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2008 Speedcar Series

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The 2008 Speedcar Series was the inaugural Speedcar Series championship. It consisted of four points-scoring race meetings, with a further non-championship round beforehand. The Drivers' Championship was won by Johnny Herbert.[1]

Teams and drivers

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All of the teams used the Speedcar V8 vehicle with tyres supplied by Michelin.

Team No. Driver name Rounds
United Arab Emirates Speedcar Team 06 Japan Ukyo Katayama All
07 Sweden Stefan Johansson All
09 Malaysia Alex Yoong 2
10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli All
18 Indonesia Ananda Mikola All
27 France Jean Alesi All
36 Indonesia Moreno Soeprapto 1
50 Hong Kong Marchy Lee 2-4
69 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert All
90 Finland JJ Lehto 2-4
96 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 3-4
Germany Phoenix Racing 08 Germany Uwe Alzen All
80 Germany Klaus Ludwig 1
Germany Christian Danner 2
Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen 3
Portugal Pedro Lamy 4
France Team First Centreville 17 France Fabien Giroix All
71 France Nicolas Navarro All
United Arab Emirates Union Properties 20 France David Terrien All
85 United Arab Emirates Hasher Al Maktoum All
Italy GPC Squadra Corse 21 Austria Mathias Lauda 1-2
Germany Klaus Ludwig 3

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
NC R1 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome
(International Circuit)
January 25 Italy Gianni Morbidelli France David Terrien Italy Gianni Morbidelli United Arab Emirates Speedcar Team Report
R2 January 26 Germany Uwe Alzen Italy Gianni Morbidelli United Arab Emirates Speedcar Team
1 R1 Indonesia Sentul International Circuit February 16 Indonesia Ananda Mikola Indonesia Ananda Mikola France Jean Alesi United Arab Emirates Speedcar Team Report
R2 February 17 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Germany Uwe Alzen Germany Phoenix Racing
2 R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit March 22 France Jean Alesi France Jean Alesi France Jean Alesi United Arab Emirates Speedcar Team Report
R2 March 23 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Germany Uwe Alzen Germany Phoenix Racing
3 R1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit April 5 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert France Nicolas Navarro France David Terrien United Arab Emirates Union Properties Report
R2 April 6 Germany Uwe Alzen Italy Gianni Morbidelli United Arab Emirates Speedcar Team
4 R1 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome
(Grand Prix Circuit)
April 11 France Nicolas Navarro United Kingdom Johnny Herbert United Kingdom Johnny Herbert United Arab Emirates Speedcar Team Report
R2 April 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert United Kingdom Johnny Herbert United Arab Emirates Speedcar Team

Championship Standings

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Drivers

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Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver SEN
Indonesia
SEP
Malaysia
BHR
Bahrain
DUB
United Arab Emirates
Points
1 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert 3 7 2 4 5 Ret 1 1 45
2 France David Terrien 4 4 8 2 1 Ret 2 2 45
3 Germany Uwe Alzen 5 1 4 1 DSQ 2 4 11 42
4 France Jean Alesi 1 2 1 3 10 3 Ret Ret 40
5 Italy Gianni Morbidelli 11 13† 9 5 2 1 3 4 33
6 France Nicolas Navarro 6 10 7 7 3 7 6 5 22
7 Austria Mathias Lauda 2 5 3 Ret 18
8 Indonesia Ananda Mikola 8 3 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 7 17
9 Hong Kong Marchy Lee 14 Ret 4 Ret 5 3 15
10 France Fabien Giroix 10 12 Ret DNS Ret 4 10 6 8
11 Germany Klaus Ludwig 7 6 Ret 6 8
12 Sweden Stefan Johansson 12† 11 6 6 9 8 8 9 8
13 United Arab Emirates Hasher Al Maktoum 9 9 10 8 7 Ret 7 12 5
14 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 6 Ret 9 Ret 3
15 Japan Ukyo Katayama 13 8 15 11 8 Ret 12 Ret 2
16 Finland JJ Lehto 12 10 Ret Ret 11 8 1
17 Malaysia Alex Yoong 11 9 0
18 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen 11† 9 0
19 Portugal Pedro Lamy 13 10 0
20 Germany Christian Danner 13 12 0
Indonesia Moreno Soeprapto Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver SEN
Indonesia
SEP
Malaysia
BHR
Bahrain
DUB
United Arab Emirates
Points
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)

Notes:

  • † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

References

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  1. ^ "Johnny Herbert wins again to take first Speedcar title". AutoMobilSport.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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