2008 Formula Three Euroseries season

2008 Formula Three Euroseries season
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Contents 1 Schedule 2 Drivers and teams 3 Calendar 4 Rules 5 Season Standings 5.1 Drivers Standings 5.2 Team Standings 6 Notes and References

The 2008 Formula Three Euroseries season was the sixth championship year of Europe’s premier Formula Three series. The season was dominated by 21-year-old German Nicolas Hülkenberg, who won seven of the season's ten feature races amassing 76 of his total of 85 championship points on Saturday afternoons. He won the championship by 35.5 points from early frontrunner Edoardo Mortara, whose season somewhat tailed off after the Norisring, scoring just 9.5 points in the final twelve races compared to Hülkenberg's 60. Jules Bianchi's strong finish to the season, including a win in the final race at Hockenheim and coupled with Renger van der Zande's fifth place and Mika Mäki's ninth place, it allowed the 2008 Ultimate Masters winner to finish third in the championship, a point ahead of both van der Zande and Mäki.

Schedule

2008 Schedule[1]
Round	Circuit	Date
1	Hockenheim	11-13 April
2	Mugello	2-4 May
3	Pau	30 May-1 June
4	Norisring	27-29 June
5	Zandvoort	11-13 July
6	Nürburgring	25-27 July
7	Brands Hatch	29-31 August
8	Barcelona	19-21 September
9	Le Mans-Bugatti	3-5 October
10	Hockenheim	24-26 October

Drivers and teams

2008 Entry List Team No Driver Rookie Chassis Engine ART Grand Prix 1 Nico Hülkenberg Dallara F308 Mercedes 2 James Jakes Dallara F308 Mercedes 24 Jules Bianchi R Dallara F308 Mercedes 25 Jon Lancaster R Dallara F308 Mercedes ASL Mücke Motorsport 3 Christian Vietoris Dallara F308 Mercedes 4 Erik Janiš R Dallara F308 Mercedes 26 Mika Mäki R Dallara F308 Mercedes Manor Motorsport 5 Sam Bird Dallara F308 Mercedes 6 Niall Breen Dallara F308 Mercedes 28 Koudai Tsukakoshi Dallara F308 Mercedes 29 Kazuya Oshima Dallara F308 Mercedes Signature-Plus 7 Edoardo Mortara Dallara F308 Volkswagen 8 Franck Mailleux Dallara F308 Volkswagen 30 Jean Karl Vernay Dallara F308 Volkswagen 31 Stefano Coletti R Dallara F308 Volkswagen 35 Robert Wickens R Dallara F308 Volkswagen Prema Powerteam 9 Renger van der Zande Dallara F308 Mercedes 10 Charlie Kimball Dallara F308 Mercedes 23 Dani Clos Dallara F308 Mercedes 31 Stefano Coletti R Dallara F308 Mercedes Jo Zeller Racing 14 Michael Klein Dallara F308 Mercedes 19 Tom Dillmann Dallara F308 Mercedes HBR Motorsport 15 Daniel Campos-Hull R Dallara F308 Mercedes 27 Basil Shaaban Dallara F308 Mercedes RC Motorsport 17 Maximilian Götz Dallara F308 Volkswagen 18 Martin Plowman R Dallara F308 Volkswagen 32 Jens Klingmann R Dallara F308 Volkswagen 33 Cong Fu Cheng Dallara F308 Volkswagen 41 Brendon Hartley Dallara F308 Volkswagen 43 Peter Elkmann Dallara F308 Volkswagen 44 Nelson Panciatici Dallara F308 Volkswagen 45 Frédéric Vervisch Dallara F308 Volkswagen SG Formula 19 Tom Dillmann Dallara F308 Mercedes 20 Henkie Waldschmidt R Dallara F308 Mercedes 34 Yann Clairay Dallara F308 Mercedes 40 Daniel Ricciardo R Dallara F308 Mercedes Carlin Motorsport 21 Richard Philippe R Dallara F308 Mercedes 22 Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara F308 Mercedes 41 Brendon Hartley Dallara F308 Mercedes 46 Oliver Oakes Dallara F308 Mercedes Barazi Epsilon 42 Stéphane Richelmi R Dallara F308 Mercedes

Icon Legend R Rookie

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Hockenheim	April 12	Nico Hülkenberg	Mika Mäki	Mika Mäki	Mücke Motorsport
2		April 13	Renger van der Zande	Dani Clos	Renger van der Zande	Prema Powerteam
3	Mugello	May 3	Nico Hülkenberg	Christian Vietoris	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix
4		May 4	Dani Clos	Mika Mäki	Mika Mäki	Mücke Motorsport
5	Pau	May 31	James Jakes	James Jakes	James Jakes	ART Grand Prix
6		June 1	Renger van der Zande	Rodolfo González	Edoardo Mortara	Signature-Plus
7	Norisring	June 28	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix
8		June 29	Erik Janiš	James Jakes	Christian Vietoris	Mücke Motorsport
9	Zandvoort	July 12	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix
10		July 13	Niall Breen	Nico Hülkenberg	Renger van der Zande	Prema Powerteam
11	Nürburgring	July 26	Christian Vietoris	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix
12		July 27	Niall Breen	Nico Hülkenberg	Jon Lancaster	ART Grand Prix
13	Brands Hatch	August 30	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix
14		August 31	Jean Karl Vernay	Christian Vietoris	Franck Mailleux	Signature-Plus
15	Catalunya	September 20	Nico Hülkenberg	Henkie Waldschmidt	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix
16		September 21	Kazuya Oshima	Jon Lancaster	Kazuya Oshima	Manor Motorsport
17	Le Mans	October 4	Jules Bianchi	Nico Hülkenberg	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
18		October 5	Brendon Hartley	Yann Clairay	Robert Wickens	Signature-Plus
19	Hockenheim	October 25	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix
20		October 26	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix

Rules

	Race 1	Race 2
Pos.	Points	Points
1	10	6
2	8	5
3	6	4
4	5	3
5	4	2
6	3	1
7	2	0
8	1
PP	1

Note: In the second races at the Norisring, the Bugatti Circuit and the October Hockenheim meeting, due to insufficient distance covered, half points were awarded.

Season Standings

Drivers Standings

Pos Driver HOC 1 HOC 2 MUG 1 MUG 2 PAU 1 PAU 2 NOR 1 NOR 2 ZAN 1 ZAN 2 NUR 1 NUR 2 BRA 1 BRA 2 CAT 1 CAT 2 LMS 1 LMS 2 HOC 1 HOC 2 Pts 1 Nico Hülkenberg Ret Ret 1 5 Ret 16 1 Ret 1 13 1 4 1 5 1 Ret 24 8 1 3 85 2 Edoardo Mortara 3 3 4 3 2 1 4 3 Ret 21 Ret 23 4 4 9 Ret 9 14 12 6 49.5 3 Jules Bianchi Ret 13 3 4 Ret 26 Ret 9 3 9 2 3 22 18 Ret 3 1 17 7 1 47 4 Renger van der Zande 8 1 5 20 8 2 10 5 7 1 5 Ret 6 3 24 10 18 25 2 5 46 5 Mika Mäki 1 Ret 6 1 Ret 15 Ret 18 2 5 4 Ret 20 16 23 13 3 20 3 9 46 6 Christian Vietoris 7 2 Ret 19 5 4 6 1 13 11 Ret Ret 5 Ret 3 2 28 10 EX Ret 36 7 Koudai Tsukakoshi 13 9 2 7 Ret 18 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 2 8 Ret 24 4 4 6 2 36 8 Jean Karl Vernay 5 Ret 25 Ret Ret 14 3 4 6 4 13 7 8 2 17 11 5 3 5 4 35 9 Yann Clairay 11 5 7 2 Ret 13 Ret 19 5 2 14 6 3 6 4 5 22 16 13 10 33 10 Franck Mailleux 4 4 11 10 4 5 18 15 11 3 18 9 7 1 12 Ret 23 21 17 13 27 11 Sam Bird 10 6 14 8 Ret 11 14 8 4 6 22 19 Ret 19 2 18 2 11 16 Ret 23 12 Jon Lancaster Ret DNS 23 25 3 7 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 1 9 10 10 22 12 Ret Ret 20 19 13 James Jakes 12 11 12 15 1 6 25 13 10 7 24 22 21 17 5 4 13 5 11 Ret 19 14 Dani Clos Ret 7 8 9 6 3 21 Ret 15 15 Ret Ret 16 14 6 16 6 2 9 11 16.5 15 Robert Wickens 9 8 7 2 8 Ret 12 16 Ret 14 7 1 23 8 10.5 16 Niall Breen 19 19 9 6 Ret Ret Ret 17 9 Ret 8 2 DSQ 20 16 15 8 17 Charlie Kimball 2 Ret 17 Ret Ret 23 8 18 Tom Dillmann Ret 15 16 27 Ret 25 3 5 8 19 Kazuya Oshima Ret 20 Ret 18 10 10 13 7 14 8 11 20 Ret 21 8 1 21 12 Ret 19 7 20 Stefano Coletti 18 21 21 11 11 6 19 Ret 9 Ret 19 25 15 Ret 19 9 4 Ret 6.5 21 Erik Janiš 9 10 10 16 Ret 12 8 22 12 10 Ret 12 12 12 7 7 14 13 8 7 5 22 Maximilian Götz 6 8 22 22 Ret Ret Ret 20 3 23 Michael Klein 21 16 19 12 7 9 19 12 2