2008 Italian Formula Three Championship

The 2008 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 44th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on May 10 at Mugello and ended on October 19 at Vallelunga after 16 races.

The season began with Edoardo Piscopo dominating the field with four successive wins,^[1] but another run of seven victories by Mirko Bortolotti,^[2] gave him the leadership in the championship.^[3] The championship title was delayed to the last round in Vallelunga, the victory in race one and his eighth of the season gave Bortolotti the championship crown.^[4]^[5]

The three first classified drivers of the championship were rewarded with a Formula One test organized by the Scuderia Ferrari at the wheel of a Ferrari F2008 at Fiorano,^[6] with Bortolotti setting the new track record.^[7]

Teams and drivers

All cars were powered by FPT engines, all teams were Italian-registered.

Team	No	Driver	Class	Chassis	Rounds
Lucidi Motors	1	Giovanni Nava^[8]	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	All
	4	Francesco Castellacci^[8]	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	All
	12	Mirko Bortolotti^[8]	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	All
Minardi by Corbetta Competizioni	2	Marco Zipoli^[9]	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	All
	3	Michael Dalle Stelle	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	All
	5	Valentino Sebastiani	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	1
	5	Nicolò Piancastelli	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	2–8
Europa Corse	6	Salvatore Gatto^[10]	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	1–3
	7	Francesco Prandi^[11]	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	All
	8	Federico Glorioso^[10]	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	4
	14	Giulio Glorioso	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	2–4, 6
	18	Tom Dillmann	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	6–8
	19	Matteo Davenia	Template:Trophy	Dallara F304	8
	52	Ivan Tramontozzi	Template:Trophy	Dallara F304	1–2
	53	Khalil Beschir	Template:Trophy	Dallara F304	8
BVM – Target Racing	9	Stamatis Katsimis	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	1–2
		Facundo Crovo			3–4
		Giacomo Ricci			7
		Daniel Mancinelli			8
	39	Salvatore Cicatelli	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	All
Team Ghinzani	11	Alessandro Cicognani	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	All
	16	Edoardo Piscopo	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	All
	41	Angelo Fabrizio Comi	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	8
	51	Angelo Fabrizio Comi	Template:Trophy	Dallara F304	1–7
RP Motorsport	21	Nico Verdonck^[12]	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	1–4
RP Motorsport	53	Jimmy Auby	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	4

Icon	Class
Template:Champ	Campionato Nazionale
Template:Trophy	Trofeo Nazionale CSAI

Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Mugello Circuit	10 May	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
1	R2	Mugello Circuit	11 May	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
2	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	7 June	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
2	R2	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	8 June	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7 July	Francesco Castellacci	Giovanni Nava	Mirko Bortolotti	Team Ghinzani
3	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7 July	Francesco Castellacci	Nico Verdonck	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
4	R1	Mugello Circuit	20 July	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
4	R2	Mugello Circuit	20 July	Mirko Bortolotti	Edoardo Piscopo	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
5	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	31 August	Mirko Bortolotti	Salvatore Cicatelli	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
5	R2	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	1 September	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Team Ghinzani
6	R1	Misano World Circuit	13 September	Edoardo Piscopo	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
6	R2	Misano World Circuit	14 September	Edoardo Piscopo	Tom Dillmann	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
7	R1	Adria International Raceway	27 September	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Lucidi Motors
7	R2	Adria International Raceway	28 September	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
8	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	18 October	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
8	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	19 October	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors

Standings

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP	FL
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	MUG		MAG		MON		MUG		VAR		MIS		ADR		VAL		Pts
1	Mirko Bortolotti	2	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	150
2	Edoardo Piscopo	1	1	1	1	2	Ret	8	2	Ret	2	2	1	1	1	5	4	127
3	Salvatore Cicatelli	8	7	6	4	3	7	2	7	3	3	5	5	12	5	4	7	61
4	Francesco Castellacci	14	3	3	Ret	Ret	2	4	3	5	Ret	3	11	6	6	11	2	57
5	Giovanni Nava	4	4	Ret	3	8	6	3	4	7	6	8	4	9	10	3	5	53
6	Marco Zipoli	6	12	5	12	4	5	7	8	2	5	4	6	5	4	9	6	51
7	Tom Dillmann											DSQ	2	3	3	2	Ret	29
8	Nico Verdonck	3	2	8	6	Ret	10	5	6									26
9	Michael Dalle Stelle	Ret	10	7	Ret	7	8	16	13	4	4	Ret	7	7	7	7	11	23
10	Salvatore Gatto	5	5	4	Ret	6	4											21
11	Alessandro Cicognani	10	11	Ret	11	Ret	9	6	5	6	7	Ret	8	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	13
12	Facundo Crovo					5	3	9	9									10
13	Daniel Mancinelli															6	3	9
14	Stamatis Katsimis	7	8	Ret	5													7
15	Giulio Glorioso			10	7	11	11	12	Ret			6	9					5
16	Giacomo Ricci													4	Ret			5
17	Francesco Prandi	11	Ret	11	9	Ret	12	13	12	8	8	Ret	10	8	8	8	Ret	5
18	Nicolò Piancastelli			13	8	10	13	14	11	9	Ret	7	13	11	9	12	9	3
19	Angelo Fabrizio Comi	12	13	12	10	9	14	15	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	12	10	11	10	8	1
20	Valentino Sebastiani	9	9															0
21	Ivan Tramontozzi	13	14	9	Ret													0
22	Federico Glorioso							10	10									0
23	Matteo Davenia															13	10	0
24	Jimmy Auby							11	Ret									0
	Khalil Beschir															Ret	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	MUG		MAG		MON		MUG		VAR		MIS		ADR		VAL		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

^ "Magione: double victory of Piscopo after the red flag". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
^ "Bortolotti's seventh". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
^ "Mugello transforms the classification". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
^ "Vallelunga race one report: victory and title to Bortolotti". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
^ "Bortolotti confirmed as champ". crash.net. Crash.Net. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
^ "Test with Ferrari Formula One for the first three drivers of the Italian Formula 3 Championship". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-11.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Amazing Bortolotti, Piscopo and Cicatelli behind the wheel of the F2008 at Fiorano". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2009-10-11.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Lucidi Motors ready for the new season". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Reached agreement for the 2008 between Marco Zipoli and Minardi by Corbetta". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2007-12-14. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b "Moreno Leonardi presents the 2008 programme of Europa Corse". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-04-23. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Agreement reached between Francesco Prandi and Europa Corse". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-02-14. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Fabio Pampado's (RP Motorsport) expectations for Mugello". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-04-22. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Official website

[1] "Magione: double victory of Piscopo after the red flag". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

[2] "Bortolotti's seventh". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

[3] "Mugello transforms the classification". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

[4] "Vallelunga race one report: victory and title to Bortolotti". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

[5] "Bortolotti confirmed as champ". crash.net. Crash.Net. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

[6] "Test with Ferrari Formula One for the first three drivers of the Italian Formula 3 Championship". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-11.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[7] "Amazing Bortolotti, Piscopo and Cicatelli behind the wheel of the F2008 at Fiorano". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2009-10-11.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Lucidi-8] "Lucidi Motors ready for the new season". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[9] "Reached agreement for the 2008 between Marco Zipoli and Minardi by Corbetta". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2007-12-14. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[Europa-10] "Moreno Leonardi presents the 2008 programme of Europa Corse". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-04-23. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[11] "Agreement reached between Francesco Prandi and Europa Corse". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-02-14. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[12] "Fabio Pampado's (RP Motorsport) expectations for Mugello". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-04-22. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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