2008 World Touring Car Championship season

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2008 World Touring Car Championship season
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Yvan Muller (front) and SEAT won the 2008 championships, succeeding Andy Priaulx (behind) and BMW.

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.

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[edit] Entry List

Andy Priaulx, BMW 320si, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch
Alain Menu , Chevrolet Lacetti, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch
Gabriele Tarquini , SEAT León TDI, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch
James Thompson , Honda Accord Euro R, 2008 WTCC round, Imola
Tom Coronel , SEAT León TFSI, 2008 WTCC round, Okayama
Jaap van Lagen , Lada 110 2.0, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

The full season entry list.[2]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
United Kingdom BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1 United Kingdom Andy Priaulx All
Germany BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 2 Germany Jörg Müller All
3 Brazil Augusto Farfus Jr. All
Italy BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 4 Italy Alessandro Zanardi All
5 Spain Félix Porteiro All
United Kingdom Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 6 Italy Nicola Larini All
7 United Kingdom Robert Huff All
8 Switzerland Alain Menu All
80 Japan Manabu Orido 10-12
Spain SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 9 Spain Jordi Gené All
10 Sweden Rickard Rydell All
11 Italy Gabriele Tarquini All
12 France Yvan Muller All
18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro All
SEAT León TFSI 21 Spain José Manuel Pérez-Aicart 3
Turkey Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si 13 Turkey Ibrahim Okyay I All
62 Turkey Aytaç Biter I 7-8
Italy N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 15 United Kingdom James Thompson 3-12
66 Macau André Couto 12
72 Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 10-11
Germany Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 16 Netherlands Olivier Tielemans I 1-3, 5-6, 8
17 Japan Takayuki Aoki I 10-12
33 France Laurent Cazenave I 4
49 Netherlands Duncan Huisman I 8
60 Denmark Kristian Poulsen I 10
88 Hong Kong Matthew Marsh I 11-12
Spain SUNRED Engineering SEAT León TFSI 20 Netherlands Tom Coronel All
22 Czech Republic Michal Matejovský I 5
32 Spain Oscar Nogués I 4
75 Hungary Norbert Michelisz I 11
76 Portugal Lourenço Beirão da Veiga I 7
77 United Kingdom Tom Boardman I 6
78 Croatia Marin Čolak I 8
79 Portugal Duarte Félix da Costa I 10
France Exagon Engineering SEAT León TFSI 23 Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals I 1-10
Italy Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 26 Italy Stefano D'Aste I 1-11
31 Spain Sergio Hernández I All
45 Bulgaria George Tanev I 12
Russia Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 27 Russia Kirill Ladygin I 9-12
28 Russia Viktor Shapovalov I 3-10
29 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen I 3-12
Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 42 Germany Franz Engstler I All
43 Russia Andrey Romanov I 1-6, 8-12
BMW 320i 81 Japan Masaki Kano I 11-12
Bulgaria Petrol GT Racing Team BMW 320si 45 Bulgaria George Tanev I 8-10
Russia Golden Motors Honda Accord Euro R 54 Russia Alexander Lvov I 3, 5
55 Russia Andrey Smetsky I 3, 5
Denmark Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si 60 Denmark Kristian Poulsen I 6-8
Sweden Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 63 Sweden Robert Dahlgren * 7
Singapore Thunder Asia Racing BMW 320si 69 Singapore 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.[3] 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.[4]

[edit] Calendar

A provisional calendar was released in November, 2007.[5][6]

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.[7]

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

[edit] Results

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

[edit] Championship standings

[edit] Drivers' standings

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

Pos Driver BRA
Brazil		 MEX
Mexico		 ESP
Spain		 FRA
France		 CZE
Czech Republic		 POR
Portugal		 UK
United Kingdom		 GER
Germany		 EUR
Italy		 ITA
Italy		 JPN
Japan		 MAC
Macau		  Pts 
1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Japan Manabu Orido 15 17 Ret 18 16 7 2
20 Netherlands Olivier Tielemans 8 14 19 17 15 Ret 19 Ret Ret DNS 22 18 1
21 Hong Kong Matthew Marsh 21 14 17 8 1
22 Russia 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 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 Netherlands Duncan Huisman 16 10 0
25 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 Spain José Manuel Pérez-Aicart 13 14 0
27 Croatia Marin Čolak 13 17 0
28 Macau André Couto 13 Ret 0
29 Denmark Kristian Poulsen 14 22 15 17 18 14 23 15 0
30 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 Japan Takayuki Aoki 17 Ret 15 Ret Ret 15 0
32 Russia Alexander Lvov 19 16 23 20 0
33 France Laurent Cazenave 16 Ret 0
33 Hungary Norbert Michelisz Ret 16 0
33 Spain Oscar Nogués Ret 16 0
36 United Kingdom Tom Boardman Ret 17 0
37 Bulgaria George Tanev 21 21 21 19 20 18 19 Ret 0
38 Russia Viktor Shapovalov 20 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 18 Ret 24 19 20 20 23 Ret DNS Ret 22 DNS DNS DNS DNS 0
39 Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 21 Ret 20 19 0
40 Portugal Lourenço Beirão da Veiga 20 19 0
41 Russia Kirill Ladygin Ret 22 22 23 19 Ret Ret Ret 0
42 Singapore Melvin Choo 23 20 Ret Ret 0
43 Portugal Duarte Félix Da Costa Ret 20 0
44 Russia Andrey Smetsky 21 21 24 22 0
45 Turkey Aytaç Biter 22 21 23 24 0
46 Japan Masaki Kano 24 21 Ret DNS 0
47 Czech Republic Michal Matejovský 22 Ret 0
guest drivers ineligible for points
- Sweden Robert Dahlgren 24 DNS *
Pos Driver BRA
Brazil		 MEX
Mexico		 ESP
Spain		 FRA
France		 CZE
Czech Republic		 POR
Portugal		 UK
United Kingdom		 GER
Germany		 EUR
Italy		 ITA
Italy		 JPN
Japan		 MAC
Macau		  Pts 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

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.

[edit] Manufacturers' standings

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

Position [8] 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2008 WTCC Regulations Retrieved from www.wtcc.com on 7 September 2008
  2. ^ 2008 Entry List
  3. ^ "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]
  4. ^ "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]
  5. ^ 2008 FIA WTCC Calendar Approved
  6. ^ WTCC Calendar Approved by WMSC
  7. ^ "Imola to replace Anderstorp". fiawtcc.com. 2008-05-03. http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/sport_sto1561024.shtml. Retrieved 2008-05-03. [dead link]
  8. ^ 2008 WTCC Points Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com on 1 January 2009

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