2008–09 Speedcar Series
Appearance
The 2008–09 Speedcar Series was the second and final season Speedcar Series championship. The championship consisted of five meetings, starting on December 5, 2008 at the Dubai Autodrome in the United Arab Emirates and finishing at the Bahrain International Circuit on April 25, 2009. Gianni Morbidelli finished as champion, pipping defending champion Johnny Herbert by just two points.[1]
Teams and drivers
[edit]All of the teams used the Speedcar V8 vehicle with tyres supplied by Michelin.
Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
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Palm Beach Palm Racing[2] |
04 | Thomas Biagi | 2-5 |
07 | Stefan Johansson | 1 | |
10 | Gianni Morbidelli | All | |
Continental Circus | 09 | Marcel Tiemann | 1 |
Enzo Panacci | 2 | ||
26 | Christopher Zöchling | 4-5 | |
32 | Eric Charles | 1-2, 4 | |
80 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 5 | |
Scuderia Giudici | 09 | Gianni Giudici | 5 |
96 | Ramez Azzam | 5 | |
JMB Racing | 13 | Damien Pasini | All |
69 | Johnny Herbert | All | |
Union Properties | 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | All |
85 | Hasher Al Maktoum | All | |
Ramez Azzam[3] | 4 | ||
Phoenix Racing | 21 | Mathias Lauda | 1 |
80 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 1 | |
Team Lavaggi | 21 | Chris Buncombe | 2 |
33 | Marco Melandri | 3-4 | |
80 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 2-4 | |
West-Tec | 21 | Chris Buncombe | 5 |
44 | David Terrien | 5 | |
Durango | 25 | Christopher Zöchling | 1-3 |
Hamad Al Fardan | 4 | ||
32 | Marco Cioci | 5 | |
44 | David Terrien | 4 | |
71 | Nicolas Navarro | 5 | |
96 | Jacques Villeneuve | 1-3 | |
HPR | 27 | Jean Alesi | All |
50 | Marchy Lee | All | |
QMMF Team | 59 | Fahad Al Thani | 3 |
95 | Ahamad Al Kuwari | 3 | |
Team Siram | 90 | Giovanni Lavaggi | 2 |
Team Barwa | 90 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | 3 |
Calendar
[edit]Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Report | |
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1 | R1 | Dubai Autodrome (Grand Prix Circuit) |
December 5 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Union Properties | Report |
R2 | December 6 | The race was canceled due to heavy rain[4] | ||||||
2 | R1 | Bahrain International Circuit | January 23 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jean Alesi | HPR | Report |
R2 | January 24 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Johnny Herbert | JMB Racing | ||||
3 | R1 | Losail International Circuit | February 13 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Gianni Morbidelli | Palm Beach | Report |
R2 | February 14 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Union Properties | ||||
4 | R1 | Dubai Autodrome (International Circuit) |
February 27 | Christopher Zöchling | Christopher Zöchling | Jean Alesi | HPR | Report |
R2 | February 28 | Jean Alesi | Jean Alesi | HPR | ||||
5 | R1 | Bahrain International Circuit | April 25 | Johnny Herbert | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Johnny Herbert | JMB Racing | Report |
R2 | April 26 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Union Properties |
Championship Standings
[edit]Drivers
[edit]Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
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Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Notes:
- † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Teams
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Invalid results in italics. |
Notes:
- † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
References
[edit]- ^ "Liuzzi wins Bahrain finale, Morbidelli takes $500,000 prize". AutoMobilSport.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ The team had changed its name after the third round.
- ^ Ramez Azzam had replaced Hasher Al Maktoum for race 2 of the fourth round.
- ^ "Speedcar race canceled after it floods in the desert". blog.al.com. 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ Palm Beach's points were voided and the team excluded from the championship before the fourth round, because it had changed name into Palm Racing.