2008 World Touring Car Championship

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The 2008 World Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition for Super 2000 Cars and Diesel 2000 Cars. Organised by the FIA, it comprised the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers.^[1] The championship began on 2 March, and ended on 16 November, after twenty-four races. It was the fifth World Touring Car Championship and the fourth since its 2005 return.

Frenchman Yvan Muller won the Drivers title by 26 points from SEAT team-mate Gabriele Tarquini, with Chevrolet's Robert Huff finishing third just a point behind Tarquini. The Manufacturers Championship was awarded to SEAT.

Teams and drivers

File:Yvan Muller and Andy Priaulx 2008 Japan.jpg

Yvan Muller (front) and SEAT won the 2008 championships, succeeding Andy Priaulx (behind) and BMW.

File:Andy Priaulx 2008 Brands Hatch.jpg

Andy Priaulx, BMW 320si, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

File:Alain Menu 2008 Brands Hatch.jpg

Alain Menu, Chevrolet Lacetti, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

File:Gabriele Tarquini 2008 Brands Hatch.jpg

Gabriele Tarquini, SEAT León TDI, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

File:James Thompson WTCC 2008 Imola.jpg

James Thompson, Honda Accord Euro R, 2008 WTCC round, Imola

File:Tom Coronel and Augusto Farfus 2008 Japan.jpg

Tom Coronel, SEAT León TFSI, 2008 WTCC round, Okayama

File:Jaap van Lagen 2008 Brands Hatch.jpg

Jaap van Lagen, Lada 110 2.0, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

The full season entry list.^[2]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Manufacturer Teams
Template:Flagicon BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	1	Template:Flagicon Andy Priaulx	All
Template:Flagicon BMW Team Germany		2	Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller	All
Template:Flagicon BMW Team Germany		3	Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus Jr.	All
Template:Flagicon BMW Team Italy-Spain		4	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Zanardi	All
Template:Flagicon BMW Team Italy-Spain		5	Template:Flagicon Félix Porteiro	All
Template:Flagicon Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Lacetti	6	Template:Flagicon Nicola Larini	All
		7	Template:Flagicon Robert Huff	All
		8	Template:Flagicon Alain Menu	All
Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI	9	Template:Flagicon Jordi Gené	All
		10	Template:Flagicon Rickard Rydell	All
		11	Template:Flagicon Gabriele Tarquini	All
		12	Template:Flagicon Yvan Muller	All
Template:Flagicon N.technology	Honda Accord Euro R	15	Template:Flagicon James Thompson	3–12
Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI	18	Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro	All
Template:Flagicon SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	20	Template:Flagicon Tom Coronel	All
Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	SEAT León	21	Template:Flagicon José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	3
Yokohama Trophy
Template:Flagicon Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si	13	Template:Flagicon Ibrahim Okyay	All
Template:Flagicon Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	16	Template:Flagicon Olivier Tielemans	1–3, 5–6, 8
Template:Flagicon SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	22	Template:Flagicon Michal Matejovský	5
Template:Flagicon Exagon Engineering	SEAT León	23	Template:Flagicon Pierre-Yves Corthals	1–10
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	26	Template:Flagicon Stefano D'Aste	1–11
Template:Flagicon Russian Bears Motorsport	Lada 110 2.0	27	Template:Flagicon Kirill Ladygin	9–12
		28	Template:Flagicon Viktor Shapovalov	3–12
		29	Template:Flagicon Jaap van Lagen	3–12
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	31	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	All
Template:Flagicon SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	32	Template:Flagicon Oscar Nogués	4
Template:Flagicon Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	33	Template:Flagicon Laurent Cazenave	4
Template:Flagicon Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	42	Template:Flagicon Franz Engstler	All
Template:Flagicon Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	43	Template:Flagicon Andrey Romanov	1–6, 8–12
Template:Flagicon Petrol GT Racing Team	BMW 320si	45	Template:Flagicon Georgi Tanev	8–10
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	45	Template:Flagicon Georgi Tanev	12
Template:Flagicon Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	49	Template:Flagicon Duncan Huisman	8
Template:Flagicon Golden Motors	Honda Accord Euro R	54	Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Lvov	3, 5
Template:Flagicon Golden Motors	Honda Accord Euro R	55	Template:Flagicon Andrey Smetsky	3, 5
Template:Flagicon Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	60	Template:Flagicon Kristian Poulsen	6–8
Template:Flagicon Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	60	Template:Flagicon Kristian Poulsen	10
Template:Flagicon Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si	62	Template:Flagicon Aytaç Biter	7–8
Template:Flagicon SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	75	Template:Flagicon Norbert Michelisz	11
		76	Template:Flagicon Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	7
		77	Template:Flagicon Tom Boardman	6
		78	Template:Flagicon Marin Čolak	8
		79	Template:Flagicon Duarte Félix da Costa	10
Asian Wild Card Entries
Template:Flagicon Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	17	Template:Flagicon Takayuki Aoki	10–12
Template:Flagicon N.technology	Honda Accord Euro R	66	Template:Flagicon André Couto	12
Template:Flagicon Thunder Asia Racing	BMW 320si	69	Template:Flagicon Melvin Choo	11–12
Template:Flagicon N.technology	Honda Accord Euro R	72	Template:Flagicon Yukinori Taniguchi	10–11
Template:Flagicon Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Lacetti	80	Template:Flagicon Manabu Orido	10–12
Template:Flagicon Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320i	81	Template:Flagicon Masaki Kano	11–12
Template:Flagicon Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	88	Template:Flagicon Matthew Marsh	11–12
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Template:Flagicon Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	Volvo C30	63	Template:Flagicon Robert Dahlgren	7

Note: Macau-based RPM Racing Team had planned to race one Toyota Altezza and one Honda Civic Type-R for Macanese drivers Lei Kit Meng and Jo Rosa Merszei in the final races in Macau.^[3] Although car numbers were allocated to them (#64 for Meng (Toyota Altezza) and #65 for Merszei (Honda Civic)), the FIA Touring Car Bureau rejected the entries because neither of these cars had been homologated by the FIA.^[4]

Driver changes

Driver changes from the 2007 World Touring Car Championship were:

Changed Teams

Olivier Tielemans: N-Technology → Wiechers-Sport
Tom Coronel: GR Asia → SUNRED Engineering
Stefano D'Aste: Wiechers-Sport → Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

Entering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2007

Rickard Rydell: No full-time drive → SEAT Sport
Ibrahim Okyay: Turkish Touring Car Championship → Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport
Viktor Shapovalov: Dutch Supercar Challenge → Russian Bears Motorsport
Jaap van Lagen: Porsche Supercup → Russian Bears Motorsport
Franz Engstler: Asian Touring Car Series → Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Andrey Romanov: Asian Touring Car Series → Liqui Moly Team Engstler

Leaving WTCC

Michel Jourdain Jr.: SEAT Sport → No full-time drive
Roberto Colciago: SEAT Sport Italia → Italian Endurance Touring Championship
Emmet O'Brien: GR Asia → Danish Touring Car Championship
Maurizio Ceresoli: GR Asia → No full-time drive
Luca Rangoni: Scuderia Proteam Motorsport → Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
Miguel Freitas: Racing for Belgium → SEAT León Supercopa Spain

Calendar

A provisional calendar was released in November, 2007.^[5]^[6]

Sweden was to be included in the calendar for 21 September but the FIA confirmed on 3 May 2008 that the Swedish round at the Scandinavian Raceway was replaced by an Italy round at the revamped Imola Circuit.^[7]

Round		Race Name	Track	Date
1	R1	HSBC Race of Brazil	Template:Flagicon Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	2 March
1	R2	HSBC Race of Brazil	Template:Flagicon Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	2 March
2	R3	Telmex Race of Mexico	Template:Flagicon Autódromo Miguel E. Abed	6 April
2	R4	Telmex Race of Mexico	Template:Flagicon Autódromo Miguel E. Abed	6 April
3	R5	Monroe Race of Spain	Template:Flagicon Circuit Ricardo Tormo	18 May
3	R6	Monroe Race of Spain	Template:Flagicon Circuit Ricardo Tormo	18 May
4	R7	Courtyard Race of France	Template:Flagicon Circuit de Pau Ville	1 June
4	R8	Courtyard Race of France	Template:Flagicon Circuit de Pau Ville	1 June
5	R9	Stihl Race of the Czech Republic	Template:Flagicon Masaryk Circuit	15 June
5	R10	Stihl Race of the Czech Republic	Template:Flagicon Masaryk Circuit	15 June
6	R11	Race of Turismo de Portugal	Template:Flagicon Autódromo do Estoril	13 July
6	R12	Race of Turismo de Portugal	Template:Flagicon Autódromo do Estoril	13 July
7	R13	Courtyard Race of UK	Template:Flagicon Brands Hatch	27 July
7	R14	Courtyard Race of UK	Template:Flagicon Brands Hatch	27 July
8	R15	Atari Race of Germany	Template:Flagicon Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	31 August
8	R16	Atari Race of Germany	Template:Flagicon Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	31 August
9	R17	Courtyard Race of Europe	Template:Flagicon Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	21 September
9	R18	Courtyard Race of Europe	Template:Flagicon Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	21 September
10	R19	Monroe Race of Italy	Template:Flagicon Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	5 October
10	R20	Monroe Race of Italy	Template:Flagicon Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	5 October
11	R21	Race Pro of Japan	Template:Flagicon Okayama International Circuit	26 October
11	R22	Race Pro of Japan	Template:Flagicon Okayama International Circuit	26 October
12	R23	Canon Race of Macau	Template:Flagicon Guia Circuit	16 November
12	R24	Canon Race of Macau	Template:Flagicon Guia Circuit	16 November

Results and standings

Races

Race	Race Name	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning independent	Report
1	Template:Flagicon Race of Brazil	Template:Flagicon Yvan Muller	Template:Flagicon Andy Priaulx	Template:Flagicon Yvan Muller	Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	Template:Flagicon Olivier Tielemans	Report
2	Template:Flagicon Race of Brazil		Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	Template:Flagicon Gabriele Tarquini	Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	Template:Flagicon Olivier Tielemans	Report
3	Template:Flagicon Race of Mexico	Template:Flagicon Jordi Gené	Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro	Template:Flagicon Jordi Gené	Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	Template:Flagicon Pierre-Yves Corthals	Report
4	Template:Flagicon Race of Mexico		Template:Flagicon Yvan Muller	Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro	Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	Template:Flagicon Pierre-Yves Corthals	Report
5	Template:Flagicon Race of Spain	Template:Flagicon Yvan Muller	Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller	Template:Flagicon Robert Huff	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet RML	Template:Flagicon Stefano D'Aste	Report
6	Template:Flagicon Race of Spain		Template:Flagicon Alain Menu	Template:Flagicon Alain Menu	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet RML	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	Report
7	Template:Flagicon Race of France	Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	Template:Flagicon BMW Team Germany	Template:Flagicon Laurent Cazenave	Report
8	Template:Flagicon Race of France		Template:Flagicon Rickard Rydell	Template:Flagicon Andy Priaulx	Template:Flagicon BMW Team UK	Template:Flagicon Stefano D'Aste	Report
9	Template:Flagicon Race of the Czech Republic	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Zanardi	Template:Flagicon Félix Porteiro	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Zanardi	Template:Flagicon BMW Team Italy-Spain	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	Report
10	Template:Flagicon Race of the Czech Republic		Template:Flagicon Alessandro Zanardi	Template:Flagicon Gabriele Tarquini	Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	Report
11	Template:Flagicon Race of Portugal	Template:Flagicon Nicola Larini	Template:Flagicon Nicola Larini	Template:Flagicon Rickard Rydell	Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	Template:Flagicon Pierre-Yves Corthals	Report
12	Template:Flagicon Race of Portugal		Template:Flagicon Nicola Larini	Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro	Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	Report
13	Template:Flagicon Race of UK	Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	Template:Flagicon Robert Huff	Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller	Template:Flagicon BMW Team Germany	Template:Flagicon Stefano D'Aste	Report
14	Template:Flagicon Race of UK		Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	Template:Flagicon Alain Menu	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet RML	Template:Flagicon Stefano D'Aste	Report
15	Template:Flagicon Race of Germany	Template:Flagicon Robert Huff	Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	Template:Flagicon BMW Team Germany	Template:Flagicon Stefano D'Aste	Report
16	Template:Flagicon Race of Germany		Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	Template:Flagicon Félix Porteiro	Template:Flagicon BMW Team Italy-Spain	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	Report
17	Template:Flagicon Race of Europe	Template:Flagicon Rickard Rydell	Template:Flagicon James Thompson	Template:Flagicon Yvan Muller	Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	Report
18	Template:Flagicon Race of Europe		Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro	Template:Flagicon James Thompson	Template:Flagicon N.Technology	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	Report
19	Template:Flagicon Race of Italy	Template:Flagicon Yvan Muller	Template:Flagicon Andy Priaulx	Template:Flagicon Yvan Muller	Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	Template:Flagicon Pierre-Yves Corthals	Report
20	Template:Flagicon Race of Italy		Template:Flagicon Alain Menu	Template:Flagicon Gabriele Tarquini	Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	Report
21	Template:Flagicon Race of Japan	Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller	Template:Flagicon Rickard Rydell	Template:Flagicon SEAT Sport	Template:Flagicon Stefano D'Aste	Report
22	Template:Flagicon Race of Japan		Template:Flagicon James Thompson	Template:Flagicon Tom Coronel	Template:Flagicon SUNRED Racing	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	Report
23	Template:Flagicon Guia Race of Macau	Template:Flagicon Alain Menu	Template:Flagicon Andy Priaulx	Template:Flagicon Alain Menu	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet RML	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	Report
24	Template:Flagicon Guia Race of Macau		Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	Template:Flagicon Robert Huff	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet RML	Template:Flagicon Franz Engstler	Report

Championship standings

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

The final standings in the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers were :

Pos	Driver	BRA Template:Flagicon		MEX Template:Flagicon		ESP Template:Flagicon		FRA Template:Flagicon		CZE Template:Flagicon		POR Template:Flagicon		UK Template:Flagicon		GER Template:Flagicon		EUR Template:Flagicon		ITA Template:Flagicon		JPN Template:Flagicon		MAC Template:Flagicon		Pts
1	Template:Flagicon Yvan Muller	1	5	6	4	4	8	2	7	8	5	3	2	2	11	11	8	1	5	1	4	7	6	3	2	114
2	Template:Flagicon Gabriele Tarquini	5	1	5	3	2	5	5	4	6	1	13	11	7	5	24	16	5	Ret	2	1	10	Ret	7	12†	88
3	Template:Flagicon Robert Huff	Ret	Ret	9	9	1	2	4	5	9	DSQ	4	5	21	10	2	3	4	3	6	26†	4	5	5	1	87
4	Template:Flagicon Andy Priaulx	4	2	10	8	7	3	8	1	14	8	6	3	3	Ret	Ret	5	11	7	3	25†	3	22†	2	3	81
5	Template:Flagicon Rickard Rydell	2	7	2	2	10	7	6	3	10	17	1	8	11	9	6	20	2	6	16	9	1	9	Ret	4	77
6	Template:Flagicon Augusto Farfus	DSQ	6	11	10	Ret	20	1	6	4	3	Ret	10	Ret	6	1	6	7	8	Ret	8	6	2	4	11†	63
7	Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller	3	4	14	12	5	4	9	13	5	7	9	7	1	4	26	9	8	2	9	10	2	Ret	10	Ret	60
8	Template:Flagicon Jordi Gené	11	8	1	5	3	6	3	19	13	14	5	9	9	Ret	5	4	17	17	7	2	11	10	6	Ret	56
9	Template:Flagicon Alain Menu	Ret	10	8	7	8	1	10	Ret	3	6	11	14	8	1	3	Ret	Ret	12	11	5	Ret	13	1	13†	54
10	Template:Flagicon Félix Porteiro	6	3	16	20†	22	10	15	12	2	4	8	4	6	2	8	1	10	Ret	NC	12	Ret	8	14	DNS	51
11	Template:Flagicon Nicola Larini	Ret	12	3	Ret	6	9	7	2	11	11	2	6	23	12	Ret	11	6	4	5	3	16	12	9	Ret	48
12	Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro	17	13	7	1	18	Ret	13	10	12	10	7	1	16	15	4	Ret	13	11	4	6	5	7	11	Ret	43
13	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Zanardi	15	11	15	11	12	18	12	11	1	2	20	13	4	3	12	19	12	9	8	7	13	Ret	23†	5	36
14	Template:Flagicon Tom Coronel	7	9	4	6	9	DNS	14	9	18	12	10	12	5	22	7	2	15	15	10	24†	8	1	22†	Ret	35
15	Template:Flagicon James Thompson					11	11	11	8	7	9	DNS	DNS	10	14	15	Ret	3	1	Ret	11	17	4	8	14†	25
16	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	14†	15	17	15	23	12	17	17	15	13	Ret	15	13	8	10	7	9	10	14	13	12	3	12	Ret	9
17	Template:Flagicon Franz Engstler	10	17	18	16	17	17	19	15	16	23†	18	18	17	13	Ret	15	16	14	13	16	14	11	15	6	3
18	Template:Flagicon Stefano D'Aste	9	16	13	14	14	15	18	14	25†	21	19	16	12	7	9	13	18	16	24	14	9	23†			2
19	Template:Flagicon Manabu Orido																			15	17	Ret	18	16	7	2
20	Template:Flagicon Olivier Tielemans	8	14	19	17	15	Ret			19	Ret	Ret	DNS			22	18									1
21	Template:Flagicon Matthew Marsh																					21	14	17	8	1
—	Template:Flagicon Andrey Romanov	12	19	20	18	16	Ret	20	20	20	16	16	20			17	Ret	20	20	18	Ret	22	15	20	9	0
—	Template:Flagicon Ibrahim Okyay	16	20	21	19	24	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	17	23	18	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	21	19	21	Ret	DNS	18	10	0
—	Template:Flagicon Duncan Huisman															16	10									0
—	Template:Flagicon Pierre-Yves Corthals	13	18	12	13	Ret	13	Ret	21	17	15	12	19	14	16	25†	12	14	13	12	Ret					0
—	Template:Flagicon José Manuel Pérez-Aicart					13	14																			0
—	Template:Flagicon Marin Čolak															13	17									0
—	Template:Flagicon André Couto																							13	Ret	0
—	Template:Flagicon Kristian Poulsen											14	22	15	17	18	14			23†	15					0
—	Template:Flagicon Jaap van Lagen					Ret	Ret	21	18	21	Ret	15	21	DNS	18	14	22	19	18	Ret	19	18	17	21	Ret	0
—	Template:Flagicon Takayuki Aoki																			17	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	15†	0
—	Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Lvov					19	16			23	20															0
—	Template:Flagicon Laurent Cazenave							16	Ret																	0
—	Template:Flagicon Norbert Michelisz																					Ret	16			0
—	Template:Flagicon Oscar Nogués							Ret	16																	0
—	Template:Flagicon Tom Boardman											Ret	17													0
—	Template:Flagicon Georgi Tanev															21	21	21	19	20	18			19	Ret	0
—	Template:Flagicon Viktor Shapovalov					20	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	18	Ret	24	19	20	20	23	Ret	DNS	Ret	22	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	0
—	Template:Flagicon Yukinori Taniguchi																			21	Ret	20	19			0
—	Template:Flagicon Lourenço Beirão da Veiga													20	19											0
—	Template:Flagicon Kirill Ladygin																	Ret	22	22	23	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Template:Flagicon Melvin Choo																					23	20	Ret	Ret	0
—	Template:Flagicon Duarte Félix Da Costa																			Ret	20					0
—	Template:Flagicon Andrey Smetsky					21	21			24	22															0
—	Template:Flagicon Aytaç Biter													22	21	23	24									0
—	Template:Flagicon Masaki Kano																					24	21	Ret	DNS	0
—	Template:Flagicon Michal Matejovský									22	Ret															0
guest drivers ineligible for points
—	Template:Flagicon Robert Dahlgren													24†	DNS											*
Pos	Driver	BRA Template:Flagicon		MEX Template:Flagicon		ESP Template:Flagicon		FRA Template:Flagicon		CZE Template:Flagicon		POR Template:Flagicon		UK Template:Flagicon		GER Template:Flagicon		EUR Template:Flagicon		ITA Template:Flagicon		JPN Template:Flagicon		MAC Template:Flagicon		Pts

Colour	Result
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Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to the first eight finishers in each race.

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	BRA Template:Flagicon		MEX Template:Flagicon		ESP Template:Flagicon		FRA Template:Flagicon		CZE Template:Flagicon		POR Template:Flagicon		UK Template:Flagicon		GER Template:Flagicon		EUR Template:Flagicon		ITA Template:Flagicon		JPN Template:Flagicon		MAC Template:Flagicon		Pts
1	Template:Flagicon SEAT	1	1	1	1	2	5	2	3	6	1	1	1	2	5	4	2	1	5	1	1	1	1	3	2	326
1	Template:Flagicon SEAT	2	5	2	2	3	6	3	4	8	5	3	2	5	9	5	4	2	6	2	2	5	6	6	4	326
2	Template:Flagicon BMW	3	2	10	8	5	3	1	1	1	2	6	3	1	2	1	1	7	2	3	7	2	2	2	3	274
2	Template:Flagicon BMW	4	3	11	10	7	4	8	6	2	3	8	4	3	3	8	5	8	7	8	8	3	3	4	5	274
3	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet	Ret	10	3	7	1	1	4	2	3	6	2	5	8	1	2	3	4	3	5	3	4	5	1	1	238
3	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet	Ret	12	8	9	6	2	7	5	9	11	4	6	21	10	3	11	6	4	6	5	16	12	5	13	238
4	Template:Flagicon Honda					11	11	11	8	7	9	DNS	DNS	10	14	15	Ret	3	1	21	11	17	4	8	14	60
4	Template:Flagicon Honda					19	16			23	20									Ret	Ret	20	19	13	Ret	60
Pos	Manufacturer	BRA Template:Flagicon		MEX Template:Flagicon		ESP Template:Flagicon		FRA Template:Flagicon		CZE Template:Flagicon		POR Template:Flagicon		UK Template:Flagicon		GER Template:Flagicon		EUR Template:Flagicon		ITA Template:Flagicon		JPN Template:Flagicon		MAC Template:Flagicon		Pts

Manufacturers' Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to the first eight finishers in each race. However, only the results of the best two cars for each manufacturer were taken into account.

Yokohama Independents' Trophy

Championship promoter KSO (Kigema Sport Organisation Ltd) organised the Yokohama Independents’ Trophies within the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship.^[8]

Eligibility for the Independent Drivers’ Trophy was exclusively decided by KSO, taking into consideration the Team’s CV and records, the Driver’s CV and records and the Car’s technical characteristics.^[8]

Pos	Driver	BRA Template:Flagicon		MEX Template:Flagicon		ESP Template:Flagicon		FRA Template:Flagicon		CZE Template:Flagicon		POR Template:Flagicon		UK Template:Flagicon		GER Template:Flagicon		EUR Template:Flagicon		ITA Template:Flagicon		JPN Template:Flagicon		MAC Template:Flagicon		Pts
1	Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández	14†	15	17	15	23	12	17	17	15	13	Ret	15	13	8	10	7	9	10	14	13	12	3	12	Ret	186
2	Template:Flagicon Franz Engstler	10	17	18	16	17	17	19	15	16	23†	18	18	17	13	Ret	15	16	14	13	16	14	11	15	6	149
3	Template:Flagicon Stefano D'Aste	9	16	13	14	14	15	18	14	25†	21	19	16	12	7	9	13	18	16	24	14	9	23†			137
4	Template:Flagicon Pierre-Yves Corthals	13	18	12	13	Ret	13	Ret	21	17	15	12	19	14	16	25†	12	14	13	12	Ret					112
5	Template:Flagicon Andrei Romanov	12	19	20	18	16	Ret	20	20	20	16	16	20			17	Ret	20	20	18	Ret	22	15	20	9	83
6	Template:Flagicon Ibrahim Okyay	16	20	21	19	24	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	17	23	18	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	21	19	21	Ret	DNS	18	10	51
7	Template:Flagicon Olivier Tielemans	8	14	19	17	15	Ret			19	Ret	Ret	DNS			22	18									43
8	Template:Flagicon Jaap van Lagen											15	21	DNS	18	14	22	19	18	Ret	19	18	17	21	Ret	38
9	Template:Flagicon Matthew Marsh																					21	14	17	8	36
10	Template:Flagicon Kristian Poulsen											14	22	15	17	18	14			23†	15					32
11	Template:Flagicon Georgi Tanev															21	21	21	19	20	18			19	Ret	20
12	Template:Flagicon Takayuki Aoki																			17	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	15†	18
13	Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Lvov					19	16			23	20															15
14	Template:Flagicon Laurent Cazenave							16	Ret																	10
15	Template:Flagicon Marin Čolak															13	17									9
16	Template:Flagicon Andrey Smetsky					21	21			24	22															8
17	Template:Flagicon Oscar Nogués							Ret	16																	6
18	Template:Flagicon Tom Boardman											Ret	17													6
19	Template:Flagicon Norbert Michelisz																					Ret	16			4
20	Template:Flagicon Kirill Ladygin																	Ret	22	22	23	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
21	Template:Flagicon Viktor Shapovalov											Ret	24	19	20	20	23	Ret	DNS	Ret	22	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	4
22	Template:Flagicon Michal Matějovský									22	Ret															3
23	Template:Flagicon Lourenço Beirão da Veiga													20	19											3
24	Template:Flagicon Duarte Félix da Costa																			Ret	20					2
25	Template:Flagicon Melvin Choo																					23	20	Ret	Ret	2
26	Template:Flagicon Masaki Kano																					24	21	Ret	DNS	1
—	Template:Flagicon Aytaç Biter													22	21	23	24									0
Pos	Driver	BRA Template:Flagicon		MEX Template:Flagicon		ESP Template:Flagicon		FRA Template:Flagicon		CZE Template:Flagicon		POR Template:Flagicon		UK Template:Flagicon		GER Template:Flagicon		EUR Template:Flagicon		ITA Template:Flagicon		JPN Template:Flagicon		MAC Template:Flagicon		Pts

The Yokohama Independents' Trophy used a similar system to the Drivers’ Championship, however double points are awarded at Macau.^[8]

Yokohama Teams' Trophy

Pos	Team	BRA Template:Flagicon		MEX Template:Flagicon		ESP Template:Flagicon		FRA Template:Flagicon		CZE Template:Flagicon		POR Template:Flagicon		UK Template:Flagicon		GER Template:Flagicon		EUR Template:Flagicon		ITA Template:Flagicon		JPN Template:Flagicon		MAC Template:Flagicon		Pts
1	Template:Flagicon Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	9	15	13	14	14	12	17	14	15	13	19	15	12	7	9	7	9	10	14	13	9	3	12	Ret	334
1	Template:Flagicon Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	14†	16	17	15	23	15	18	17	25†	21	Ret	16	13	8	10	13	18	16	24	14	12	23†	19	Ret	334
2	Template:Flagicon Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	17	18	16	16	17	19	15	16	16	16	18	17	13	17	15	16	14	13	16	14	11	15	6	228
2	Template:Flagicon Liqui Moly Team Engstler	12	19	20	18	17	Ret	20	20	20	23†	18	20			Ret	Ret	20	20	18	Ret	22	15	20	9	228
3	Template:Flagicon Exagon Engineering	13	18	12	13	Ret	13	Ret	21	17	15	12	19	14	16	25†	12	14	13	12	Ret					112
4	Template:Flagicon Wiechers-Sport	8	14	19	17	15	Ret	16	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	DNS			22	18			17	15	15	14	17	8	105
4	Template:Flagicon Wiechers-Sport																			23†	Ret	21	Ret	Ret	15†	105
5	Template:Flagicon Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	16	20	21	19	24	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	17	23	18	21	19	24	Ret	21	19	21	Ret	DNS	18	10	51
5	Template:Flagicon Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport													22	Ret	23	Ret									51
6	Template:Flagicon Russian Bears Motorsport											15	21	19	18	14	22	19	18	22	19	18	17	21	Ret	46
6	Template:Flagicon Russian Bears Motorsport											Ret	24	DNS	20	20	23	Ret	22	Ret	22	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	46
7	Template:Flagicon SUNRED Engineering							Ret	16	22	Ret	Ret	17	20	19	13	17			Ret	20	Ret	16			33
8	Template:Flagicon Poulsen Motorsport											14	22	15	17	18	14									26
9	Template:Flagicon Golden Motors					19	16			23	20															23
9	Template:Flagicon Golden Motors					21	21			24	22															23
10	Template:Flagicon Petrol GT Racing Team															21	21	21	19	20	18					12
11	Template:Flagicon Thunder Asia Racing																					23	20	Ret	Ret	2
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All the teams taking part in any of the rounds of the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship were eligible to score points for the Yokohama Teams' Trophy.^[8] Points were awarded to the two best classified cars of each team, providing they were driven by Independent drivers.^[8] All other cars of that same team were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.^[8]

References

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External links

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FIA World Touring Car Championship official website: Archives
2008 WTCC race results Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 1 January 2008

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