 14 7 14 11 8 15 16 18 13 9 9 13 18 7 18 18 14 13 9 13 326
2 BMW BMW 320si 11 14 7 8 8 11 13 13 18 14 7 11 16 14 13 14 5 10 9 7 14 14 13 10 274
3 Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti - 7 11 10 14 18 9 12 8 6 13 7 6 13 14 9 9 11 9 11 8 6 14 13 238
4 Honda Honda Accord Euro R 3 3 2 2 5 4 - - 3 2 2 - 6 10 2 2 3 6 3 2 60

Manufacturers' Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in each race. However only the results of the best two cars for each manufacturer were taken into account.

References[]

  1. ↑ 2008 WTCC Regulations Retrieved from www.wtcc.com on 7 September 2008
  2. ↑ "MACANESE TEAM JOIN FOR HOME RACE". World Touring Car Championship official website. 2008-11-03. http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/sport_sto1745425.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-07. [dead link]
  3. ↑ "FIA BUREAU REJECT RPM ENTRIES". World Touring Car Championship official website. 2008-11-06. http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/sport_sto1748143.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-07. [dead link]
  4. ↑ 2008 FIA WTCC Calendar Approved
  5. ↑ WTCC Calendar Approved by WMSC
  6. ↑ "Imola to replace Anderstorp". fiawtcc.com. 2008-05-03. http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/sport_sto1561024.shtml. Retrieved 2008-05-03. [dead link]
  7. ↑ 2008 WTCC Points Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com on 1 January 2009

External links[]

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