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

The 2008 World Touring Car Championship season was the fifth World Touring Car Championship season, the fourth since its 2005 return. It began on March 2, and ended on November 16, after twenty-four races. The championship, which was open to Super 2000 Cars and Diesel 2000 Cars, was composed of the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers.

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.

2008 Calendar

A provisional calendar was released in November, 2007.

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.

Race	Date	Country	Track	Winning driver	Report
1	March 2	Brazil	Curitiba	Yvan Muller	Report
2	March 2	Brazil	Curitiba	Gabriele Tarquini	Report
3	April 6	Mexico	Puebla	Jordi Gené	Report
4	April 6	Mexico	Puebla	Tiago Monteiro	Report
5	May 18	Spain	Valencia	Robert Huff	Report
6	May 18	Spain	Valencia	Alain Menu	Report
7	June 1	France	Pau	Augusto Farfus	Report
8	June 1	France	Pau	Andy Priaulx	Report
9	June 15	Czech Republic	Brno	Alessandro Zanardi	Report
10	June 15	Czech Republic	Brno	Gabriele Tarquini	Report
11	July 13	Portugal	Estoril	Rickard Rydell	Report
12	July 13	Portugal	Estoril	Tiago Monteiro	Report
13	July 27	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Jörg Müller	Report
14	July 27	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Alain Menu	Report
15	August 31	Germany	Oschersleben	Augusto Farfus	Report
16	August 31	Germany	Oschersleben	Félix Porteiro	Report
17	September 21	Italy ¹	Imola	Yvan Muller	Report
18	September 21	Italy ¹	Imola	James Thompson	Report
19	October 5	Italy	Monza	Yvan Muller	Report
20	October 5	Italy	Monza	Gabriele Tarquini	Report
21	October 26	Japan	Okayama	Rickard Rydell	Report
22	October 26	Japan	Okayama	Tom Coronel	Report
23	November 16	Macau	Guia Circuit	Alain Menu	Report
24	November 16	Macau	Guia Circuit	Robert Huff	Report

Note 1: The race in Imola was held as "Race of Europe".

Entry List

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

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

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

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

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

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

The full season entry list.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	1	Andy Priaulx	All
BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	2	Jörg Müller	All
BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	3	Augusto Farfus Jr.	All
BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	4	Alessandro Zanardi	All
BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	5	Félix Porteiro	All
Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	6	Nicola Larini	All
		7	Robert Huff	All
		8	Alain Menu	All
		80	Manabu Orido	19-24
SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI	9	Jordi Gené	All
		10	Rickard Rydell	All
		11	Gabriele Tarquini	All
		12	Yvan Muller	All
		18	Tiago Monteiro	All
	SEAT León TFSI	21	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	5-6
Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si	13	Ibrahim Okyay	All
Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si	62*	Aytaç Biter	13-16
N.Technology	Honda Accord Euro R	15	James Thompson	5-10,13-24
		66	André Couto	23-24
		72	Yukinori Taniguchi	19-22
Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	16*	Olivier Tielemans	1-6,9-12,15-16
		17*	Takayuki Aoki	19-24
		33*	Laurent Cazenave	7-8
		49	Duncan Huisman	15-16
		60*	Kristian Poulsen	19-20
		88*	Matthew Marsh	21-24
SUNRED Racing Development	SEAT León TFSI	20	Tom Coronel	All
		22*	Michal Matejovský	9-10
		32*	Oscar Nogués	7-8
		75*	Norbert Michelisz	21-22
		76*	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	13-14
		77*	Tom Boardman	11-12
		78*	Marin Čolak	15-16
		79*	Duarte Félix Da Costa	19-20
Exagon Engineering	SEAT León TFSI	23*	Pierre-Yves Corthals	1-20
Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	26*	Stefano D'Aste	1-22
		31*	Sergio Hernández	All
		45*	George Tanev	23-24
Russian Bears Motorsport	Lada 110 2.0	27*	Kirill Ladygin	17-24
		28*	Viktor Shapovalov	5-20
		29*	Jaap van Lagen	5-24
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	42*	Franz Engstler	All
	BMW 320si	43*	Andrey Romanov	1-12,15-24
	BMW 320i	81*	Masaki Kano	21-24
Petrol GT Racing Team	BMW 320si	45*	George Tanev	15-20
Golden Motors	Honda Accord Euro R	54*	Alexander Lvov	5-6,9-10
Golden Motors	Honda Accord Euro R	55*	Andrey Smetsky	5-6,9-10
Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	60*	Kristian Poulsen	11-16
Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	Volvo C30	63	Robert Dahlgren	13-14
Thunder Asia Racing	BMW 320si	69*	Melvin Choo	21-24

* drivers eligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy

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. Although car numbers were allocated to them (#64 for Meng (Toyota Altezza) and #65 for Rosa-Merszei (Honda Civic)), the FIA Touring Car Bureau rejected the entries because neither of these cars had been homologated by the FIA.

Drivers' championship

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

Pos	Driver	CUR		PUE		VAL		PAU		BRN		EST		BRA		OSC		IMO		MON		OKA		MAC		Pts
1	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Félix Porteiro	6	3	16	20	22	10	15	12	2	4	8	4	6	2	8	1	10	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	8	14	DNS	51
11	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	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	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	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	James Thompson					11	11	11	8	7	9			10	14	15	Ret	3	1	Ret	11	17	4	8	14	25
16	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	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	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
18	Manabu Orido																			15	17	Ret	18	16	7	2
20	Olivier Tielemans	8	14	19	17	15	Ret			19	Ret	Ret	DNS			22	18									1
20	Matthew Marsh																					21	14	17	8	1
-	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
-	Pierre-Yves Corthals	13	18	12	13	Ret	12	Ret	21	17	15	12	19	14	16	25	12	14	13	12	Ret					0
-	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
-	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart					13	14																			0
-	Alexander Lvov					19	16			23	20															0
-	Viktor Shapovalov					20	Ret	DNQ		Ret	18	Ret	24	19	20	20	23	Ret	DNS	Ret	22					0
-	Andrey Smetsky					21	21			24	22															0
-	Jaap van Lagen					Ret	Ret	21	18	21	Ret	15	21	DNS	18	14	22	19	18	Ret	19	18	17	21	Ret	0
-	Laurent Cazenave							16	Ret																	0
-	Oscar Nogués							Ret	16																	0
-	Michal Matejovský									22	Ret															0
-	Kristian Poulsen											14	22	15	17	18	14			23	15					0
-	Tom Boardman											Ret	17													0
-	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga													20	19											0
-	Aytaç Biter													22	21	23	24									0
-	Robert Dahlgren													24	DNS											0
-	Marin Čolak															13	17									0
-	Duncan Huisman															16	10									0
-	George Tanev															21	21	21	19	20	18			19	Ret	0
-	Kirill Ladygin																	Ret	22	22	23	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
-	Takayuki Aoki																			17	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	15	0
-	Yukinori Taniguchi																			21	Ret	20	19			0
-	Duarte Félix Da Costa																			Ret	20					0
-	Melvin Choo																					23	20	Ret	Ret	0
-	Masaki Kano																					24	21	Ret	DNS	0
-	Norbert Michelisz																					Ret	16			0
-	André Couto																							13	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	CUR		PUE		VAL		PAU		BRN		EST		BRA		OSC		IMO		MON		OKA		MAC		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.

External links

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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