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Revision as of 08:45, 19 July 2009
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 |
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| 1 | March 2 |  Brazil
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Curitiba |  Yvan Muller
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| 2 |  Gabriele Tarquini
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| 3 | April 6 |  Mexico
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Puebla |  Jordi Gené
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| 4 |  Tiago Monteiro
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| 5 | May 18 | Spain
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Valencia |  Robert Huff
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| 6 |  Alain Menu
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| 7 | June 1 | France
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Pau | Augusto Farfus
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| 8 | Andy Priaulx
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| 9 | June 15 |  Czech Republic
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Brno | Alessandro Zanardi
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| 10 | Gabriele Tarquini
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| 11 | July 13 | Portugal
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Estoril |  Rickard Rydell
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| 12 | Tiago Monteiro
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| 13 | July 27 | Great Britain
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Brands Hatch |  Jörg Müller
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| 14 | Alain Menu
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| 15 | August 31 | Germany
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Oschersleben | Augusto Farfus
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| 16 |  Félix Porteiro
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| 17 | September 21 | Italy1
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Imola | Yvan Muller
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| 18 | James Thompson
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| 19 | October 5 | Italy
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Monza | Yvan Muller
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| 20 | Gabriele Tarquini
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| 21 | October 26 |  Japan
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Okayama | Rickard Rydell
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| 22 |  Tom Coronel
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| 23 | November 16 |  Macau
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Guia Circuit | Alain Menu
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| 24 | Robert Huff
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- Note 1: The race in Imola was held as "Race of Europe".
Entry List
The full season entry list.[1]
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* 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 :
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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
The final standings in the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers were :
| Position [2] | Manufacturer | Car | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | R16 | R17 | R18 | R19 | R20 | R21 | R22 | R23 | R24 | Total |
| 1 | SEAT | SEAT Leon TDI | 18 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 326 |
| 2 | BMW | BMW 320si | 11 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 274 |
| 3 | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Lacetti | - | 7 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 238 |
| 4 | Honda | Honda Accord Euro R | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
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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