2008 SEAT Cupra Championship

2008 SEAT Cupra Championship

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The 2008 Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra Championship season was the sixth and final season of the SEAT Cupra Championship. It began on 30 March at Brands Hatch, and ended on 21 September at the same circuit, supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

All drivers drove Mk2 SEAT Leóns.

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Total Control Racing	1	Jonathan Adam	All
	9	Jamie Ackers	All
Welch Motorsport	2	Carl Breeze	All
	7	Daniel Welch	All
	11	Jeremy Gumbley	All
JHR Developments	3	Andrew Herron	All
	25	Robert Lawson	All
Hardinge Machine Tools	8	James Appleby	All
JP Motorsport	12	Steve Mitchell	3–10
Daniels Motorsport	14	David Nye	1, 3–7, 9–10
	42	David Green	All
DRM M-Sport	32	Daniel Rowbottom	All
Z Speed Racing	34	Martin Byford	All
Advent Motorsport	44	Freddy Nordström	All
Stringfellow Motorsport	69	Dan Stringfellow	1–3, 5–6

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	30 March	Robert Lawson	Daniel Welch	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
	R2			Martin Byford	Martin Byford	Martin Byford	Z Speed Racing
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway	12 April	Jonathan Adam	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Welch Motorsport
	R4		13 April	Robert Lawson	Martin Byford	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
3	R5	Donington Park National	4 May	Robert Lawson	Robert Lawson	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
	R6			Robert Lawson	Martin Byford	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
4	R7	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	18 May	Jonathan Adam	Daniel Welch	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
	R8			Robert Lawson	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	1 June	Robert Lawson	Andrew Herron	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
	R10			Jonathan Adam	Race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Run at Snetterton.
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	13 July	Robert Lawson	Martin Byford	Carl Breeze	Welch Motorsport
	R12			Jonathan Adam	Robert Lawson	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
	R10			Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
7	R13	Oulton Park Island, Cheshire	26 July	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
	R14		27 July	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
8	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	17 August	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
	R16			Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
9	R17	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	30 August	Jonathan Adam	Robert Lawson	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
	R18		31 August	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
10	R19	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	21 September	Robert Lawson	Martin Byford	Martin Byford	Z Speed Racing
	R20			Jonathan Adam	Martin Byford	Martin Byford	Z Speed Racing

Championship standings

• Drivers' top 18 results count towards the championship.

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Fastest lap	Best improvement on grid position
20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SNE OUL KNO SIL BHI Pts 1 Jonathan Adam 9 3 2 4 7 Ret 1 1 3 C 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 3 2 301 2 Robert Lawson 1 2 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 C Ret 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 7 2 4 295 3 Martin Byford 8 1 3 2 3 2 5 3 4 C 3 Ret 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 285 4 Carl Breeze 2 4 1 5 2 3 4 13 5 C 1 3 4 7 7 5 3 3 3 9 5 252 5 Andrew Herron Ret 8 5 8 4 4 6 2 2 C 7 5 3 4 10 10 7 2 2 6 6 207 6 Daniel Welch 3 NC 10 3 5 5 2 7 7 C 12 4 Ret Ret 4 4 5 10 5 4 3 183 7 Daniel Rowbottom 7 6 6 6 6 6 Ret 9 Ret C 4 8 8 8 6 Ret 6 6 6 8 11 135 8 Freddy Nordström 10 5 Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 5 8 C 2 6 Ret 11 9 9 9 5 8 5 7 112 9 Jeremy Gumbley 4 11 8 9 10 9 9 6 9 C Ret 9 9 5 5 7 8 14 10 Ret 9 102 10 James Appleby 6 7 9 11 8 11 8 11 6 C 9 7 6 6 11 8 11 7 9 Ret 8 99 11 Jamie Ackers 11 9 7 12 11 7 10 8 13 C 6 Ret 11 10 8 11 Ret 9 14 7 10 72 12 David Nye 5 10 12 12 12 C 8 10 10 9 Ret 8 11 10 12 44 13 David Green 12 13 11 13 13 10 7 10 11 C 11 12 7 13 Ret 6 Ret 12 12 Ret DNS 41 14 Dan Stringfellow Ret 12 12 10 9 8 10 C 10 11 12 26 15 Steve Mitchell 12 12 Ret DNS 14 C Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 12 10 11 13 11 13 11 Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SNE OUL KNO SIL BHI Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• tsl-timing