2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

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The 2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the eighteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 3 and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on October 19, after fourteen rounds. Four drivers went into the final meeting with a shot of winning the title, with Valtteri Bottas coming out on top, to claim his second title in the year.

Teams and drivers

2008 Entry List Team No. Driver name Class Rounds Template:Flagicon Epsilon Euskadi 1 1 Template:Flagicon Jake Rosenzweig All 2 Template:Flagicon Pablo Montilla All 3 Template:Flagicon Richard Campollo All Template:Flagicon SG Drivers Project 4 Template:Flagicon Ramez Azzam Template:Motorsport class All 5 Template:Flagicon Anton Nebylitskiy All 6 Template:Flagicon Jean-Éric Vergne All Template:Flagicon Epsilon Euskadi 2 7 Template:Flagicon Albert Costa All 8 Template:Flagicon Roberto Merhi Template:Motorsport class All 9 Template:Flagicon Carlos Muñoz Template:Motorsport class 2-7 Template:Flagicon Motopark Academy 10 Template:Flagicon Tobias Hegewald All 11 Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas All 70 Template:Flagicon António Félix da Costa Template:Motorsport class 1, 4, 6 Template:Flagicon SG Formula 12 Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo All 14 Template:Flagicon Andrea Caldarelli All 15 Template:Flagicon Nelson Lukes 1-2 Template:Flagicon Alexander Sims 5 Template:Flagicon Miki Monrás Template:Motorsport class 6-7 Template:Flagicon Prema Powerteam 16 Template:Flagicon Carlos Muñoz Template:Motorsport class 1 Template:Flagicon Víctor García Template:Motorsport class 3 Template:Flagicon Sergio Campana 4-7 17 2-3 Template:Flagicon Kazim Vasiliauskas 1, 4-7 18 Template:Flagicon Patrick Reiterer All Template:Flagicon Krenek Motorsport 19 Template:Flagicon Adam Kout All 74 Template:Flagicon Jakub Knoll Template:Motorsport class 1 Template:Flagicon Boutsen Energy Racing 21 Template:Flagicon Nathanaël Berthon All Template:Flagicon Team Motorpark 22 Template:Flagicon Kuba Giermaziak All 23 Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo García All 71 Template:Flagicon Vinicius Sammarone 1, 4, 6 Template:Flagicon BVM Minardi Team 24 Template:Flagicon Daniel Zampieri All 25 Template:Flagicon César Ramos All 26 Template:Flagicon Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Template:Motorsport class All Template:Flagicon Jenzer Motorsport 27 Template:Flagicon Michele Faccin All 28 Template:Flagicon Pål Varhaug Template:Motorsport class All 29 Template:Flagicon Siso Cunill 1-3 Template:Flagicon Christopher Zanella 4 Template:Flagicon Luís Santos 6 Template:Flagicon iQuick 30 Template:Flagicon Miguel Otegui Template:Motorsport class All 31 Template:Flagicon Himar Acosta 1-2, 4-5 Template:Flagicon Johan Jokinen 6-7 Template:Flagicon Amiter Galuppo Sport 32 Template:Flagicon Marcelo Conchado 1-2, 5-7 Template:Flagicon Epsilon Sport 33 Template:Flagicon Tristan Vautier 1 Template:Flagicon Paul Meijer 3-4 Template:Flagicon Bastien Borget Template:Motorsport class 5 34 3 Template:Flagicon Mathieu Arzeno 1-2, 5-7 35 Template:Flagicon Stéphane Richelmi 1-5 Template:Flagicon Hitech Junior Team 36 Template:Flagicon Richard Singleton All 37 Template:Flagicon Miki Monrás Template:Motorsport class 1-5 Template:Flagicon Hitech Junior Racing 38 Template:Flagicon Luciano Bacheta All 39 Template:Flagicon Juan Jacobo Template:Motorsport class All Template:Flagicon RB Racing Team 40 Template:Flagicon Dino Butorac 1-5, 7 Template:Flagicon Fortec Motorsport 41 Template:Flagicon Dean Smith All 42 Template:Flagicon Daniel McKenzie All Template:Flagicon Fortec Competition 43 Template:Flagicon Gabriel Dias 1-6 44 Template:Flagicon Alex Morgan All Template:Flagicon TCS Racing 45 Template:Flagicon Nicolas Marroc 1-5 Template:Flagicon Race Performance 66 Template:Flagicon Christopher Zanella1 3 Template:Flagicon MP Motorsport 75 Template:Flagicon Paul Meijer 1 76 Template:Flagicon Nicky Catsburg 1 77 Template:Flagicon Mateusz Adamski Template:Motorsport class 1 Template:Flagicon Pole Services 78 Template:Flagicon Benjamin Lariche 2

Icon Class Template:Motorsport class Junior Class

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Template:Flagicon Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3 May	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon SG Formula
	R2		4 May	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Daniel Zampieri	Template:Flagicon Paul Meijer	Template:Flagicon MP Motorsport
2	R1	Template:Flagicon Silverstone Circuit	7 June	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Mathieu Arzeno	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Motopark Academy
	R2		8 June	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon SG Formula
3	R1	Template:Flagicon Hungaroring	5 July	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon SG Formula
	R2		6 July	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon SG Formula
4	R1	Template:Flagicon Nürburgring	30 August	Template:Flagicon Roberto Merhi	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Roberto Merhi	Template:Flagicon Epsilon Euskadi
	R2		31 August	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Motopark Academy
5	R1	Template:Flagicon Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	6 September	Template:Flagicon Roberto Merhi	Template:Flagicon Roberto Merhi	Template:Flagicon Roberto Merhi	Template:Flagicon Epsilon Euskadi
	R2		7 September	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Motopark Academy
6	R1	Template:Flagicon Autódromo do Estoril	27 September	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon Albert Costa	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon SG Formula
	R2		28 September	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Motopark Academy
7	R1	Template:Flagicon Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	18 October	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon Richard Singleton	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	Template:Flagicon Motopark Academy
	R2		19 October	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Template:Flagicon SG Formula

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP*
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

* - only awarded to race one polesitters

Pos	Driver	SPA Template:Flagicon		SIL Template:Flagicon		HUN Template:Flagicon		NÜR Template:Flagicon		LMS Template:Flagicon		EST Template:Flagicon		CAT Template:Flagicon		Pts
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	3	27	1	2	Ret	13	2	1	3	1	3	1	1	4	139
2	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	1	4	4	1	1	1	3	5	Ret	6	1	10	6	1	136
3	Template:Flagicon Andrea Caldarelli Template:Motorsport class	2	Ret	2	3	2	2	5	3	2	2	8	12	3	2	123
4	Template:Flagicon Roberto Merhi Template:Motorsport class	7	Ret	3	5	3	6	1	2	1	3	2	7	8	28†	108
5	Template:Flagicon Tobias Hegewald	11	5	10	6	6	3	4	6	5	8	6	Ret	2	5	72
6	Template:Flagicon Jean-Éric Vergne	10	24	38†	8	4	4	6	27	7	5	4	Ret	12	3	53
7	Template:Flagicon César Ramos	6	2	24	Ret	5	9	25	10	4	7	18	Ret	Ret	11	38
8	Template:Flagicon Albert Costa	5	Ret	8	Ret	7	5	30	4	Ret	4	34	15	Ret	Ret	35
9	Template:Flagicon Michele Faccin	8	8	6	4	23	7	15	15	13	16	14	9	4	12	33
10	Template:Flagicon Mathieu Arzeno	9	Ret	5	7					Ret	Ret	NC	Ret	5	6	23
11	Template:Flagicon Paul Meijer	Ret	1			11	8	8	38							21
12	Template:Flagicon Daniel Zampieri	4	3	14	Ret	13	10	21	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	DNS	10	15	20
13	Template:Flagicon António Félix da Costa Template:Motorsport class	16	9					10	9			5	4			19
14	Template:Flagicon Alex Morgan	13	Ret	7	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	11	8	22	17	11	3	11	17	17
15	Template:Flagicon Pål Varhaug Template:Motorsport class	14	7	13	12	8	12	28	20	14	20	12	5	13	7	17
16	Template:Flagicon Richard Singleton	41	14	23	37†	32	29	Ret	14	12	13	9	2	28	9	16
17	Template:Flagicon Dean Smith	12	Ret	18	16	29	Ret	7	12	Ret	10	10	6	17	Ret	11
18	Template:Flagicon Kuba Giermaziak	22	Ret	25	25	10	31	9	7	Ret	Ret	13	8	14	27	10
19	Template:Flagicon Alexander Sims									6	9					7
20	Template:Flagicon Anton Nebylitskiy	24	Ret	16	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	26	17	7	8	7
21	Template:Flagicon Miki Monrás Template:Motorsport class	19	11	30	24	12	22	14	Ret	16	27	7	Ret	9	Ret	6
22	Template:Flagicon Siso Cunill	Ret	6	12	13	Ret	17									5
23	Template:Flagicon Luciano Bacheta	15	18	35	36	31†	Ret	17	Ret	8	11	Ret	NC	Ret	18	3
24	Template:Flagicon Gabriel Dias	36	23	9	10	Ret	11	18	21	15	14	Ret	18			3
25	Template:Flagicon Sergio Campana			21	29	9	14	19	11	21	29	15	14	Ret	13	2
26	Template:Flagicon Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Template:Motorsport class	Ret	Ret	11	9	14	19	29	24	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	14	2
27	Template:Flagicon Patrick Reiterer	23	Ret	31	27	24	18	Ret	22	9	Ret	20	Ret	19	21	2
28	Template:Flagicon Jake Rosenzweig	18	Ret	37	28	20	16	13	18	10	18	22	29†	24	10	2
29	Template:Flagicon Tristan Vautier	25	10													1
30	Template:Flagicon Adam Kout	20	12	22	18	21	25	24	37†	11	28	25	23	22	Ret	0
31	Template:Flagicon Himar Acosta	40†	21	15	11			16	16	DNQ	DNQ					0
32	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo García	21	17	36	34	18	21	20	25	Ret	21	30	11	26	Ret	0
33	Template:Flagicon Nathanaël Berthon	39†	20	27	30	26	23	12	19	17	25	24	Ret	23	24	0
34	Template:Flagicon Carlos Muñoz Template:Motorsport class	28	25	29	20	Ret	24	Ret	13	19	19	Ret	13	16	26	0
35	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Richelmi	17	13	39†	15	Ret	15	34†	23	DNQ	DNQ					0
36	Template:Flagicon Daniel McKenzie	26	19	19	14	DNQ	DNQ	32	31	20	23	19	19	15	19	0
37	Template:Flagicon Ramez Azzam Template:Motorsport class	32	15	17	23	16	20	Ret	26	Ret	DNS	21	24	18	20	0
38	Template:Flagicon Víctor García Template:Motorsport class					15	Ret									0
39	Template:Flagicon Johan Jokinen											17	16	20	Ret	0
40	Template:Flagicon Kazim Vasiliauskas	33	Ret					33	28	Ret	22	27	20	Ret	16	0
41	Template:Flagicon Nicky Catsburg	34	16													0
42	Template:Flagicon Bastien Borget Template:Motorsport class					17	Ret			Ret	24					0
43	Template:Flagicon Christopher Zanella 1					25	26	31	17							0
44	Template:Flagicon Benjamin Lariche			26	17											0
45	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Marroc	31	22	28	Ret	27	27	Ret	29	18	Ret					0
46	Template:Flagicon Richard Campollo	42†	29	20	19	30†	NC	22	32	DNQ	DNQ	33†	22	25	Ret	0
47	Template:Flagicon Miguel Otegui Template:Motorsport class	Ret	Ret	33	26	19	30	Ret	33	Ret	Ret	29	25	Ret	22	0
48	Template:Flagicon Pablo Montilla	37	Ret	32	21	22	Ret	26	34	Ret	26	Ret	26	Ret	23	0
49	Template:Flagicon Juan Esteban Jacobo Template:Motorsport class	30	Ret	34	32	28	28	27	35	DNQ	DNQ	23	28	21	25	0
50	Template:Flagicon Vinicius Sammarone	Ret	28					23	30			32†	21			0
51	Template:Flagicon Mateusz Adamski Template:Motorsport class	29	26													0
52	Template:Flagicon Luís Santos											28	27			0
53	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Conchado	35	31	40	33					DNQ	30	31	Ret	27	Ret	0
54	Template:Flagicon Nelson Lukes	27	Ret	Ret	31											0
55	Template:Flagicon Jakub Knoll Template:Motorsport class	Ret	30													0
56	Template:Flagicon Dino Butorac	38	Ret	41	35	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	36	DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	DNQ	0
Pos	Driver	SPA Template:Flagicon		SIL Template:Flagicon		HUN Template:Flagicon		NÜR Template:Flagicon		LMS Template:Flagicon		EST Template:Flagicon		CAT Template:Flagicon		Pts

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

• ^1 Christopher Zanella race as guest driver with Race Performance at the Hungaroring.

Teams

Pos	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagicon SG Formula	259
2	Template:Flagicon Motopark Academy	220
3	Template:Flagicon Epsilon Euskadi 2	143
4	Template:Flagicon SG Drivers Project	60
5	Template:Flagicon Jenzer Motorsport	50
6	Template:Flagicon BVM Minardi Team	54
7	Template:Flagicon Fortec Competition	53
8	Template:Flagicon Epsilon Sport	44
9	Template:Flagicon Hitech Junior Team	16
10	Template:Flagicon MP Motorsport	15
11	Template:Flagicon TCS Racing	11
12	Template:Flagicon Fortec Motorsport	11
13	Template:Flagicon Team Motopark	10
14	Template:Flagicon Prema Powerteam	4
15	Template:Flagicon Hitech Junior Racing	3
16	Template:Flagicon Epsilon Euskadi 1	2

External links

• Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship