2008 British Formula 3 International Series

2008 British Formula 3 International Series

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File:Jaime Alguersuari 2008 British F3 Croft.jpg

The Drivers' Championship was won by Spanish driver Jaime Alguersuari.

The 2008 Formula 3 International Series was the 58th British Formula 3 International Series season. It began on 24 March 2008 at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 22 rounds in four countries. Jay Bridger sealed the National Class championship at the Bucharest meeting, with a third place in round nineteen. The overall championship went down to the final meeting as Oliver Turvey, Jaime Alguersuari, Brendon Hartley and Sergio Pérez all had a chance of winning the title, however it was Alguersuari that won the title, thanks to a double win at Donington.

Drivers and teams

Team	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver	Rounds
Championship Class
Template:Flagicon Hitech Racing	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	1	Template:Flagicon Max Chilton	All
			2	Template:Flagicon Walter Grubmüller	All
Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	3	Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	All
			4	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	All
			17	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	All
			18	Template:Flagicon Sam Abay	All
Template:Flagicon Nexa Racing	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	5	Template:Flagicon Viktor Jensen	2–7
Template:Flagicon Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	6	Template:Flagicon Henry Arundel	All
			24	Template:Flagicon John Martin	All
			25	Template:Flagicon Alistair Jackson	1–2
				Template:Flagicon Clemente de Faria, Jr.	9
			26	Template:Flagicon Atte Mustonen	All
Template:Flagicon Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	7	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Hohenthal	1–8
				Template:Flagicon Dean Smith	11
			8	Template:Flagicon Marcus Ericsson	All
			14	Template:Flagicon Philip Major	All
Template:Flagicon T-Sport	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	9	Template:Flagicon Sergio Pérez	All
Template:Flagicon Ultimate Motorsport	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes	11	Template:Flagicon Esteban Guerrieri	1–3, 10
				Template:Flagicon Alistair Jackson	4–9
			12	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Teixeira	1–10
			13	Template:Flagicon Michael Devaney	1–4
			16		5–10
Template:Flagicon Eurotek Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	15	Template:Flagicon Oliver Oakes	2, 8
Template:Flagicon JTR with Marshall Westland	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes HWA	28	Template:Flagicon Nick Tandy	1–9, 11
National Class
Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F305	Mugen-Honda	42	Template:Flagicon Henry Surtees	11
			43	Template:Flagicon Adriano Buzaid	11
			54	Template:Flagicon Kristján Einar	1–10
			56	Template:Flagicon Andrew Meyrick	1–6
				Template:Flagicon Martin O'Connell	7
Template:Flagicon Fluid Motorsport	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	50	Template:Flagicon Jay Bridger	All
			51	Template:Flagicon Stefan Wilson	All
Template:Flagicon C F Racing	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	52	Template:Flagicon Hywel Lloyd	All
Template:Flagicon T-Sport	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	53	Template:Flagicon Steven Guerrero	All
			57	Template:Flagicon Salman Al Khalifa	1–10
				Template:Flagicon Callum MacLeod	11
Template:Flagicon Nexa Racing	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	55	Template:Flagicon Craig Reiff	1–4, 8–9
Template:Flagicon Team Loctite	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	58	Template:Flagicon Niall Quinn	1–2, 4
			59	Template:Flagicon Jordan Williams	5–7
Template:Flagicon Litespeed F3	SLC R1	Mugen-Honda	60	Template:Flagicon Callum MacLeod	5
			61	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Legris	7, 9, 11
Invitation Entries
Template:Flagicon Ombra Racing	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	71	Template:Flagicon Matteo Chinosi	3
			72	Template:Flagicon Federico Leo	3
Template:Flagicon HBR Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	73	Template:Flagicon Daniel Campos-Hull	8
			74	Template:Flagicon Basil Shaaban	8
Template:Flagicon Cesario Formula	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	84	Template:Flagicon Clemente de Faria, Jr.	11
Template:Flagicon Eurotek Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	85	Template:Flagicon Oliver Oakes	9–11

Driver changes

• Following the departure of Marko Asmer, who joined BMW Sauber as the team's test driver, Hitech Racing brought in 16-year-old British driver Max Chilton as the Estonian's replacement. Austrian Walter Grubmüller remains with the team.
• Carlin Motorsport did not retain any of its drivers from the previous year, instead hiring Red Bull backed Brendon Hartley and Jaime Alguersuari. Brit Oliver Turvey, who has been an A1 Grand Prix rookie driver for A1 Team Great Britain, and Australian Sam Abay, also a race winner but at Formula BMW level, take the remaining seats in the Championship Class.
• Unlike the previous year, Carlin also entered two cars in the lower national class level, Kristján Einar and Andrew Meyrick will drive them.
• Räikkönen Robertson Racing retained Finn Atte Mustonen with Henry Arundel, Alistair Jackson and John Martin taking the remaining three seats.
• Both Mansell brothers, Greg and Leo, left the team at the end of 2007. They were replaced by Marcus Ericsson, who won the final British Formula BMW Championship the previous year with Fortec, and fellow Formula BMW champion Philip Major. Sebastian Hohenthal retains his spot at the team.
• T-Sport retain 2007 National Class winner Sergio Pérez who has been promoted to Championship class. Steven Guerrero and Salman Al-Khalifa, the latter having experience in the championship, take up T-Sport's vacant national class seats.
• Ultimate Motorsport, the only team to use the Mygale chassis, retain experienced Esteban Guerrieri and Michael Devaney, both have a total of eight seasons of Formula Three between them. Angolan Ricardo Teixeira joins the team from Performance Racing.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	National Class Winner
1	Template:Flagicon Oulton Park	24 March	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon John Martin	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Andrew Meyrick
2			Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Andrew Meyrick
3	Template:Flagicon Croft	27 April	Template:Flagicon Marcus Ericsson	Template:Flagicon Max Chilton	Template:Flagicon Sergio Pérez	Template:Flagicon T-Sport	Template:Flagicon Andrew Meyrick
4			Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Sergio Pérez	Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Andrew Meyrick
5	Template:Flagicon Monza	17 May	Template:Flagicon Matteo Chinosi	Template:Flagicon Esteban Guerrieri	Template:Flagicon Sergio Pérez	Template:Flagicon T-Sport	Template:Flagicon Hywel Lloyd
6		18 May	Template:Flagicon Max Chilton	Template:Flagicon Esteban Guerrieri	Template:Flagicon Sergio Pérez	Template:Flagicon T-Sport	Template:Flagicon Jay Bridger
7	Template:Flagicon Rockingham	26 May	Template:Flagicon Max Chilton	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Atte Mustonen	Template:Flagicon Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Template:Flagicon Andrew Meyrick
8			Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Hohenthal	Template:Flagicon Fortec Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Andrew Meyrick
9	Template:Flagicon Snetterton	8 June	Template:Flagicon Michael Devaney	Template:Flagicon Marcus Ericsson	Template:Flagicon Michael Devaney	Template:Flagicon Ultimate Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jay Bridger
10			Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Michael Devaney	Template:Flagicon Ultimate Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Stefan Wilson
11	Template:Flagicon Thruxton	29 June	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Marcus Ericsson	Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Andrew Meyrick
12			Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Steven Guerrero
13	Template:Flagicon Brands Hatch	13 July	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jay Bridger
14			Template:Flagicon Marcus Ericsson	Template:Flagicon Marcus Ericsson	Template:Flagicon Sergio Pérez	Template:Flagicon T-Sport	Template:Flagicon Steven Guerrero
15	Template:Flagicon Spa-Francorchamps	1 August	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Stefan Wilson
16		2 August	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jay Bridger
17	Template:Flagicon Silverstone	16 August	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Stefan Wilson
18			Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Hywel Lloyd
19	Template:Flagicon Bucharest	23 August	Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Marcus Ericsson	Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Salman Al Khalifa
20		24 August	Template:Flagicon Oliver Turvey	Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Stefan Wilson
21	Template:Flagicon Donington Park	12 October	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Henry Surtees
22			Template:Flagicon Oliver Oakes	Template:Flagicon Brendon Hartley	Template:Flagicon Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jay Bridger

Standings

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External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship